Analysis on SARS epidemiology in urban and suburb area in Beijing in 2003

  Objective   To describe SARS epidemiology in 2003, and to examine the differences of epidemiological characteristics between urban and suburb areas in Beijing.

  Methods   The SARS database of the Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control was analyzed using SPSS.

  Results   The incidence rate, mortality rate and fatality rate in urban area were 291058/million, 2.213/million and 7.62%, respectively; The incidence rate, mortality rate and fatality rate in suburb areas were 10.612/million, 0.775/million and 7.32%, respectively.Demographic characters were similar between urban area and suburb area.

  Conclusion   The SARS epidem- ic was severer in urban area than suburb area in Beijing.