Volume 10, Number 5—May 2004
Dispatch
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Incidence in New York1
Hwa-Gan H. Chang*
, Boldtsetseg Tserenpuntsag†, Marilyn Kacica*†, Perry F. Smith*†, and Dale L. Morse*†
, Boldtsetseg Tserenpuntsag†, Marilyn Kacica*†, Perry F. Smith*†, and Dale L. Morse*†Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of 65 patients with confirmed or probable hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), New York, 1998–1999
| Characteristic | No. of patients (N = 65) |
|---|---|
| Demographic features | No. (incidence/100,000) |
| Age (in years) | |
| <5 | 28 (2.0) |
| 5–14 | 11 (0.4) |
| 15–64 | 17 (0.1) |
| >65 | 9 (0.3) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 20 (0.2) |
| Female | 45 (0.4) |
| Race | |
| White | 57 (0.3) |
| Black | 3 (0.2) |
| Asian | 1 (0.2) |
| Outcome | No. (%) |
| Alive | 59 (91) |
| Dead | 6 (9) |
| Outbreak-associated | No. (%) |
| Yes | 15 (23) |
| No | 50 (77) |
