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Influenza

Track influenza surveillance, symptoms, positivity, and seasonal signals from health authorities.

What this page shows

Influenza pages should clearly label surveillance coverage and avoid comparing raw counts across countries without testing context.

The primary charts now come from normalized database observations. Snapshot cards remain useful for latest values, but time series and paired relationships get chart types that match the question.

Database charts

Influenza over time and in context

These charts use normalized observations from the World Vitals database. Time-series charts show change; scatter plots show paired relationships where the data actually supports comparison.

World Health Organization

Life expectancy rose, then dipped during the pandemic era

WHO GHO global both-sex observations show the long rise and the recent reversal.

71.372021

Hover or focus a point for exact date, value, unit, and source.

66.369.973.620002021
202171.369 yearsWorld Health Organization

World Bank

World Bank life expectancy gives a comparable annual health baseline

A second life-expectancy series helps cross-check WHO and World Bank health baselines.

73.482024

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49.162.275.319602024
202473.48 yearsWorld Bank

World Health Organization

Under-five mortality has fallen sharply

WHO GHO shows a sustained decline in deaths before age five per 1,000 live births.

36.722023

Hover or focus a point for exact date, value, unit, and source.

30.277.612519802023
202336.719 deaths per 1,000 live birthsWorld Health Organization

World Bank

World Bank under-five mortality confirms the long decline

The trend is one of the strongest global health stories in the database.

37.42024

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32.965.59819902024
202437.4 deaths per 1,000 live birthsWorld Bank

World Bank

Health expenditure shows system burden

Health spending as a share of GDP is a system-pressure measure, not a direct health outcome.

10.022023

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8.49.710.920002023
202310.016 percent of GDPWorld Bank

World Bank WDI

Prosperity and health improved together

Each dot is one global year where GDP per person overlaps life expectancy.

Each dot is one paired year. Hover or focus a dot for both values and the year it represents.

49.162.275.3015KGDP per capita, current US$Life expectancy at birth, years19602024
2024GDP per capita, current US$: 13,631.2Life expectancy at birth, years: 73.48

World Bank WDI

Electricity access rose as child mortality fell

Each dot is one global year linking infrastructure access to under-five mortality.

Each dot is one paired year. Hover or focus a dot for both values and the year it represents.

34.760.686.471.793.1Access to electricity, % of populationUnder-five mortality, per 1,000 live births19982023
2023Access to electricity, % of population: 91.599Under-five mortality, per 1,000 live births: 38.3

World Bank WDI

Water and sanitation access improved together

Paired annual observations show whether basic water and sanitation progress are moving together.

Each dot is one paired year. Hover or focus a dot for both values and the year it represents.

52.668.584.379.792.3Basic drinking-water access, %Basic sanitation access, %20002024
2024Basic drinking-water access, %: 91.449Basic sanitation access, %: 82.153

World Bank WDI

Health-system spend and life expectancy tell different stories

This relationship helps avoid treating expenditure as an automatic outcome measure.

Each dot is one paired year. Hover or focus a dot for both values and the year it represents.

67.270.573.88.410.9Health expenditure, % of GDPLife expectancy at birth, years20002023
2023Health expenditure, % of GDP: 10.016Life expectancy at birth, years: 73.329

WHO Disease Outbreak News

Latest source-backed outbreak notices

These records come from the daily World Vitals WHO Disease Outbreak News ingestion. They are source notices, not modelled case estimates.

Jun 25, 20262026-DON609

Nipah virus disease - India

Nipah virus diseaseIndia
elevated watch

On 11 June 2026, the Kerala State Health Department confirmed one laboratory confirmed case of Nipah virus (NiV) infection in Kozhikode district, Kerala State, India. The case is an adult male who developed symptoms on 30 May 2026 and was hospitalized on 10 Ju...

WHO source
Jun 24, 20262026-DON610

Yellow fever - Global

Yellow feverGlobal
elevated watch

Yellow fever is a viral disease found in areas of Africa and the Americas, spread by infected mosquitoes. Following an increase of cases in the Americas in 2025, transmission activity remained into 2026. From 1 January to 26 May 2026, six countries reported a...

WHO source
May 28, 20262026-DON604

Hantavirus outbreak linked to cruise ship travel, Multi-locations

Hantavirus outbreak linked to cruise ship travelMulti-locations
elevated watch

This is the fourth Disease Outbreak News report on the Andes hantavirus outbreak linked to cruise ship travel, following the notification to the World Health Organization (WHO) on 2 May 2026 of severe respiratory illness cases aboard M/V Hondius, a cruise ship...

WHO source
May 21, 20262026-DON603

Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus – Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virusDemocratic Republic of the Congo
high attention

On 15 May 2026, the Ministry of Public Health, Hygiene and Social Welfare, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and the Ministry of Health of Uganda declared an outbreak of Ebola Disease following the confirmation of Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD) in both c...

WHO source
May 16, 20262026-DON602

Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus, Democratic Republic of the Congo & Uganda

Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virusDemocratic Republic of the Congo & Uganda
high attention

On 5 May 2026, the World Health Organization (WHO) was alerted of a high-mortality outbreak of unknown illness in Mongbwalu Health Zone, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including deaths among health workers. On 14 May 2026, the Institut...

WHO source
May 13, 20262026-DON601

Hantavirus cluster linked to cruise ship travel, Multi-country

Hantavirus cluster linked to cruise ship travelMulti-country
high attention

This is the third Disease Outbreak News report on the hantavirus cluster, following the notification to the World Health Organization (WHO) on 2 May 2026 of severe respiratory illness cases aboard MV Hondius, a cruise ship. Since the last DON was published on...

WHO source

Metric snapshots

Influenza latest values

Snapshot and live-rate cards are kept separate from historical charts so they do not pretend to show a trend.

Healthlatest annual

Deaths from ischaemic heart disease

9.00M
deaths per year2021latest annual

WHO Global Health Estimates identify ischaemic heart disease as the leading cause of death.

World Health Organization / 2021
Pandemic Watchwatch

Hantavirus active watch

8
reported cases2026watch

Active World Vitals watch page for the MV Hondius Andes hantavirus cluster.

World Health Organization / 2026
Healthlatest annual

Under-5 mortality rate

37.4
deaths per 1,000 live births2024latest annual

World Bank world under-5 mortality estimate, deaths per 1,000 live births.

World Bank / 2024

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