How likely are you to die from Swine Flu if you have it?

Answer 1

Unlikely, unless you are in one of the high risk groups (see related question below).

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has estimated that, as of 2/12/10, since the beginning of the pandemic, the US has had approximately 57 million cases of A-H1N1/09 Pandemic Swine Flu and approximately 11,690 resulting deaths. Based upon this, an estimate of the mortality rate in the US from the pandemic is 0.02%.

In comparison, the CDC and World Health Organization (WHO) have estimated that with seasonal flu, "we see over 30 million cases in the United States. We see 200,000 hospitalizations and, on average, 36,000 deaths." (During the entire fall and winter flu season.) Based upon this, the average mortality rate of seasonal flu in the US would be 0.12 %.

The statistics of this mortality rate variation and other information gathered during the pandemic are under study by epidemiologists. It may be attributable to the fact that the especially vulnerable demographic group of the elderly (age 65 and older) suffers the majority of the cases and deaths from seasonal flu (because their weakened immune systems are unable to fight it off before their frail bodies must attempt to deal with the symptoms caused by another new strain of virus). In contrast, the majority of cases of the pandemic Swine Flu are among the younger and healthier demographic groups, so that, except for the very young and those with underlying medical conditions, most are able to survive the disease. It is not fully understood yet why the elderly do not contract this virus subtype as easily as the typical seasonal viruses, but speculation is that they may have acquired immunity through prior exposure to a similar virus strain.

As mentioned above and explained in the related question below, the risk increases if you are in the high risk groups: pregnant, have Asthma, are young, or if you are suffering from an underlying illness at the time (for the full list see the related question).

Wash your hands, take vitamins, get the flu shot, and contact your doctor if you have a fever.

Answer 2

More people seem to have gastrointestinal symptoms with the H1N1/09 pandemic swine flu than is typical with other types of flu, however, the numbers with those symptoms are relatively low none-the-less. If you have had the flu symptoms for a while and start feeling better, but then feel much worse and begin vomiting or having diarrhea, it can be an indication of a worsening of your flu or complications. Report this to your physician for advice. Dehydration is always a concern with any flu, so if you do have vomiting or other gastrointestinal symptoms, be sure to replace lost fluids and if you can not keep them down, call your doctor.

Answer 3

you can'tsay what is the correct percentage to get caughty by swine flu.

It depends upon the person to what extent he is going to protect himself from the deadly flu.yes, it is true that one can get attacked even after the utmost care, that is the destiny and you are got to believe in it.