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Following is a list of Clinical SARS Cases and Deaths as at April 15, 2003:
|
Age (years)
|
Number of cases
|
Number of deaths
|
Age-specific death rate
|
|
0-14
|
72
|
0 |
0.0 per cent
|
|
15-34
|
467
|
2
|
0.4 per cent
|
|
35-54
|
476
|
17
|
3.6 per cent
|
|
55-64
|
92
|
6
|
6.5 per cent
|
|
65-74
|
90
|
17
|
18.9 per cent
|
|
Over 75
|
56
|
16
|
28.6 per cent
|
|
Overall
|
1253
|
58
|
4.6 per cent
|
Overall 68 per cent of all deaths have co-existing illnesses.
End/Saturday, April 19, 2003
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