Descriptive Statistics
Ashkum 1
Gilman 1
Onarga 4
Roberts 1
Watseka 2
Total Cases 9
Case counts with Date of Onset
October 1, 2009 1
October 13, 2009 2
October 15, 2009 1
October 17, 2009 2
October 18, 2009 1
October 21, 2009 1
October 26, 2009 1
Narrative
The laboratory confirmed cases of H1N1 flu in our geographic region follows the national pattern. Persons being infected with the highest percentage of H1N1 virus are in the 5 to 18 year age group with 5 confirmed H1N1 cases. The 5 – 18 year old age group comprises 55.6% of the confirmed cases in Ford and Iroquois Counties. Other age categories with laboratory confirmed H1N1 cases are as follows; 24 – 59 months have one case (11.1%), 19 – 24 years have one case (11.1%), 25 – 49 years have one case (11.1%), 50 – 64 years have one case (11.1%). It is worth mentioning that young babies aged 6 – 23 months and older Americans over the age of 65 years have not been infected with the H1N1 virus (see chart one below).