Volume 19, Number 4—April 2013
Research
Deaths Associated with Influenza Pandemic of 1918–19, Japan
Table 3
Sensitivity analysis of influenza-induced change estimates for Japan
Controls for models | Ranges for estimated population change from influenza (millions) | ||||||||||
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1903–1930 data | 1898–1935 data | ||||||||||
Included |
Excluded |
Included |
Excluded |
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Low | High | Low | High | Low | High | Low | High | ||||
Kanto earthquake prefectures* | –1.38 | –2.02 | –1.48 | –2.17 | –1.49 | –2.05 | –1.52 | –2.01 | |||
Hokkaido outlier | –1.38 | –2.12 | –1.50 | –2.17 | –1.49 | –2.02 | –1.59 | –2.05 | |||
1918 population count data | –1.38 | –1.61 | –1.97 | –2.17 | –1.49 | –1.62 | –1.98 | –2.05 | |||
*Chiba, Kanagawa, Shizuoka, Tokyo. |