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Reports, Results and Summaries : West Nile Virus : NYC DOHMH

West Nile Virus

Reported Suspected and Confirmed Cases and Rates
June 1 – Oct 31, 1999-2006

  1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Summary
Cases 47 14 9 29 32 5 14 12 162
Syndrome                  
  Neuroinvasive 45 14 7 28 31 2 11 8 146
  WN Fever 2 0 2 1 1 3 3 4 16
Median age* (yrs)
(Range)
71 62 51 72 67 34 61 64.5 68
(5-90) (36-87) (44-75) (22-86) (8-93) (1-66) (27-84) (44-80) (1-93)
# Deaths 4 1 1 3 7 0 2 2 20
  Case fatality rate* 9% 7% 14% 11% 23% 18% 25% 14%
* Median age and case fatality rate calculated for neuroinvasive cases only

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