OBJECTIVE: To describe the case fatality rate of SARS in Beijing. METHODS: Data of SARS cases notified from Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention (BCDC) and supplemented by other channels were collected. The data were analyzed by rate calculation. RESULTS: The case fatality rate of SARS in Beijing was 7.66%, and had an ascending trend while the age of cases was getting older, and a descending trend while the epidemic development. The case fatality rate in Beijing was lower than that in other main epidemic countries or regions. CONCLUSIONS: The risk of death increases with the increment of age of SARS patients. Beijing is successful in controlling and treating SARS.
OBJECTIVE: To describe the case fatality rate of SARS in Beijing. METHODS: Data of SARS cases notified from Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention (BCDC) and supplemented by other channels were collected. The data were analyzed by rate calculation. RESULTS: The case fatality rate of SARS in Beijing was 7.66%, and had an ascending trend while the age of cases was getting older, and a descending trend while the epidemic development. The case fatality rate in Beijing was lower than that in other main epidemic countries or regions. CONCLUSIONS: The risk of death increases with the increment of age of SARSpatients. Beijing is successful in controlling and treating SARS.
Authors: Na Jia; Dan Feng; Li-Qun Fang; Jan Hendrik Richardus; Xiao-Na Han; Wu-Chun Cao; Sake J de Vlas Journal: Trop Med Int Health Date: 2009-04-17 Impact factor: 2.622