More men die than women

The device has a spherical structure, is invisible to the human eye, and measures approximately 120 nanometers. Influenza A virus It sickened more women in Yucatán but killed more men in the entity.

Historically, influenza was first described by the Greek physician Hippocrates, the father of medicine, in 412 BC.

In its epidemiological bulletin for the fourth week of this year, the Federal Ministry of Health (SSA) reported that influenza had sickened 2,436 residents in the state of Yucatan between January 1 and 27, 2024, after 22 years.

This makes the number of flu cases in Yucatan more than double in 2024 compared to the 10 Yucatan people diagnosed with the flu in the first 4 weeks of 2023.

Influenza (influenza) is an infection of the nose, throat, and lungs; the Mayo Clinic defines it as a disease that often begins suddenly with sneezing, a runny nose, and a sore throat, and the agency describes “having the flu as feeling worse than a cold.” A comparison was made, and the cold had another distinguishing feature: it was small.

Flu in Yucatán: 2022, the worst year of a six-year term

In the six-year period from 2019 to 2024, from the last pre-pandemic year to the current Covid-19 era, the number of people infected with the flu in Yucatán went from zero to 59 in just the first four weeks of each year. wait.

The year-by-year January influenza outlook for Yucatán is as follows:

• In 2018, four Yucatecans contracted influenza.
• In 2019, six Yucatecans (four men and two women) suffered from the disease.
• In 2020, there were six (but two men and four women).
• In 2021, the first full year of the Covid-19 pandemic, no flu patients were reported in January.
• In 2022, that number jumped to 69 patients (17 men and 52 women).
• In 2023, the number of people infected with influenza fell to 10 people in Yucatán (4 men and 6 women).
• In 2024, there will be 22 people with influenza (9 men and 13 women).

Flu in Yucatan: an ‘invisible’ virus that prefers Yucatan people

According to the data, Flu sickens more women than men in Yucatán in January. During the six-year period from 2019 to 2024, there were a total of 113 influenza patients. 77 were women. and 37 The remainingmen. That means for every 100 flu patients in January, 68 were women and 32 were men.

This year, more women than men are again infected with the flu in Yucatán. Regardless, the statistics show that more women go to the doctor because the SSA data only refers to people diagnosed with the flu; it doesn’t include people who get sick but don’t go to the doctor.

2024 begins with zero flu patients in Yucatán first week of January, but report says Four Cases (all in female) in the second; over the next 7 days, 10 patients (four males and one six women) and in the fourth to eight o’clock (five boys and three women). There were 9 males and 13 females in total.

Influenza on the rise in Yucatan this winter

SSA also provides weekly flu reports each winter, covering the 40th week of the year (October) through the 20th week of the following calendar year (May).

From winter 2023-2024 to present, A total of 145 flu patients have been reported in Yucatán, two of whom have diedSSA regulations until the fifth week of 2024 (as of February 1).

In contrast, during the same period In the winter of 2022-2023, there were 85 new cases of influenza and 1 death in Yucatánso now the number of people infected with influenza in Yucatan has increased by 70.5% (an increase of 60 people), and the number of deaths has doubled.

According to federal health authorities, In the winter of 2023 to 2024, the Yucatan Peninsula will be dominated by influenza A (H1N1) virus

, accounting for 56%. Followed by virus A (H3N2), accounting for 21%; virus B accounting for 16%, and virus A accounting for 7%. He pointed out that the latter includes A, AH1 and A which cannot be subtyped.

In the last seasons (2021-2022 and 2022-2023), virus subtypes Influenza A (H3N2)compared to SSA.

Influenza: A virus that kills more men than women

How deadly is the flu in Yucatan? In response to this question, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) stated that influenza and pneumonia were the fifth leading cause of death in the Yucatan Peninsula in 2022, with a total of 838 deaths.

By gender, influenza is the seventh leading cause of death among men, with 450 people diedranked fourth among women, with 388 deaths.

Nationwide, it is the ninth leading cause of death, eighth among men and sixth among women.

by age group

Inegi also presents an overview of influenza deaths by age group in Yucatan, in mortality statistics for Mexico and entities.

Specifically, flu deaths by age group in Yucatan in 2022 are as follows:

Yucatan under 1 year old

Flu and pneumonia kill 14 babies third Causes of death in children under 1 year of age in Yucatan.

Children 1 to 4 years old

this second The cause of death among children aged 1 to 4 in Yucatán is influenza and pneumonia, which has killed nine people.

Children and adolescents aged 5 to 14 years

Flu kills five people quarter The cause of death for this group of Yucatan people.

Teenagers aged 15 to 24

Influenza and pneumonia are eighth cause of death. In 2022, seven Yucatecans between the ages of 15 and 24 died from the disease.

Adults aged 25 to 34

This is also eighth It is the leading cause of death among people aged 25 to 34 in Yucatan, with 22 deaths expected by 2022.

Adults aged 35 to 44

Influenza and pneumonia are most common among Yucatan people aged 35 to 44 ninth Cause of death, 27 people will die in 2022.

Adults aged 45 to 64

this seventh The leading causes of death among people aged 45 to 64 in Yucatán are influenza and pneumonia, with 166 people expected to die in 2022.

Adults 65 and older

Influenza and pneumonia are the most common illnesses among Yucatecans aged 65 or older fifth Causes of death, 588 people died in 2022, the most recent year for which Inegi requires mortality statistics by age group.

In short, Influenza ranks first among causes of death in Yucatán Children aged 1 to 4 years old, infants under 1 year old, and people aged 5 to 14 years old are in this order. Yucatecans in these three age groups are at greater risk for influenza leading to pneumonia, which in turn can be fatal.

Take your child to see a doctor if your child has a fever (or feels feverish and chills), cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, muscle or body aches, headache, fatigue, vomiting, or diarrhea, your child’s doctor recommends. Fact sheet from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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