Wednesday, 15 August 2012

Chances of contracting SARS




  A total of 8422 people contracted SARS and 916 of which, unfortunately, passed away. The fatality rate of SARS is the lowest for the people below the age of 25, below 1%. It is 6% for middle aged people, between the ages of 25 to 44. Also, a total of 15% for people between the ages of 45 to the age of 64. Lastly, it is a more than 50% were people over the age of 65. Therefore we can conclude that the older people who were above the age of 65 were the most vulnerable to SARS.


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