Table 1Incidence of scrub typhus in Korea, 2001–2010
|
Persons (%)
|
Month |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
Gender |
Men |
956 (36.1) |
689 (36.0) |
488 (34.6) |
1669 (35.5) |
2257 (34.4) |
2287 (36.5) |
2205 (36.8) |
2217 (36.6) |
1865 (37.6) |
2108 (37.6) |
Women |
1692 (63.9) |
1227 (64.0) |
923 (65.4) |
3028 (64.5) |
4305 (65.6) |
3978 (63.5) |
3790 (63.2) |
3835 (63.4) |
3097 (62.4) |
3498 (62.4) |
Age |
<40 |
315 (11.9) |
197 (10.3) |
126 (8.9) |
511 (10.9) |
650 (9.9) |
610 (9.7) |
593 (9.9) |
484 (8.0) |
423 (8.5) |
512 (9.1) |
40–49 |
412 (15.6) |
229 (12.0) |
172 (12.2) |
659 (14.0) |
878 (13.4) |
925 (14.8) |
790 (13.2) |
735 (12.1) |
599 (12.1) |
662 (11.8) |
50–59 |
562 (21.2) |
366 (19.1) |
264 (18.7) |
926 (19.7) |
1367 (20.8) |
1324 (21.1) |
1275 (21.3) |
1324 (21.9) |
1062 (21.4) |
1244 (22.2) |
60–69 |
759 (28.7) |
652 (34.0) |
472 (33.5) |
1376 (29.3) |
1950 (29.7) |
1743 (27.8) |
1692 (28.2) |
1662 (27.5) |
1307 (26.3) |
1454 (25.9) |
70–79 |
478 (18.1) |
386 (20.1) |
295 (20.9) |
975 (20.8) |
1364 (20.8) |
1319 (21.1) |
1295 (21.6) |
1450 (24.0) |
1231 (24.8) |
1335 (23.8) |
≥80 |
122 (4.6) |
86 (4.5) |
82 (5.8) |
250 (5.3) |
353 (5.4) |
344 (5.5) |
350 (5.8) |
397 (6.6) |
340 (6.9) |
399 (7.1) |
Region |
City |
1065 (40.2) |
590 (30.8) |
455 (32.2) |
1896 (40.4) |
2883 (43.9) |
2897 (46.2) |
2623 (43.8) |
2537 (41.9) |
2218 (44.7) |
2675 (47.7) |
County |
1583 (59.8) |
1326 (69.2) |
956 (67.8) |
2801 (59.6) |
3679 (56.1) |
3368 (53.8) |
3372 (56.2) |
3515 (58.1) |
2744 (55.3) |
2931 (52.3) |
Total |
2648 |
1916 |
1411 |
4697 |
6562 |
6265 |
5995 |
6052 |
4962 |
5606 |
Table 2Incidence of scrub typhus by year and month, 2001–2010
|
Persons (%)
|
Month |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
Jan |
2 (0.1) |
3 (0.2) |
5 (0.4) |
6 (0.1) |
3 (0.0) |
1 (0.0) |
7 (0.1) |
10 (0.2) |
26 (0.5) |
15 (0.3) |
Feb |
1 (0.0) |
4 (0.2) |
0 (0.0) |
1 (0.0) |
2 (0.0) |
3 (0.0) |
7 (0.1) |
6 (0.1) |
6 (0.1) |
11 (0.2) |
Mar |
1 (0.0) |
2 (0.1) |
1 (0.1) |
2 (0.0) |
3 (0.0) |
8 (0.1) |
6 (0.1) |
2 (0.0) |
12 (0.2) |
9 (0.2) |
Apr |
2 (0.1) |
6 (0.3) |
7 (0.5) |
5 (0.1) |
1 (0.0) |
12 (0.2) |
14 (0.2) |
16 (0.3) |
15 (0.3) |
12 (0.2) |
May |
0 (0.0) |
7 (0.4) |
9 (0.6) |
8 (0.2) |
9 (0.1) |
11 (0.2) |
15 (0.3) |
18 (0.3) |
21 (0.4) |
33 (0.6) |
Jun |
1 (0.0) |
1 (0.1) |
1 (0.1) |
2 (0.0) |
8 (0.1) |
6 (0.1) |
13 (0.2) |
7 (0.1) |
16 (0.3) |
23 (0.4) |
Jul |
6 (0.2) |
6 (0.3) |
3 (0.2) |
2 (0.0) |
4 (0.1) |
2 (0.0) |
15 (0.3) |
9 (0.2) |
12 (0.2) |
26 (0.5) |
Aug |
6 (0.2) |
6 (0.3) |
3 (0.2) |
7 (0.2) |
8 (0.1) |
7 (0.1) |
16 (0.3) |
9 (0.2) |
13 (0.3) |
34 (0.6) |
Sep |
55 (2.1) |
81 (4.3) |
45 (3.2) |
40 (0.9) |
75 (1.2) |
97 (1.6) |
76 (1.3) |
103 (1.7) |
179 (3.7) |
80 (1.5) |
Oct |
1646 (62.2) |
1427 (75.3) |
956 (67.8) |
3402 (73.3) |
3833 (60.9) |
3553 (58.2) |
2405 (40.5) |
4232 (70.6) |
2535 (51.9) |
2623 (48.1) |
Nov |
898 (33.9) |
344 (18.1) |
360 (25.6) |
1130 (24.3) |
2290 (36.4) |
2284 (37.4) |
3275 (55.2) |
1485 (24.8) |
1943 (39.8) |
2468 (45.2) |
Dec |
30 (1.1) |
9 (0.5) |
19 (1.3) |
39 (0.8) |
55 (0.9) |
122 (2.0) |
82 (1.4) |
97 (1.6) |
110 (2.3) |
122 (2.2) |
Total |
2648 |
1896 |
1409 |
4644 |
6291 |
6106 |
5931 |
5994 |
4888 |
5456 |