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Table 3 Epidemiologic data sources for situation awareness

From: The epidemiology and surveillance response to pandemic influenza A (H1N1) among local health departments in the San Francisco Bay Area

Type of data

Number of local health departments

Case reports

12

Hospitalized/Fatal cases

12

Laboratory data

12

School absenteeism

11

Emergency room census

9

ILI sentinel surveillance

5

Vital statistics data

5

Hospital bed count

4

Workplace absenteeism

2

911 Calls/Logs

2

Other syndromic surveillance

2

  1. Abbreviations: ILI, influenza-like illness.