That number for deaths (5,382) is for influenza in general, not H1N1. If you download the referenced source, it states that in 2009 there were less than 300 confirmed h1n1 cases admitted to intensive care worldwide.
Table 2. Reported number of new and cumulative confirmed fatal Pandemic (H1N1) 2009
influenza cases in EU and EFTA countries, as 23 October 2009, 09:00 hours CEST, and in the
rest of the world by country, as of 22 October 2009, 16:00 hours CEST.
The total at the bottom of the table is: 5,382
Perhaps you are reading that the total in EU alone is 269?
Yeah, that was wrong. I was trying to get some real numbers from the report, and having trouble understanding it. I am still unsure of what the real number is. For example, the Brazil number they use is 1,368, but earlier it states that there were 645 deaths with confirmed pandemic influenza.
