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. 2011 Feb 18;3(1):e2. doi: 10.4081/idr.2011.e2

Table 1. The characteristics of the SARS outbreak in mainland China and other countries or regions in 2003. Data concern probable cases. See Feng et al. for data sources.6.

Country or area Mainland China Hong Kong Taiwan Singapore Vietnam Canada
Number of cases 5327 1755 674 238 62 251
CFR: no. dead (%) 343 (6.4) 302 (17.2) 87 (12.9) 33 (13.9) 6 (9.7) 43 (17.1)
Age: median (yrs) 33 40 46 37 43 49
Occupation: HCW (%) 1021 (19.2) 405 (23.1) 205 (30.3) 97 (40.8) 35 (56.5) 101 (40.2)