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Volume 26, Number 6—June 2020
Research

Epidemiology of Coronavirus Disease in Gansu Province, China, 2020

Jingchun Fan, Xiaodong Liu, Weimin Pan, Mark W. Douglas, and Shisan BaoComments to Author 
Author affiliations: School of Public Health, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, China (J. Fan); Institute of Immunization and Prevention Management, Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jinan, China (X. Liu); Gansu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Lanzhou (W. Pan); Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (M.W. Douglas); Storr Liver Centre and Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, University of Sydney, Sydney (M.W. Douglas); School of Medical Sciences and Bosch Institute, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney (S. Bao)

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Table 1

Characteristics of patients with coronavirus disease, Gansu Province, China, 2020*

Characteristics Jan 23–28, n = 24 Jan 29–Feb 3, n = 30 p value
Median age (range), y
 34 (20–83)
 48 (1.67–94)
 0.014
Age group, no./total no. (%), y 0.821
<18 0/24 1/30 (3)
18–64 22/24 (92) 25/30(83)
>65
2/24 (8)
 4/30(13)
Sex 0.854
M 11/24 (46) 13/30 (43)
F
13/24 (54)
 17/30 (57)
Occupation 0.009
Cadres and professionals 3/24 (8) 8/30 (27)
Laborers 7/24 (29) 3/30 (10)
Farmers 3/24 (13) 0/30
Business service providers 3/24 (13) 2/30 (7)
Students 2/24 (8) 3/30 (10)
Scatter children† and retires 4/24 (17) 16/30 (47)
Healthcare workers
 2/24 (8)
 0/30
Urban residence
14/24 (58)
 20/30 (67)
 0.529
Primary case
19/24 (79)
 17/30 (56)
 0.081
Exposure to epidemic area 0.043
Hubei Province 16/24 (66) 14/30 (47)
Other area 3/24 (13) 2/30 (7)
No exposure to Hubei/other area
 5/24 (21)
 14/30 (46)
Main mode of transportation 0.193
Airplane 6/24 (25) 3/30 (10)
Train 7/24 (29) 8/30 (27)
Airplane and train 6/24 (25) 5/30 (17)
Local, did not leave Gansu Province
 5/24 (21)
 14/30 (46)
Frequency of transfer between transportation modes 0.024
<3 7/24 (29) 11/30 (37)
>3 12/24 (50) 5/30 (16)
Local, did not leave Gansu Province 5/24 (21) 14/30 (47)

*Data are no./total no. (%) unless otherwise indicated.
†Children who stayed at home, did not attend childcare facilities.

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