Table 1 The outbreaks of major... | Emerald Publishing

Table 1

The outbreaks of major respiratory diseases in the past century [4, 5]

Outbreak	Year identified	Most affected age group	Emergency area	Deaths	Fatality rate
Spanish flu Influenza A (H1N1)	1918–1919	Young adults, elderly and young children	Unclear	20–50 million	>2%
Asian flu Influenza A (H2N2)	1957–1958	Children	Southern China	1–4 million	0.1–0.2%
Hong Kong flu Influenza A (H3N2)	1968–1969	All age groups	Hong Kong	1–4 million	0.1–0.2%
SARS	2003	Middle-aged adults (45-65)	China	774	<10%
Swine flu Influenza A (H1N1)	2009	Children, young adults and pregnant women	Mexico	18,000	<0.025%
MERS	2012	Elderly (60+)	Middle East	861	>30%
Covid-19	2020	All age groups, especially in elderly and people with diabetes, asthma or heart disease	China	25,518,343 and continuing (as of update August 25, 2020	>2%

Outbreak	Year identified	Most affected age group	Emergency area	Deaths	Fatality rate
Spanish fluInfluenza A (H1N1)	1918–1919	Young adults, elderly and young children	Unclear	20–50 million	>2%
Asian fluInfluenza A (H2N2)	1957–1958	Children	Southern China	1–4 million	0.1–0.2%
Hong Kong fluInfluenza A (H3N2)	1968–1969	All age groups	Hong Kong	1–4 million	0.1–0.2%
SARS	2003	Middle-aged adults (45-65)	China	774	<10%
Swine fluInfluenza A (H1N1)	2009	Children, young adults and pregnant women	Mexico	18,000	<0.025%
MERS	2012	Elderly (60+)	Middle East	861	>30%
Covid-19	2020	All age groups, especially in elderly and people with diabetes, asthma or heart disease	China	25,518,343 and continuing (as of update August 25, 2020	>2%