Pediatric Influenza-Associated Deaths in New York State: Death Certificate Coding and Comparison to Laboratory-Confirmed Deaths

Table 4

Capture-recapture estimates.

(a)

		Laboratory-confirmed influenza
		pediatric death surveillance
		Reported	Missed
P&I coded; deaths	Reported	16	51
	Missed	14	𝑧=45

𝑛₁=30.
𝑛₂=67.
𝑁=126 deaths.

(b)

		Laboratory-confirmed influenza
		pediatric death surveillance
		Reported	Missed
Influenza only; coded deaths	Reported	16	4
	Missed	14	𝑧=4

𝑛₁=30.
𝑛₂=20.
𝑁=38 deaths.