Seasonal
flu kills 291,000 to 646,000 people worldwide each year, according to a new estimate that's higher than the previous one of 250,000 to 500,000 deaths a year.
The new figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other groups were published Dec. 13 in
The Lancet medical journal.
The updated numbers, which do not include deaths during flu pandemics, are based on more recent data from a larger and more diverse group of countries than the previous estimate, the CDC said.
The data came from 33 countries that have 57 percent of the world's population and had seasonal flu numbers for a minimum of four years between 1999 and 2015. That information was used to create an estimate of flu-related respiratory deaths in 185 countries worldwide.
The study found that the risk of flu-related death was highest in the poorest regions of the world and among older adults.
*Open letter to Inno:
How is it that I can start a thread about this virus that kills up to 646,000 people
every year, thousands of which are likely breadwinners supporting families that end up destitute yet you deleted my last thread. You know which one. It's straight up, hall of fame, top of the ballot, selective censorship. Kindly allow me to elaborate.
- Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death globally, taking an estimated
17.9 million lives each year.
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- The number of smokers worldwide has increased to 1.1 billion in 2019, with tobacco smoking causing
7.7 million deaths – including 1 in 5 deaths in males worldwide.
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- Alcohol abuse kills
3 million a year globally, most of them men.
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I'm not writing this just to point a finger at you. I sincerely wish for you to carefully consider my words here today and even though the subject matter is different, the video below holds an extremely powerful idea that I believe you have forgotten.
Thank you.