Wednesday, February 9, 2011

The CDC's "DEATH TABLE" provides a gruesome look into the weekly US death rate

The CDC's "DEATH TABLE"

http://wonder.cdc.gov/mmwr/mmwr_reps.asp

The CDC's "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report" provides an interesting, if eerie, glimpse into the weekly death rate in 122 cities in the United States.

Pneumonia and Influenza deaths are grouped together. This continues to be a troublesome feature of CDC's reporting as the pneumonia death statistics inflate the scope of flu deaths overall.

Utica, New York, and Gary, Indiana, are among the places where no flu or pneumonia deaths were reported in the last week. The Gary is number is interesting, given the CDC's assessment that flu activity is "widespread" in Indiana.

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