A senior official of Beijing revealed detailed data of severe acute
respiratory syndrome (SARS) cases Tuesday in Beijing.
Cai Fuchao, director of the publicity department of the Beijing
Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), made the
announcement at a press conference.
Following is the data:
Total confirmed SARS cases in Beijing: 1,897 (by 10:00 a.m., May
5)
In
terms of age group:
0-20: 169 cases, or 8.91 percent;
20-50: 1,391 cases, or 73.33 percent;
above 50: 337, or 17.77 percent;
In
terms of gender:
Male: 955 cases, or 50.34 percent;
Female: 942 cases, or 49.66 percent;
In
term of profession:
Medical workers: 335 cases;
Officials and clerks: 229 cases;
Retirees: 198 cases.
Cai said that confirmed SARS cases of pre-schooling children were
eight. A total of 136 SARS cases were students of primary,
secondary and vocational schools and institutes of higher
learning.
Nine farmers in suburban Beijing were confirmed to be SARS
patients, Cai said.
(Xinhua News Agency May 6, 2003)