Because
my daughter traveled to Mexico earlier this month I signed up for an
email update from the US Government Center for Disease Control
(CDC).
The
following information came last night from the CDC and I was
startled
to see that Utah and Texas had the same number of H1N1 Flu deaths.
This
morning I ran some numbers and was surprised with the following
findings and questions:
Utah has the highest number of deaths per
million capita - 3.65, more that twice that of New York with 1.80.
Why?
Is Utah
better at reporting?
Is it
because we gather in community groups more?
Is it
because we are a younger population?
High
altitude?
Mostly
Northern European genes?
Utah
has the second highest number of "Confirmed and Probable
Cases" per
million capita - 319.39, but Wisconsin is more that twice that
of Utah
with 759.24.
Why?
| States |
Confirmed and Probable Cases |
# Deaths |
| Utah |
874 |
10 |
| New York |
2272 |
35 |
| California |
1492 |
16 |
| Illinois |
2875 |
12 |
| Texas |
2981 |
10 |
| Arizona |
729 |
8 |
| New Jersey |
899 |
6 |
| Connecticut |
877 |
5 |
| Wisconsin |
4273 |
4 |
| Oregon |
289 |
3 |
| Washington |
588 |
3 |
| Pennsylvania |
1483 |
3 |
| Michigan |
468 |
2 |
| Florida |
941 |
2 |
| Rhode Island |
132 |
1 |
| Oklahoma |
123 |
1 |
| Minnesota |
537 |
1 |
| Maryland |
414 |
1 |
| Missouri |
55 |
1 |
| Massachusetts |
1287 |
1 |
| Virginia |
191 |
1 |
| North Carolina |
179 |
1 |
| States |
Cases per Million Population |
| Utah |
319.39 |
| Wisconsin |
759.24 |
| Connecticut |
250.48 |
| Illinois |
222.84 |
| Massachusetts |
198.06 |
| Rhode Island |
125.62 |
| Texas |
122.54 |
| Pennsylvania |
119.13 |
| New York |
116.57 |
| Arizona |
112.15 |
| New Jersey |
103.54 |
| Minnesota |
102.87 |
| Washington |
89.78 |
| Oregon |
76.25 |
| Maryland |
73.49 |
| Florida |
51.34 |
| Michigan |
46.78 |
| California |
40.59 |
| Oklahoma |
33.77 |
| Virginia |
24.58 |
| States |
Deaths per Million Population |
| Utah |
3.65 |
| New York |
1.80 |
| Connecticut |
1.43 |
| Arizona |
1.23 |
| Rhode Island |
0.95 |
| Illinois |
0.93 |
| Oregon |
0.79 |
| Wisconsin |
0.71 |
| New Jersey |
0.69 |
| Washington |
0.46 |
| California |
0.44 |
| Texas |
0.41 |
| Oklahoma |
0.27 |
| Pennsylvania |
0.24 |
| Michigan |
0.20 |
| Minnesota |
0.19 |
| Maryland |
0.18 |
| Missouri |
0.17 |
| Massachusetts |
0.15 |
| Virginia |
0.13 |
| Florida |
0.11 |
| North Carolina |
0.11 |
Note: Other
US States have no deaths reported.
Source: The
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 6.25.09
