Mortality Rate of Swine Flu is still too difficult to Predict

Scientists have had difficulty in predicting the mortality rate of swine flu because they say they don't have enough accurate information. Apparently, they need more information concerning the true numbers of deaths related to swine flu and not deaths that could be attributed to other underlying medical issues.

From the limited information gathered so far it seems that swine flu has a mortality rate similar to that of normal seasonal flu, giving us a figure of 0.5% or 1 in 200. This is much lower than the mortality rate of one of the worst pandemics of last century, the Spanish Flu pandemic, which killed about 2% of the people it infected.

However, this is the first phase of swine flu. It is very likely to get more virulent later as the disease continues to spread and develop.

For more information go to:
http://www.swine-flu-facts.org/