Table 3.
Disease | Severity (scale 1–10) | Vulnerability (scale 1–5) | ||||||
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Europe | Asia | Difference | T valuea | Europe | Asia | Difference | T valuea | |
SARS, outbreak outside countryb | 8.42 | 8.02 | 0.40 | 4.8*** | 1.86 | 2.54 | −0.68 | 4.8*** |
SARS, outbreak in countryb | 8.42 | 8.02 | 0.40 | 4.8*** | 2.69 | 2.70 | −0.01 | −0.3 |
Flu from a new flu virusb | 7.06 | 6.74 | 0.32 | 3.6** | 2.89 | 2.82 | 0.07 | 1.5 |
Flu from new virus, outbreak in countryb | 7.06 | 6.74 | 0.32 | 3.6** | 3.16 | 2.97 | 0.19 | 4.5*** |
Heart attack | 8.87 | 7.45 | 1.42 | 18.2*** | 2.53 | 2.36 | 0.17 | 3.8** |
High blood pressure | 6.41 | 6.48 | −0.07 | −0.9 | 2.45 | 2.36 | 0.10 | 2.1 |
Tuberculosis | 7.60 | 6.66 | 0.94 | 10.5*** | 1.88 | 2.18 | −0.30 | −7.7*** |
Food poisoning | 5.46 | 5.80 | −0.34 | −3.7** | 2.56 | 2.71 | −0.14 | −3.4* |
Diabetes | 6.88 | 6.59 | 0.28 | 3.1* | 1.91 | 2.16 | −0.24 | −6.1*** |
HIV | 9.41 | 8.48 | 0.93 | 10.9*** | 1.36 | 1.46 | −0.09 | −3.3* |
Common cold | 2.45 | 3.52 | −1.07 | −13.9*** | 3.86 | 3.58 | 0.28 | 6.9*** |
*p < 0.0025, ** p < 0.0005, *** p < 0.00005
aTo adjust for multiple testing, the significance level was divided by the number of comparisons (20) using the Bonferroni adjustment
bSeverity of SARS and flu from a new virus was asked in general. The mean score is given in the table for both situations (outbreak in or outside country)