Year of appearance | Yearly global carbon emission rate (106 ton/yr) (CDIAC, 2018) | Year of minimal average daily sunspot area [ 12 ] | Virus subtype [ 27 ] | Host | Common designation | Estimated deaths |
1918 | 1000 | 1915 | H1N1 | Swine | Spanish | 100 million |
1957 | 2000 | 1955 | H2N2 | Duck | Asian | 86,000 in the USA |
1968 | 4000 | 1966 | H3N2 | Swine | Hong Kong | 34,000 in the USA |
1997 | 6000 | 1996 | H5N1 | Goose | Chicken or bird | 148 deaths from 2003 until October 2006 |
2004 | 3200 (China) 7812 (World) | 2006 | - | Baiji dolphin | Yangtze River | Yangtze River Baiji dolphin extinct |
2013 | 9740 (2012) | 2015 | H11N2 [ 13 ] | Adélie Penguin | Petrels Island, Antarctic Peninsula | 20,196 pairs, no chicks survived [ 14 ] |
2017 | 10,000 | 2018 | H5N5 [ 13 ] | Adélie Penguin | East Antarctica | 40,000 Ad [ 15 ] |