title: Case fatality rate of severe acute respiratory syndromes in Beijing.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: School of Health Management and Education, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Wan-Nian
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Gai-Fen
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xue-Qin
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Jiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Xiong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Ze-Jun
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: 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*