Volume 11, Number 4—April 2005
Research
Childhood Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, United Kingdom and Ireland
Richard M. Lynn*, Sarah J. O’Brien†1
, C. Mark Taylor‡, Goutam K. Adak†, Henrik Chart§, Tom Cheasty§, John E. Coia¶, Iain A. Gillespie†, Mary E. Locking#, William J. Reilly#, Henry R. Smith§, Aoife Waters**, and Geraldine A. Willshaw§
, C. Mark Taylor‡, Goutam K. Adak†, Henrik Chart§, Tom Cheasty§, John E. Coia¶, Iain A. Gillespie†, Mary E. Locking#, William J. Reilly#, Henry R. Smith§, Aoife Waters**, and Geraldine A. Willshaw§Table 1
Number, sex distribution, and incidence of childhood cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome, United Kingdom and Ireland, 1997–2001
| Year |
Males | Females | Total | Incidence per 105/y (all cases) | 95% CI* | Patient, <5 y of age | Incidence per 105/y (patients <5 y) | 95% CI* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
| England | 83 | 66 | 65 | 73 | 139 | 148 | 287 | 0.71 | 0.56–0.89 | 185 | 1.54 | 1.12–2.0 |
| Scotland | 12 | 19 | 20 | 12 | 28 | 35 | 63 | 1.56 | 0.9–2.43 | 41 | 3.4 | 1.84–6.17 |
| Wales | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 0.71 | 0.27–1.70 | 10 | 1.49 | 0.36–4.18 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 0.97 | 0.27–1.70 | 7 | 1.45 | 0.2–4.6 |
| Ireland | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 0.83 | 0.38–1.6 | 24 | 2.33 | 0.85–5.1 |
| Total | 103 | 103 | 103 | 104 | 195 | 218 | 413 | 0.71 | 0.56–0.89 | 267 | 1.54 | 1.12–2.0 |
*CI, confidence interval.
