Journal Article: Mortality burden of the 1918–1919 influenza pandemic in Europe. (Italy was worst with 172% extra deaths during the pandemic period.)
There was a high level of variability between the excess of mortality experienced in the 14 countries we studied, with a minimal value of 33% in Finland and a maximal value of 172% in Italy. Ninety years later, the reasons for this variability are difficult to investigate. We pointed out that there was a clear … Read more