Repository logo
 
Publication

Global mortality associated with seasonal influenza epidemics: New burden estimates and predictors from the GLaMOR Project

dc.contributor.authorPaget, John
dc.contributor.authorSpreeuwenberg, Peter
dc.contributor.authorCharu, Vivek
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Robert J.
dc.contributor.authorIuliano, A Danielle
dc.contributor.authorBresee, Joseph
dc.contributor.authorSimonsen, Lone
dc.contributor.authorViboud, Cecile
dc.contributor.authorGlobal Seasonal Influenza-associated Mortality Collaborator Network
dc.contributor.authorGLaMOR Collaborating Team
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-04T16:53:44Z
dc.date.available2022-02-04T16:53:44Z
dc.date.issued2019-12
dc.descriptionGlobal Seasonal Influenza-associated Mortality Collaborator Network: Portugal: Susana Pereira da Silva, Emanuel Rodrigues, Baltazar Nunes, Ana Paula Rodrigues, Ausenda Machado (Epidemiology Department, National Health Institute Doutor Ricardo Jorge).pt_PT
dc.description.abstractBackground: Until recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated the annual mortality burden of influenza to be 250 000 to 500 000 all-cause deaths globally; however, a 2017 study indicated a substantially higher mortality burden, at 290 000-650 000 influenza-associated deaths from respiratory causes alone, and a 2019 study estimated 99 000-200 000 deaths from lower respiratory tract infections directly caused by influenza. Here we revisit global and regional estimates of influenza mortality burden and explore mortality trends over time and geography. Methods: We compiled influenza-associated excess respiratory mortality estimates for 31 countries representing 5 WHO regions during 2002-2011. From these we extrapolated the influenza burden for all 193 countries of the world using a multiple imputation approach. We then used mixed linear regression models to identify factors associated with high seasonal influenza mortality burden, including influenza types and subtypes, health care and socio-demographic development indicators, and baseline mortality levels. Results: We estimated an average of 389 000 (uncertainty range 294 000-518 000) respiratory deaths were associated with influenza globally each year during the study period, corresponding to ~ 2% of all annual respiratory deaths. Of these, 67% were among people 65 years and older. Global burden estimates were robust to the choice of countries included in the extrapolation model. For people <65 years, higher baseline respiratory mortality, lower level of access to health care and seasons dominated by the A(H1N1)pdm09 subtype were associated with higher influenza-associated mortality, while lower level of socio-demographic development and A(H3N2) dominance was associated with higher influenza mortality in adults ≥65 years. Conclusions: Our global estimate of influenza-associated excess respiratory mortality is consistent with the 2017 estimate, despite a different modelling strategy, and the lower 2019 estimate which only captured deaths directly caused by influenza. Our finding that baseline respiratory mortality and access to health care are associated with influenza-related mortality in persons <65 years suggests that health care improvements in low and middle-income countries might substantially reduce seasonal influenza mortality. Our estimates add to the body of evidence on the variation in influenza burden over time and geography, and begin to address the relationship between influenza-associated mortality, health and development.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was supported by the WHO on a contract with NIVEL (APW 201497873) and the MISMS influenza program led by in-house research division of the Fogarty International Center of the US NIHpt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.citationJ Glob Health. 2019 Dec;9(2):020421. doi: 10.7189/jogh.09.020421pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.7189/jogh.09.020421pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn2047-2978
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/7936
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherInternational Society of Global Healthpt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://jogh.org/documents/issue201902/jogh-09-020421.pdfpt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectSeasonal Inflluenzapt_PT
dc.subjectInfluenza Burdenpt_PT
dc.subjectMortalidadept_PT
dc.subjectEstados de Saúde e de Doençapt_PT
dc.titleGlobal mortality associated with seasonal influenza epidemics: New burden estimates and predictors from the GLaMOR Projectpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.issue2pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage020421pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleJournal of Global Healthpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume9pt_PT
rcaap.embargofctAcesso de acordo com página web do editor da revista.pt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
jogh-09-020421.pdf
Size:
1.04 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format