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. 2007 Oct;13(10):1560–1561. doi: 10.3201/eid1310.070150

Table. Data from death notification reports in the São Paulo, Brazil, metropolitan area, January 2004–August 2006.

Data from reports 2004 2005 2006
Total no. reported leptospirosis cases 285 262 167
Annual incidence per 100,000 inhabitants 2.7 2.4 1.7
Fatality rate, % 15 11 18
Total no. deaths 42 28 31
Fatal cases
Laboratory confirmed, no. (%) 28 (67) 17 (60) 17 (55)
Clinical and epidemiologically assessed, no. (%) 14 (33) 11 (40) 14 (45)
Total no. necropsies (%) 14/42 (33) 15/28 (53) 13/31 (41)
Frequency of concurrent Weil syndrome and pulmonary hemorrhage, no. (%) 12/14 (86) 10/15 (67) 9/13 (69)
Frequency of Weil syndrome without pulmonary hemorrhage, no. (%) 1/14 (7) 4/15 (27) 3/13 (23)
Frequency of pulmonary hemorrhage, no. (%) 1/14 (7) 1/15 (6) 1/13 (8)