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Volume 10, Number 2—February 2004
THEME ISSUE
2004 SARS Edition
Preparedness and Response

Crisis Prevention and Management during SARS Outbreak, Singapore

Stella R. Quah*Comments to Author  and Lee Hin-Peng*
Author affiliations: *National University of Singapore

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Table 1

Demographic characteristics of study and total population

Characteristics Study population
Total populationa
No. (%) [1,201 total] No. (%) 
[3,263,200 total]
Ethnicity
Chinese
Malay
Indian
Other
900 (75.0)
172 (14.0)
82 (7.0)
47 (4.0)
2,505,400 (76.8)
453,600 (13.9)
257,800 (7.9)
46,400 (1.4)
Age
21–29b
30–39
40–49
50 and older
233 (19.0)
313 (26.0)
312 (26.0)
343 (28.0)
480,191 (20.4)
613,944 (26.1)
575,674 (24.5)
681,282 (29.0)
Sex
Male
Female 599 (49.9)
602 (50.1) 1,630,293 (49.9)
1,632,916 (50.1)

aRef. 2.
bTotal population figures refer to ages 20–29 years.

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