Anna Rowe

But they add the footnote of underlying causes, without mentioning what they are. Pneumonia is the main cause of elderly people dying due to influenza, are asthmatics a vulnerable group?

Any respiratory disease is a vulnerable group. Death Certs will say ‘cause of death’ pneumonia but include the path of the pneumonia (Clarified by the positive test result). I’ve seen similar on many death certificates (other conditions obs) from my family history work.