A negative-stained image of the swine flu virus.

While searching the web for accurate information regarding the number of Canadians impacted by the Swine Flu, I came across a fantastic interactive map on The Globe and Mail site. The map provides a big-picture look at the number of confirmed hospitalizations, ICU admissions and deaths by province/territory and for Canada as a whole. Although the size of the rings surrounding each providence can be misleading, the facts are not. Here are some of the figures they’ve gathered:

Deaths per million people:

All of Canada: 2.76
Newfoundland and Labrador: 0.00
Prince Edward Island: 0.00
Nova Scotia: 1.07
New Brunswick: 0.00
Quebec: 3.48
Ontario: 2.09
Manitoba: 5.79
Saskatchewan: 4.92
Alberta: 3.35
British Columbia: 2.74
Yukon: 0.00
Northwest Territories: 0.00
Nunavut: 31.85

Patients admitted to the ICU per million people:

All of Canada: 10.54
Newfoundland and Labrador: 1.97
Prince Edward Island: 0.00
Nova Scotia: 8.53
New Brunswick: 2.68
Quebec: 13.68
Ontario: 6.19
Manitoba: 35.60
Saskatchewan: 11.81
Alberta: 10.88
British Columbia: 11.64
Yukon: 0.00
Northwest Territories: 69.28
Nunavut: 191.08

Hospitalizations per million people.

All of Canada: 53.41
Newfoundland and Labrador: 5.91
Prince Edward Island: 7.15
Nova Scotia: 18.12
New Brunswick: 4.01
Quebec: 75.74
Ontario: 33.88
Manitoba: 187.91
Saskatchewan: 23.62
Alberta: 51.04
British Columbia: 45.42
Yukon: 0.00
Northwest Territories: 692.84
Nunavut: 2101.91

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