The typical mortality rate of the flu is considered to be from about 0.06% to 0.24% (based on an assumption that 5% to 20% of the population get infected and we have on the order of 30,000 deaths annually).
The H1N1 (a.k.a. 'Swine' flu) has an estimated mortality rate of 2.5% to 10%.
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