Table 3. Case-fatality rates for hospitalized patients with Shigella infections, Asia, 1990–2009.
| Country |
Area |
Year |
Case-fatality rate by age group |
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| 0–11 mo |
1–4 y |
>5 y |
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| Bangladesh* | Urban/rural | 1990–1999 | 2.73 | 1.42 | 0.33 |
| Bangladesh† | Urban | 2000–2008 | 1.26 | 0 | 0 |
| Bangladesh‡ | Rural | 2000–2008 | 0.51 | 0.02 | 0 |
| People’s Republic of China (22) | Rural | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thailand (22) | Rural | 2000–2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Indonesia (22) | Rural | 2001–2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vietnam (22) | Urban/rural | 2001–2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pakistan (22) | Rural | 2002–2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bangladesh (22) |
Periurban |
2002–2004 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Median | 0.89 | 0.02 | 0 | ||
| Weighted mean, % (95% confidence interval) | 0.80 (0.59–1.03) | 0.1 (0.02–0.25) | |||
*International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDRB,B) hospital surveillance, 1990–1999. †ICDDR,B hospital surveillance (urban), 2000–2008. ‡ICDDR,B hospital surveillance (rural), 2000–2008.