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

Table 3

Demographic characteristics and underlying cause of death.

	Laboratory-confirmed pediatric		Matched deaths		P&I surveillance only
	Influenza-associated death surveillance only
	𝑁=14		𝑁=16		𝑁=51
	𝑁	%	𝑁	%	𝑁	%
Age group
<2 years	1	7.1%	1	6.3%	30	58.8%
2–4 years	2	14.3%	2	12.5%	9	17.6%
5+ years	11	78.6%	13	81.2%	12	23.5%
Influenza type/subtype
Influenza A	4	28.6%	5	31.3%	n/a
Influenza B	1	7.1%	2	12.5%	n/a
pH1N1	9	64.3%	9	56.3%	n/a
Autopsy performed
Yes	10	71.4%	11	68.8%	38	74.5%
If yes, findings used to determine cause of death	10	100%	10	90.9%	27	71.1%
Underlying cause of death
Influenza (J09–J11)	n/a		16	100%	4	7.8%
Pneumonia (J12–J18)	n/a		0		47	92.2%
Other	14	100%	n/a		n/a