Volume 14, Number 10—October 2008
Research
Pyogenic Liver Abscess as Endemic Disease, Taiwan
Table 2
Incidence rates and deaths from pyogenic liver abscess, National Health Insurance database, Taiwan, 1996–2004*
Year | Case-patients with pyogenic liver abscess |
Deaths from pyogenic liver abscess |
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Female | Male | Total | Female | Male | Total | ||
1996 | 945 (9.03) | 1455 (13.15) | 2400 (11.15) | 112 (1.07) | 184 (1.66) | 296 (1.38) | |
1997 | 1045 (9.88) | 1562 (13.99) | 2607 (11.99) | 135 (1.28) | 173 (1.55) | 308 (1.42) | |
1998 | 1130 (10.58) | 1701 (15.13) | 2831 (12.91) | 151 (1.41) | 189 (1.68) | 340 (1.55) | |
1999 | 1162 (10.78) | 1936 (17.11) | 3098 (14.02) | 138 (1.28) | 213 (1.88) | 351 (1.59) | |
2000 | 1300 (11.94) | 2094 (18.38) | 3394 (15.24) | 147 (1.35) | 201 (1.76) | 348 (1.56) | |
2001 | 1453 (13.25) | 2218 (19.39) | 3671 (16.38) | 160 (1.46) | 258 (2.25) | 418 (1.87) | |
2002 | 1406 (12.74) | 2485 (21.64) | 3891 (17.28) | 151 (1.37) | 259 (2.26) | 410 (1.82) | |
2003 | 1434 (12.93) | 2386 (20.72) | 3820 (16.90) | 143 (1.29) | 238 (2.07) | 381 (1.69) | |
2004 |
1502 (13.47) |
2489 (21.57) |
3991 (17.59) |
149 (1.34) |
239 (2.07) |
388 (1.71) |
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p value† | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.224 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
*Data are presented as number (rate per 100,000 population).
†χ2 goodness-of-fit test. p<0.05 is considered statistically significant.