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Table 1 Total number of patients, incidence rate, case fatality rate, and other aspects of HFRS

From: Epidemiologic study on changes in occurrence of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Republic of Korea for 17 years according to age group: 2001–2017

 

Number of patients (%)

P-valueb

Total number of patients (n)

7048

 

Incidence rate

(per 100,000 individuals) (mean ± standard deviation)

0.83 ± 0.14

 

Total number of death (n)a

31

 

Case fatality rate (%)a

1.26 ± 0.65

 

Sex of patients

 Male (n, %)

4154 (58.9)

 

 Female (n, %)

2894 (41.1)

Age of patients

  ≤ 39 (n, %)

1261 (17.9)

 

 40~69 (n, %)

3813 (54.1)

 

  ≥ 70 (n, %)

1974 (28.0)

 

Proportion of sex by age group

 

Male

Female

 

  ≤ 39 (n, %)

1057 (83.8)

204 (16.2)

< 0.001

 40~69 (n, %)

2133 (55.9)

1680 (44.1)

< 0.001

  ≥ 70 (n, %)

964 (48.8)

1010 (51.2)

< 0.001

  1. aData for number of death were collected from 2011 to 2016
  2. bStatistical significance was tested by χ2 test or Fisher’s exact test, appropriately