Volume 20, Number 1—January 2014
Research
Use of Electronic Death Certificates for Influenza Death Surveillance1
Elizabeth A. Bancroft2
and Sun Lee
and Sun Lee
Table 1
Demographic variables associated with influenza-related deaths obtained by 2 surveillance systems, Los Angeles County, California, USA, 2009–2010*
| EDRS, n = 85 | ICR, n = 105 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, y | >0.8 | ||
| Mean | 45.4 | 45.1 | |
| Median | 49 | 47 | |
| Range |
0–90 |
0–94 |
|
| Sex, no. (%) | >0.5 | ||
| M | 37 (44) | 50 (48) | |
| F |
48 (56) |
55 (52) |
|
| Race, no. (%)† | >0.3 | ||
| Asian | 6 (7) | 6 (6) | |
| Black | 5 (6) | 9 (9) | |
| Latino | 48 (56) | 54 (51) | |
| White | 25 (29) | 28 (27) | |
| Other | 1 (1) | 2 (2) | |
| Unknown | 0 | 6 (6) |
*EDRS, electronic death reporting system; ICR, individual case report.
†Percentages may add to >100% because of rounding.
1These data were presented in part at the 139th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, 2011 October 29–November 2, Washington, DC.
2Current affiliation: Independent consultant, New York, New York, USA.
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