Influenza mortality and excess deaths in the elderly, 1967–82
- 1 December 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Epidemiology and Infection
- Vol. 103 (3) , 633-641
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0950268800031034
Abstract
SUMMARY: This study assessed the influence of influenza on mortality from heart and lung diseases in people over 70 years of age. The data used were obtained from the Dutch Bureau of Statistics. With a regression model, the observed monthly mortality from heart and lung diseases (influenza not included) in people over 70 years is explained with a yearly variable, a monthly variable and the overall monthly number of influenza mortality cases, assuming that monthly mortality has a Poisson distribution. The monthly excess mortality from heart and lung diseases (influenza not included) due to influenza among elderly people (> 70 years) is estimated.This publication has 28 references indexed in Scilit:
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