Case fatality rate of severe acute respiratory syndromes in Beijing.

OBJECTIVE To describe the case fatality rate of SARS in Beijing. METHODS Data of SARS cases notified from Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention (BCDC) and supplemented by other channels were collected. The data were analyzed by rate calculation. RESULTS The case fatality rate of SARS in Beijing was 7.66%, and had an ascending trend while the age of cases was getting older, and a descending trend while the epidemic development. The case fatality rate in Beijing was lower than that in other main epidemic countries or regions. CONCLUSIONS The risk of death increases with the increment of age of SARS patients. Beijing is successful in controlling and treating SARS.