Table 1. Melioidosis case distribution by year, Singapore, 2003–2012*.
| Category | 2003† | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | Total cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. cases |
44 |
96 |
74 |
59 |
57 |
60 |
37 |
58 |
34 |
31 |
550 |
| Mean patient age, y |
52.6 |
51.3 |
51.2 |
50.6 |
56.9 |
49.6 |
54.1 |
55 |
46.1 |
45.9 |
51.3 |
| Patient sex | |||||||||||
| F | 6 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 87 (15.9) |
| M |
36 |
81 |
65 |
46 |
50 |
51 |
29 |
45 |
28 |
30 |
461 (84.1) |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||||||
| Chinese | 27 | 62 | 36 | 35 | 25 | 35 | 19 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 294 (65.6) |
| Malay | 10 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 123 (27.5) |
| Indian | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 69 (15.4) |
| Others | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 23 (5.1) |
| Foreigners |
2 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
9 |
2 |
6 |
39 (8.7) |
| Incidence by race | |||||||||||
| Chinese | 0.9 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
| Malay | 2 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
| Indian |
0.7 |
3.8 |
3.2 |
2.2 |
4.5 |
2.5 |
1.5 |
0.6 |
1.1 |
1.4 |
2.2 |
| Total incidence |
1 |
2.3 |
1.7 |
0.7 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
0.7 |
1.1 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
1.1 |
| Deaths | 6 (13.6) | 26 (27.1) | 12 (16.2) | 9 (15.3) | 12 (21.1) | 12 (20.0) | 5 (13.5) | 14 (24.1) | 6 (17.6) | 2 (6.5) | 104 (19.0) |
*Values are no. (%) except as indicated. †Data for 2 cases in 2003 were unavailable.