title: Mortality Rates during Cholera Epidemic, Haiti, 2010-2011.
abstract: The 2010 cholera epidemic in Haiti was one of the largest cholera epidemics ever recorded. To estimate the magnitude of the death toll during the first wave of the epidemic, we retrospectively conducted surveys at 4 sites in the northern part of Haiti. Overall, 70,903 participants were included; at all sites, the crude mortality rates (19.1-35.4 deaths/1,000 person-years) were higher than the expected baseline mortality rate for Haiti (9 deaths/1,000 person-years). This finding represents an excess of 3,406 deaths (2.9-fold increase) for the 4.4% of the Haiti population covered by these surveys, suggesting a substantially higher cholera mortality rate than previously reported.
authors.forename: Francisco J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Luquero
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rondy
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boncy
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Munger
authors.forename: Helmi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mekaoui
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rymshaw
authors.forename: Anne-Laure
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Page
authors.forename: Brahima
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Toure
authors.forename: Marie Amelie
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Degail
authors.forename: Sarala
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nicolas
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Grandesso
authors.forename: Maud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ginsbourger
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Polonsky
authors.forename: Kathryn P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Alberti
authors.forename: Mego
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Terzian
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Olson
authors.forename: Klaudia
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Porten
authors.forename: Iza
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ciglenecki
mesh_terms: D002771:Cholera / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality*; D058872:Epidemics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006205:Haiti / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Haiti; bacteria; burden; cholera; epidemic; mortality; outbreak