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*
and Lee Hin-Peng*
and Lee Hin-Peng*
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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