Logan County Health Department Reports 177 Confirmed Cases of Influenza

[February 28, 2008]  Logan County Health Department's chief communicable disease nurse, Mary Anderson, has just released a report of the number of lab-confirmed influenza cases so far this season.

From Dec. 12, 2007, through Feb. 22, 2008, 177 cases have been reported. Of those confirmations, 93 percent were A strain. The remaining 13 cases, or 7 percent, were B strain.

The youngest person affected was 20 days old. The oldest was 95 years old.

Below is a breakdown by age and number of the cases.

It shows more young as having the flu, but it may just be that more young people were brought in for testing.

Flu cases Dec. 12, 2007-Feb. 22, 2008
(Logan County Health Department statistics)

<12 months	13 cases
1-4 years	33 cases
5-9 years	14 cases
10-14 years	19 cases
15-19 years	24 cases
20-24 years	14 cases
25-29 years	13 cases
30-34 years	6 cases
35-39 years	5 cases
40-44 years	5 cases
45-49 years	5 cases
50-54 years	7 cases
55-59 years	8 cases
60-64 years	1 case
65-69 years	4 cases
70-74 years	2 cases
75-79 years	0 cases
80-89 years	2 cases
90-95 years	2 cases

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