Even though most infections are subclinical or self-limited, the outbreak is estimated to have cost more than $66 million in direct medical expenses and time lost from work in Kern County, California, alone.
Total damage from the outbreak was estimated at about $268 million, and insured damage from the Greensburg tornado alone was estimated at $153 million.
The complete exposure network was reconstructed, and the potential maximum reach of the outbreak was estimated.
Costs associated with the cases (including medical costs, nonmedical costs, and productivity losses) and those incurred by the implicated plant and federal agencies responding to the outbreak were estimated to be nearly $242 million Canadian dollars (CAD, 2008).
That outbreak is estimated to have killed more than 11,000 people over the last two years.
An excess mortality due to a special event (e.g., a heatwave or an epidemic outbreak) is estimated by subtracting the expected mortality (i.e., the mortality figure under 'normal' conditions) from the historical daily mortality time series records.
An excess mortality due to a special event (e.g., a heatwave or an epidemic outbreak) is estimated by subtracting the mortality figure under 'normal' conditions from the historical daily mortality records.
In the United States, costs of containing an outbreak were estimated at $6,180 per case.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the fatality rate of the SARS outbreak was estimated to be 9.6%.
Outbreak information and model relevant parameters like the infection rate, the basic reproductive number (R0), and the week of outbreak were estimated.
