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CHICAGO, ILL. -- Health officials say swine flu is on its last legs in Illinois, but the virus is still circulating and could return.

Three new deaths reported last week pushed the state's swine flu death toll above 100 for the first time.

Most who died from the virus were between the ages of 25 and 64, and most had other health problems.

State epidemiologist Dr. Craig Conover says it was a mild pandemic that taught lessons for the future.

Delays in vaccine production led to shortages when people wanted protection.

Now there's plenty of vaccine, but demand has faded.

Conover says the state's swine flu hospitalization rate for blacks and Hispanics was three times higher than that for whites.

He says studies are being designed to try to find out why.

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