Illinois maintained the highest percentage of individuals sick with influenza last week, followed by Missouri and Wisconsin, respectively, according to recent data released by Kinsa Insights.
Kinsa, a San Francisco-based smart thermometer developer, analyzes data from roughly 25,000 temperature readings recorded daily nationwide, as well as the thousands of symptoms inputted into the company's app.
Lauren Davis, vice president of marketing for Kinsa, told Becker's Hospital Review Friday the company's flu data matches up "almost perfectly" with flu data released by the CDC. The difference, she claimed, is the CDC's data is slightly delayed because the information the agency receives is sent by hospitals and clinics with patients who were so ill they were forced to seek treatment at such facilities. The data Kinsa receives is provided the moment a user becomes ill.
Ms. Davis said the organization's weekly statistics regarding flu patients vary from daily calculations because the company only documents when an individual initially falls sick, and does not continue to count that individual in the days that follow.
Here are the top 10 states with the most individuals with the flu for the week of Jan. 22.
- Illinois
- Missouri
- Wisconsin
- Michigan
- Indiana
- Alabama
- Minnesota
- Georgia
- Iowa
- Kansas