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Volume 10, Number 1—January 2004
Research

Influenza Epidemics in the United States, France, and Australia, 1972–19971

Cécile Viboud*†Comments to Author , Pierre-Yves Boëlle*‡, Khashayar Pakdaman*, Fabrice Carrat*‡, Alain-Jacques Valleron*‡, and Antoine Flahault*†‡
Author affiliations: *Institute National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Paris, France; †World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Electronic Diseases Surveillance, Paris, France; ‡Hôpitaux de Paris, CHU Saint-Antoine, Paris, France

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Table

Number of pneumonia and influenza excess deaths and duration of influenza epidemics for each influenza year in the United States, France, and Australia, 1972–1997

Influenza season (Northern Hemisphere) a U.S. excess deaths (wk)b France excess deaths (wk)c Influenza season (Southern Hemisphere) d Australian excess deaths (wk)e
1971-72 8,100 (9) 4,200 (13) 1972 200 (11)
1972-73 11,000 (13) 9,500 (13) 1973 250 (10)
1973-74 4,100 (15) 0 (0) 1974 150 (6)
1974-75 9,000 (13) 7,000 (16) 1975 900 (14)
1975-76 13,600 (13) 4,800 (12) 1976 0 (0)
1976-77 600 (3) 1,400 (9) 1977 1,000 (16)
1977-78 10,000 (13) 2,500 (8) 1978 200 (8)
1978-79 0 (0) 300 (4) 1979 100 (7)
1979-80 4,200 (9) 0 (0) 1980 250 (13)
1980-81 8,600 (10) 3,100 (11) 1981 200 (9)
1981-82 0 (0) 0 (0) 1982 0 (0)
1982-83 1,400 (5) 1,800 (10) 1983 700 (15)
1983-84 700 (4) 0 (0) 1984 250 (12)
1984-85 7,000 (11) 2,300 (15) 1985 150 (8)
1985-86 6,000 (13) 4,700 (18) 1986 650 (15)
1986-87 2,000 (7) 900 (9) 1987 0 (0)
1987-88 8,700 (18) 700 (8) 1988 100 (7)
1988-89 7,000 (16) 1,000 (9) 1989 200 (9)
1989-90 10,400 (14) 4,300 (11) 1990 750 (17)
1990-91 3,300 (12) 1,000 (10) 1991 100 (6)
1991-92 6,800 (10) 2,900 (16) 1992 50 (3)
1992-93 6,300 (16) 2,100 (16) 1993 300 (14)
1993-94 9,800 (11) 2,600 (11) 1994 50 (3)
1994-95 5,300 (15) 900 (10) 1995 300 (10)
1995-96 6,300 (16) 2,500 (17) 1996 100 (5)
1996-97 11,400 (18) 4,500 (13) 1997 250 (10)
aExcess deaths reported from August of a given year to July of the next year during an influenza epidemic (e.g., for row labeled 1971-72, excess deaths occurring from August 1971 to July 1972).
bPopulation, 272.7 million.
cPopulation, 58.6 million.
dExcess deaths reported from January to December of a given year during an influenza epidemic (e.g., for row labeled 1972, excess deaths occurring from January 1972 to December 1972).
ePopulation, 18.9 million.

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1 This paper was presented at the Emerging Infectious Diseases conference held March 24–27, 2002, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

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