This was at least partially related to bigger population undergoing the OrthoK treatment, resulting in higher number of total incident cases.
The number of total cases performed by residents has not changed significantly.
Shuangyang County in southeastern Changchun had the highest number of cases (1,525 cases; 35.9% of all cases), but its population only accounted for 5.6% of the total population.
Category 4100-2-3 Other ADG Combinations, Age 35+, had the highest number of patients (N=28 864, 12.7%), with a high mean number of episodes (3.9 of total cases compared with 4.5 in outliers, p<0.001), resulting in increased costs in these patients.
While outbreaks with gastroenteritis have occurred each winter season since 2008, this was the outbreak with the highest number of cases since winter 2008/2009 (total number of cases by winter: 2008/9 232 cases, 2009/10 113 cases, 2010/2011 18 cases, 2011/2012 88 cases).
The southeastern region of the country has been affected by HIV/AIDS very significantly in particular, the state of Sao Paulo, which has the highest number of reported AIDS cases (37% of total cases reported) [37].
Among baris in Matlab, the total population of a residence has the largest effect on both any cholera cases occurring and of higher numbers of cases.
Finally, even with an unexpected high number of reported severe cases, the total number of deaths in PICUs was too small to perform a multivariable analysis for factors associated with death.
Malaria distribution in Loreto is highly heterogeneous and contains foci of high incidence, such as the district of San Juan, which reported in 2007 the highest number of cases in the region (total of 4,075 for a population of 108,353).
Brazil contributed the highest number of cases (2.1 million; i.e., 39% of the total number of cases).
