Figure 17: Observed and predicted rate of influenza and pneumonia deaths as per New South Wales registered death certificates, 1 January 2005 to 1 November 2010 The figure shows the observed and predicted rates of influenza and pneumonia deaths in New South Wales registered death certificates from 1 January 2005 to 1 November 2010. The data shows that observed rates of influenza and pneumonia deaths rarely exceeded the seasonal baseline for the whole of 2010 and never exceeded the alert threshold.