Salt Lake County

Weekly Influenza
Surveillance Report
Epidemiology Bureau

Week 3: January 12 – January 18

 INFLUENZA SUBTYPE HOSPITALIZED INFLUENZA INFLUENZA RELATED
CASES DEATHS
INFLUENZA A
H3N2 6 1
2009 H1N1 56 3
UNKNOWN 23
INFLUENZA B
YAMAGATA 1
VICTORIA 44
UNKNOWN 33
INFLUENZA A&B 1
UNKNOWN

Salt Lake County Weekly Influenza Surveillance Report

TOTAL 164 4

2019-2020 Influenza Season: Weekly Surveillance Data

40 10
Number of Hospitalized Cases

% ILI & School Absenteeism

20 5

0 0

Week Ending Date

A(2009 H1N1) A(unk) A(H3) B(unk)
B(Victoria) B(Yamagata) ILI(%) School Absenteeism(%)

1
 Hospitalized Influenza Cases by Type per Age Group, Salt Lake County
30

Number of Cases
20

10

0
A(2009 H1N1) A(unk) A(H3) B(unk) B(Victoria) B(Yamagata)

Influenza Type
0-4 5-24 25-49 50-64 65+
Salt Lake County Weekly Influenza Surveillance Report

Hospitalized Influenza Rates by Age Group

Salt Lake County
Crude Rate/100,000 Population

50

25

0
0-4 5-24 25-49 50-64 65+
Age Group

Hospitalized Influenza Rates by Race & Ethnicity

Salt Lake County
80
Crude Rate/100,000 Population

40

2 0
Non-Hispanic or Hispanic or Latino Asian/Pacific Black or African White American Indian
Latino Islander American or Alaska Native
 Underlying Medical Conditions Among Hospitalized Influenza Patients
50% Salt Lake County

25%

0%

Salt Lake County Weekly Influenza Surveillance Report

Influenza Season Severity Assessment Comparison: Salt Lake County, Utah and the United States

2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20

Salt Lake County Moderate Very High Moderate Moderate High Moderate Low
Utah Moderate High Moderate Moderate High High High
United States Moderate High Moderate Moderate High

*Reference https://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/classifies-flu-severity.htm for threshold methodology

*Salt Lake County indicators used for severity assessment include deaths (influenza-related deaths), outpatient cases (influenza-like illness from
Germwatch) and inpatient cases (influenza-related hospitalizations from FluSurv-NET).
* For Utah indicators see: http://health.utah.gov/epi/diseases/influenza/surveillance/index.html
*US indicators used for severity assessment include outpatient cases (influenza-like illness from ILINET), inpatient cases (influenza-related
hospitalizations from FluSurv-NET) and deaths (influenza and pneumonia related deaths from NCHS).

Age Total
Group Cases % Vaccinated % ICU % Vent % Pneumonia %Underlying Health Conditions
0-4 25 12 28 4 4 40
5-24 18 28 17 6 6 44
25-49 41 24 17 5 10 56
50-64 37 22 16 5 11 73
65+ 43 33 14 7 12 74
Total 164 24 18 5 9 61

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 Pneumonia and Influenza Mortality for Salt Lake County
Week ending January 18, 2020
20
% of All Deaths Due to P&I
15

10

0
4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020
MMWR Week

Salt Lake County Influenza Burden Estimates: Two Season Comparison

Salt Lake County Weekly Influenza Surveillance Report

2018-19 Season 2019-20 Season

200 300

Hospitalized Illnesses Hospitalized Illnesses

Outpatient Medically- Outpatient Medically-

Attended Illnesses Attended Illnesses
15,000 19,000
Community Illnesses Community Illnesses
(non-medically- (non-medically-
attended) attended)

16,000 21,000

Above is a burden pyramid, displaying the current estimated burden of influenza throughout Salt Lake County. As of
January 18, 2020, for the 2019-20 season, Salt Lake County is estimated to have had 300 hospitalized illnesses,
19,000 outpatient medical visits due to influenza and 21,000 symptomatic non-medically attended influenza
illnesses. The methods used to calculate these estimates follow CDC’s methodology* and incorporate Salt Lake
County-specific influenza hospitalization testing practices to account for under-detection of hospitalized influenza
illnesses.
* https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/how-cdc-estimates.htm
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*Data in this report is provisional*