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Volume 21, Number 1—January 2015
Dispatch

Association of Melioidosis Incidence with Rainfall and Humidity, Singapore, 2003–2012

Xiang Liu1, Long Pang1, Siew Hoon Sim, Kee Tai Goh, Sharada Ravikumar, Mar Soe Win, Gladys Tan, Alex Richard Cook, Dale Fisher, and Louis Yi Ann ChaiComments to Author 
Author affiliations: National University Health System University Medicine Cluster, Singapore (X. Liu, S. Ravikumar, M.S. Win, D. Fisher, L.Y.A. Chai); National University of Singapore and National University Health System Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, Singapore (L. Pang, K.T. Goh, A.R. Cook); Defence Medical and Environmental Research Institute, Singapore (S.H. Sim, G. Tan); Ministry of Health, Singapore (K.T. Goh); National University of Singapore Yale-NUS College, Singapore (A.R. Cook); National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore (D. Fisher)

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Table 1

Melioidosis case distribution by year, Singapore, 2003–2012*

Category 2003† 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total cases
No. cases
 44
 96
 74
 59
 57
 60
 37
 58
 34
 31
 550
Mean patient age, y
 52.6
 51.3
 51.2
 50.6
 56.9
 49.6
 54.1
 55
 46.1
 45.9
 51.3
Patient sex
F 6 15 9 13 7 9 8 13 6 1 87 (15.9)
M
 36
 81
 65
 46
 50
 51
 29
 45
 28
 30
 461 (84.1)
Race/ethnicity
Chinese 27 62 36 35 25 35 19 28 16 11 294 (65.6)
Malay 10 14 20 11 17 14 4 16 8 9 123 (27.5)
Indian 3 11 10 7 14 8 5 2 4 5 69 (15.4)
Others 0 4 2 0 0 3 7 3 4 0 23 (5.1)
Foreigners
 2
 5
 6
 6
 1
 0
 2
 9
 2
 6
 39 (8.7)
Incidence by race
Chinese 0.9 2.3 1.3 1.3 0.9 1.3 0.7 1 0.5 0.4 1.1
Malay 2 2.9 4.1 2.2 3.5 2.8 0.8 3.2 1.6 1.8 2.5
Indian
 0.7
 3.8
 3.2
 2.2
 4.5
 2.5
 1.5
 0.6
 1.1
 1.4
 2.2
Total incidence
 1
 2.3
 1.7
 0.7
 1.2
 1.2
 0.7
 1.1
 0.7
 0.6
 1.1
Deaths 6 (13.6) 26 (27.1) 12 (16.2) 9 (15.3) 12 (21.1) 12 (20.0) 5 (13.5) 14 (24.1) 6 (17.6) 2 (6.5) 104 (19.0)

*Values are no. (%) except as indicated.
†Data for 2 cases in 2003 were unavailable.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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