Case fatality rate of severe acute respiratory syndromes in Beijing.
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.
Chen
Qi
Q
School of Health Management and Education, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Liang
Wan-Nian
WN
Liu
Gai-Fen
GF
Liu
Min
M
Xie
Xue-Qin
XQ
Wu
Jiang
J
He
Xiong
X
Liu
Ze-Jun
ZJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009790:Occupations; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000401:mortality*