Influenza - GP Consultations

Aged 0-14 years

The graph below shows the GP consultation rates for influenza-like illness for patients aged 0 to 14 years. No major rise was noted during the last four flu seasons (2004/05 to 2007/08), although there was a slight rise in flu-related consultations in December 2005 and January 2007, and a brief rise in February 2005. However, in November 2003 there was a more major rise recorded, which was due to the community outbreaks with the Fujian strain of influenza that disproportionately affected children very early in the 2003/04 season, peaking in week 46.

Estimated number of GP consultations for influenza in Scotland per week, per 100,000 population;
patients aged 0-14 years
weeks 40 to 14; years 2003/04 to 2007/08^p

Notes:
1. Based on 47, 44, 44, 47 and 46 PTI practices that submitted complete data for flu seasons (weeks 40 - 14) 2003/04, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07 and 2007/08, respectively.
2. PTI data are collated by financial year and therefore figures are shown up to week 14 (in some years week 14 may extend past 31 March).
3. Following a substantial review of PTI procedures, the methods used for data from 2003/04 onwards have been updated. These figures may therefore differ from any estimates provided prior to 27th March 2007.
4. The clinical (Read) codes used to identify "influenza-like illness" for the above analysis are listed in a downloadable excel file  (17 Kb).

^p Data for 2007/08 are provisional.

Source:  Practice Team Information (PTI), ISD Scotland

                                                                                                                                        

Related influenza information:
Introduction
GP Consultations
       - All Ages
       - Ages 0 - 14
       - Ages 65+
Vaccinations
Surveillance