Figure 1

Estimated healthcare-seeking behaviour during the 2009 H1N1v epidemic in England from the UK flusurvey. The proportion of UK flusurvey users with HPA case definition H1N1v that sought some form of medical attention between July and December 2009: (a) comparison between age and gender groups during the second wave (September to December 2009); (b) month by month comparison between age groups; (c) healthcare-seeking behaviour of those with case definition ILI compared to that of those reporting other symptoms. The dashed line is the behaviour of a 'typical' ILI case during the epidemic; (d) the proportion of people visiting a GP. The solid line is the behaviour of a 'typical' ILI case during the epidemic. In each panel the solid bars represent the mean and the vertical lines indicate 95% confidence bounds on the mean.