Volume 19, Number 6—June 2013
Research
Effect of Winter School Breaks on Influenza-like Illness, Argentina, 2005–2008
Table 1
Incidence of visits to a health care provider for influenza-like illness and timing of first week of winter school break in Argentina, by province, 2005–2008
City or province | Region | 2001 Argentina population, no. (%) | Average weekly incidence (95% CI)* | Epidemiologic weeks of winter break† |
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2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | ||||
Buenos Aires City |
Pampas |
2,776,138 (7.7) |
16 (0.63–75.64) |
28–29 |
28–29 |
30–31 |
31–32 |
Province | |||||||
Buenos Aires | Pampas | 13,827,203 (38.1) | 43 (3.63–149.38) | 28–29 | 29–30 | 30–31 | 31–32 |
Catamarca | Northwest | 334,568 (0.9) | 113 (14.47–299.56) | 28–29 | 29–30 | 29–30 | 29–30 |
Cordoba | Pampas | 3,066,801 (2.7) | 56 (5.83–184.77) | 28–29 | 29–30 | 28–29 | 28–29 |
Corrientes | Mesopotamia | 930,991 (1.1) | 59 (7.81–199.56) | 28–29 | 29–30 | 28–29 | 29–30 |
Chaco | Gran Chaco | 984,446 (8.5) | 143 (36.75–401.55) | 29–30 | 29–30 | 29–30 | 30–31 |
Chubut | Patagonia | 413,237 (2.6) | 100 (22.93–244.67) | 28–29 | 29–30 | 28–29 | 28–29 |
Entre Rios | Mesopotamia | 1,158,147 (3.2) | 113 (19.09–341.92) | 28–29 | 29–30 | 28–29 | 29–30 |
Formosa | Gran Chaco | 486,559 (1.3) | 122 (24.31–411.54) | 28–29 | 29–30 | 28–29 | 29–30 |
Jujuy | Northwest | 611,888 (1.7) | 127 (33.03–325.24) | 28–29 | 28–29 | 29–30 | 29–30 |
La Pampa | Pampas | 299,294 (0.8) | 84 (0–263.86) | 28–29 | 28–29 | 28–29 | 29–30 |
La Rioja | Northwest | 289,983 (0.8) | 11 (0–38.81) | 28–29 | 29–30 | 28–29 | 29–30 |
Mendoza | Cuyo | 1,579,651 (4.4) | 57 (0.35–171.09) | 28–29 | 29–30 | 28–29 | 29–30 |
Misiones | Mesopotamia | 965,522 (2.7) | 169 (28.49–604.50) | 29–30 | 29–30 | 28–29 | 29–30 |
Neuquen | Patagonia | 474,155 (1.3) | 78 (9.55–233.61) | 29–30 | 29–30 | 29–30 | 29–30 |
Rio Negro | Patagonia | 552,822 (1.5) | 57 (10.40–149.10) | 30–31 | 29–30 | 29–30 | 29–30 |
Salta | Northwest | 1,079,051 (3.0) | 158 (58.76–333.69) | 28–29 | 29–30 | 28–29 | 29–30 |
San Juan | Cuyo | 620,023 (1.7) | 36 (2.66–107.17) | 28–29 | 28–29 | 28–29 | 29–30 |
San Luis | Cuyo | 367,933 (1.0) | 75 (9.37–217.36) | 28–29 | 28–29 | 28–29 | 29–30 |
Santa Cruz | Patagonia | 196,958 (0.5) | 58 (9.48–138.03) | 29–31 | 28–29 | 28–29 | 29–30 |
Santa Fe | Pampas | 3,000,701 (8.3) | 38 (2.59–141.07) | 28–29 | 29–30 | 28–29 | 29–30 |
Santiago del Estero | Gran Chaco | 804,457 (2.2) | 90 (15.83–278.47) | 29–30 | 29–30 | 29–30 | 29–30 |
Tucuman | Northwest | 1,338,523 (3.7) | 102 (11.39–296.37) | 28–29 | 29–30 | 28–29 | 29–30 |
Tierra del Fuego | Patagonia | 101,079 (0.3) | 83 (0–223.01) | 29–30 | 29–30 | 29–30 | 29–30 |
All Argentina | Not applicable | 36,260,130 | 63 (11.68–200.37) | Not applicable |
*Visits/100,000 population.
†For reference, epidemiologic week 28 is typically in mid-July.