Volume 17, Number 7—July 2011
CME ACTIVITY - Research
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, United States, 1993–2009
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of HPS case-patients, United States, 1993–2009*
Characteristic | No. (%) cases | Outcome |
|
---|---|---|---|
CFR, % | p value† | ||
Age, y, n = 508 | 0.992 | ||
<10 | 5 (1) | 20 | |
10–19 | 56 (11) | 36 | |
20–29 | 116 (23) | 36 | |
30–39 | 105 (21) | 37 | |
40–49 | 101 (20) | 33 | |
50–59 | 69 (14) | 35 | |
60–69 | 48 (9) | 33 | |
>70 |
8 (2) |
38 |
|
Sex, n = 510 | 0.180 | ||
M | 324 (64) | 33 | |
F |
186 (36) |
39 |
|
Race, n = 492 | 0.284 | ||
White | 383 (78) | 33 | |
American Indian or Native American | 96 (20) | 43 | |
Black | 8 (2) | 38 | |
Asian or Pacific Islander |
5 (1) |
60 |
|
Ethnicity, n = 393 | 0.637 | ||
Non-Hispanic | 312 (79) | 37 | |
Hispanic | 81 (21) | 40 |
*HPS, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome; CFR, case-fatality rate.
†χ2 p value for testing the difference in proportion of HPS case-patients who died between categories for each demographic characteristic.