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Table 1 Predicted impact of pandemic influenza on the population of active and registered primary care medical practitioners based on modelling with FluAid (n = 3074 doctors, 15% and 35% incidence rates)

From: The potential impact of the next influenza pandemic on a national primary care medical workforce

Week of pandemic in NZ

Deaths (No.)

Hospital – isations (No.)

Illnesses (No.)a

Lost workdays from deaths (No.)b

Lost workdays from hospitalisations (No.)

Lost workdays from illness (No.)a

Total lost workdays (No.)

Reduction in days worked (%)c

1

0.0

0

5 – 11

0

1 – 2

10 – 23

11 – 25

01 – 0.2%

2

0.1

1

26 – 61

1

5 – 11

56 – 130

62 – 142

0.4 – 0.9%

3

0.2

1 – 3

59 – 137

2

12 – 25

126 – 294

139 – 321

0.9 – 2.1%

4

0.3

2 – 4

77 – 180

3

15 – 33

165 – 386

184 – 422

1.2 – 2.7%

5

0.2

1 – 2

43 – 101

4

9 – 19

93 – 217

106 – 240

0.7 – 1.6%

6

0.1

1 – 1

20 – 47

5

4 – 9

44 – 101

52 – 115

0.3 – 0.7%

7

0.0

0

5 – 12

5

1 – 2

11 – 26

17 – 33

0.1 – 0.2%

8

0.0

0

3 – 7

5

1

7 – 16

12 – 22

0.1%

Totald

1

6 – 13

239 – 556

25

47 – 102

512 – 1192

584 – 1320

0.5 – 1.1%

  1. aFor those with clinical illness that is severe enough to require a medical consultation – but which does not result in hospitalisation.
  2. bThe impact is cumulative for deaths in terms of lost workdays.
  3. cRelative to the full workforce working for five days per week.
  4. dThe figures in the columns do not add up exactly to the totals due to rounding.