Table 1 Summary statistics of demographic characteristics, mortality, hospitalization, and virological and meteorological data in Hong Kong in different periods
Whole period | Pre-SARS | Post-SARS | Post-pandemic | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Min. | Max | Mean | SD | Min. | Max | Mean | SD | Min. | Max | Mean | SD | Min. | Max | |
Elderly population (per 1000) | 860.4 | 65.5 | 753.3 | 980.3 | 765.2 | 12 | 753.3 | 777.1 | 850.6 | 28.8 | 795.4 | 898.6 | 953.5 | 24 | 918.5 | 980.3 |
Weekly death no. (n) | ||||||||||||||||
All-causes | 572.5 | 86.6 | 406 | 869 | 488.6 | 49.5 | 406 | 624 | 569.5 | 76.3 | 415 | 869 | 630.8 | 85.3 | 484 | 869 |
CRD | 290.7 | 58.8 | 179 | 522 | 240.5 | 35.8 | 179 | 351 | 291.4 | 54.5 | 194 | 522 | 321.3 | 60.9 | 234 | 503 |
P&I | 85.3 | 28 | 36 | 190 | 55.1 | 9.6 | 36 | 98 | 80.8 | 21 | 41 | 186 | 115.9 | 25.4 | 71 | 190 |
COPD | 36 | 9.6 | 12 | 67 | 37 | 9.3 | 19 | 64 | 36.2 | 9.7 | 12 | 65 | 34.2 | 9.4 | 19 | 67 |
Stroke | 55.6 | 10.9 | 30 | 92 | 52.8 | 10.6 | 32 | 81 | 57.4 | 10.8 | 30 | 92 | 52.8 | 10.6 | 30 | 84 |
IHD | 64.1 | 15.4 | 34 | 129 | 53 | 10.8 | 34 | 82 | 66.2 | 15.1 | 37 | 129 | 66.4 | 15.7 | 35 | 120 |
Accidents | 10.7 | 3.7 | 2 | 23 | 10.2 | 3.7 | 2 | 20 | 10.8 | 3.8 | 3 | 23 | 10.2 | 3.4 | 4 | 20 |
Weekly hospitalization no. (n) | ||||||||||||||||
CRD | 3542.5 | 958.5 | 1704 | 6340 | 3196.9 | 283.2 | 2535 | 3945 | 2965.3 | 445.4 | 2260 | 4566 | 4858.7 | 485.1 | 3906 | 6079 |
P&I | 597.9 | 306.7 | 98 | 1497 | 177 | 34 | 111 | 256 | 592.7 | 187.8 | 124 | 1200 | 930.5 | 199.6 | 673 | 1497 |
COPD | 687.8 | 168.6 | 285 | 1188 | 767.3 | 104.4 | 576 | 1040 | 596.2 | 112.4 | 387 | 1048 | 815.9 | 147.6 | 573 | 1188 |
Stroke | 635.3 | 211.6 | 329 | 1254 | 611.5 | 60.1 | 471 | 750 | 479.9 | 79.8 | 334 | 766 | 917.7 | 92.5 | 723 | 1166 |
IHD | 659.4 | 225.1 | 257 | 1368 | 583.7 | 63 | 471 | 718 | 516.3 | 90.1 | 374 | 866 | 958.4 | 109.7 | 711 | 1279 |
Accidents | 493.2 | 115.4 | 267 | 845 | 430.6 | 39.3 | 354 | 547 | 434 | 61.8 | 325 | 634 | 656.8 | 55.1 | 549 | 845 |
Weekly positive specimens (n) | 19.8 | 32.8 | 0 | 310 | 11.8 | 9.7 | 0 | 41 | 13.6 | 15.8 | 0 | 93 | 23.9 | 30.9 | 0 | 157 |
Weekly positive percentage (%) | 1.9 | 2.2 | 0 | 14.9 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 0 | 5.6 | 1.7 | 2 | 0 | 11.5 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 0 | 14.9 |
Temperature (°C) | 23.5 | 4.9 | 11.4 | 30.5 | 23.8 | 4.5 | 14.1 | 30.2 | 23.2 | 4.8 | 11.4 | 30.5 | 23.4 | 5.2 | 12.3 | 30.1 |
Relative Humidity (%) | 78.3 | 7.8 | 51 | 93.7 | 78.5 | 7.5 | 54.4 | 92 | 77.7 | 8.3 | 51 | 93.6 | 77.9 | 7.5 | 54.9 | 93.7 |