Volume 17, Number 7—July 2011
CME ACTIVITY
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, United States, 1993–2009
Adam MacNeil
, Thomas G. Ksiazek, and Pierre E. Rollin
, Thomas G. Ksiazek, and Pierre E. RollinTable 1
Demographic characteristics of HPS case-patients, United States, 1993–2009*
| Characteristic | No. (%) cases | Outcome |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| CFR, % | p value† | ||
| Age, y, n = 508 | 0.992 | ||
| <10 | 5 (1) | 20 | |
| 10–19 | 56 (11) | 36 | |
| 20–29 | 116 (23) | 36 | |
| 30–39 | 105 (21) | 37 | |
| 40–49 | 101 (20) | 33 | |
| 50–59 | 69 (14) | 35 | |
| 60–69 | 48 (9) | 33 | |
| >70 |
8 (2) |
38 |
|
| Sex, n = 510 | 0.180 | ||
| M | 324 (64) | 33 | |
| F |
186 (36) |
39 |
|
| Race, n = 492 | 0.284 | ||
| White | 383 (78) | 33 | |
| American Indian or Native American | 96 (20) | 43 | |
| Black | 8 (2) | 38 | |
| Asian or Pacific Islander |
5 (1) |
60 |
|
| Ethnicity, n = 393 | 0.637 | ||
| Non-Hispanic | 312 (79) | 37 | |
| Hispanic | 81 (21) | 40 | |
*HPS, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome; CFR, case-fatality rate.
†χ2 p value for testing the difference in proportion of HPS case-patients who died between categories for each demographic characteristic.
