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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine Volume 2012, Article ID 914196, 8 pages doi:10.1155/2012/914196 Research Article Risk Factors for Mortality among 2009 A/H1N1 Influenza Hospitalizations in Maricopa County, Arizona, April 2009 to March 2010 G. Chowell,1, 2 A. Ayala,3 V. Berisha,3 C. Viboud,2 and M. Schumacher3 1 School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA 2 Division of Epidemiology and Population Studies, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA 3 Offi ce of Epidemiology, Maricopa County Department of Public Health, Phoenix, AZ 85012, USA Correspondence should be addressed to G. Chowell, gchowell@ Received 14 April 2012; Accepted 28 May 2012 Academic Editor: Hiroshi Nishiura Copyright © 2012 G. Chowell et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. We analyzed individual-level data on pandemic influenza A/H1N1pdm hospitalizations from the enhanced surveillance system of the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, AZ, USA from April 1st, 2009 to March 31st, 2010. We also assessed the the risk of death among A/H1N1 hospitalizations using multivariate logistic regression. Hospitalization rates were significantly higher among Native Americans (risk ratio (RR) = 6.2; 95% CI: 6.15, 6.21), non-Hispanic Black (RR = 3.84; 95% CI: 3.8, 3.9), and Hispanics (RR = 2.0; 95% CI: 2.0, 2.01) compared to non-Hispanic Whites. Throughout the spring, 59.2% of hospitalized patients received antiviral treatment; the proportion of patients treated increased significantly during the