raw-data:-influenza-death-rates

Raw Data: Influenza Death Rates

Here’s something unexpected that I ran across by accident. Despite the fact that Black people have lower flu vaccination rates and higher hospitalization rates compared to white people, their death rate is consistently lower:
This is a huge contrast with COVID-19, which the CDC estimates is nearly three times more deadly for Black people compared to white people:
I wonder what accounts for this huge difference?