Table 1.
No. of tularemia hospitalizations | No. of reported tularemia cases | Ratio hospitalizations/ reported cases | |
---|---|---|---|
Year | |||
2001 | 25 | 6 | 4·2 |
2002 | 17 | 4 | 4·3 |
2003 | 30 | 4 | 7·5 |
2004 | 14 | 0 | — |
2005 | 16 | 2 | 8 |
2006 | 24 | 2 | 12·0 |
2007 | 24 | 0 | — |
2008 | 31 | 43 | 0·7 |
2009 | 16 | 2 | 8·8 |
2010 | 25 | 1 | 25 |
Geographical area | |||
Northern Italy | 75 | 2 | 37·5 |
Central Italy | 68 | 61 | 1·1 |
Southern Italy | 79 | 1 | 79·0 |
Total | 222 | 64 | 3·5 |