Abstract:
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.