Prognosis of Flu

Prognosis of Flu: Good for healthy adults and children. Risks for infants, elderly, or other at-risk people. ...see also Overview of Flu

Prognosis for Flu: For most of us, the fever, exhaustion, and aches and pains of the flu can be debilitating for a week or two, but for the elderly and those with compromised immune systems the flu can be much more serious. (Source: excerpt from Focus On The Flu: NIAID) ...see also Overview of Flu

Flu: Duration statistics

Duration of Flu: 3-10 days usually ...see also Overview of Flu

Duration of Flu: Most people who get the flu get better within a week (although they may have a lingering cough and tire easily for a while longer). (Source: excerpt from The Flu, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)

Life Expectancy and Survival Rates

Average life years lost from Flu: 9.5 years for pneumonia/influenza (SEER)¹; 10.9 for pneumonia/influenza in North Carolina²; 4.3 average YPLL/person for pneumonia and influenza in Michigan³. ...see also deaths and Flu

Deaths and Mortality Rates

Deaths from Flu: 63,730 annual deaths for influenza and pneumonia (NVSR Sep 2001); estimated 20,000 deaths from flu (NIAID)

Cause of death rank: 7th leading cause of death in 1999 and 2000 is "pneumonia/influenza" (CDC)

Estimated mortality rate for Flu from incidence and deaths statistics:

• Deaths: 63,729 (USA annual deaths calculated from this data: 63,730 annual deaths for influenza and pneumonia (NVSR Sep 2001); estimated 20,000 deaths from flu (NIAID))
• Incidence: 97,920,000 (USA annual incidence calculated from this data: 36 per 100 (NHIS96); 35 million annually up to 50 million annually (NIAID/CDC); 10-20% yearly (NIAID)
• 0.065% (ratio of deaths to incidence).
• See also Deaths and Flu and Overview of Flu.

Complications:

Complications of Flu may include:

• Pneumonia - This lung infection is one of the most serious possible complications.
• Bronchitis
• Secondary bacterial infections
  • Streptococcus aureus bacterial infection
  • Haemophilus influenzae bacterial infection
• more complications...»

Complications of Flu from the Diseases Database include:

• Myalgia
• Suppurative otitis media
• Pericarditis
• Dacryoadenitis
• Myositis
• more complications...»

See also complications of Flu.

Prognosis of Flu Discussion

Most people who get the flu recover completely in 1 to 2 weeks, but some people develop serious and possibly life-threatening complications. While your body is busy fighting off the flu, you may be less able to resist a second infection. Older people and people with chronic illnesses run the greatest risk of getting secondary infections, especially pneumonia. In an average year, flu leads to about 20,000 deaths nationwide and many more hospitalizations. (Source: excerpt from What to Do About the Flu - Age Page - Health Information: NIA)

Death Statistics for Flu

The following are statistics from various sources about deaths related to Flu:

• 36,655 female deaths for Influenza and Pneumonia in the USA 2000 (American Heart Association, 2002)
• 257 people died from influenza each year in the US 2001 (Deaths: Final data for 2001, NCHS, CDC)
• 0.1 people per 100,000 population died from influenza each year in the US 2001 (Deaths: Final data for 2001, NCHS, CDC)
• Death statistics by age in the USA for influenza and pneumonia:
  • influenza and pneumonia caused 2.5% of deaths for age 1-4 years in USA 1999 [NVSR 2001]
• more death statistics...»

Flu: Research More

• Flu: Introduction
• Deaths: Flu
• Symptoms: Flu
• Complications: Flu
• Treatments: Flu

About prognosis:

The 'prognosis' of Flu usually refers to the likely outcome of Flu. The prognosis of Flu may include the duration of Flu, chances of complications of Flu, probable outcomes, prospects for recovery, recovery period for Flu, survival rates, death rates, and other outcome possibilities in the overall prognosis of Flu. Naturally, such forecast issues are by their nature unpredictable.