Rates of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09-associated severe acute respiratory case-patients at three sentinel cities in Argentina, according to age group May–December, 2009.

aEstimated by multiplying the week-specific number of decedents identified (row 1) by the week-specific proportion testing positive for 2009 H1N1 (row 2) and its 95% confidence interval.
bCorrected for the proportion of case-patients missing date of illness onset (epidemiologic week) information (i.e. 1 of 271 among children aged <5 years, 7 of 748 among persons aged 5–44, 6 of 350 among persons aged 45–64 years, and 1 of 253 among persons aged ≥65 years).