In Mexico, about 70 deaths out of roughly 1,000 cases represents a fatality rate of about 7 percent. The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-19, which killed an estimated 40 million worldwide, had a fatality rate of about 2.5 percent. source http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/04/26/swine-flu-mexico.html The mortality rate of a condition is the proportion of people dying during a given time interval There could be several reasons for this and statistics could change over time but you can now see why the UN declared a Global Emergency.
-- Posted By Breaking News to Break News at 4/27/2009 08:59:00 AM
