Current situation of scrub typhus in South Korea from 2001–2013

Parasites & Vectors

Table 1 The number of Scrub typhus cases according to age in South Korea during 2001-2013

	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	Total
<10	44	38	16	55	71	62	49	45	49	60	57	96	92	734
10 - 19	26	15	20	55	79	69	76	61	64	77	79	124	111	856
20 - 29	76	36	30	105	152	148	147	121	98	133	117	202	226	1,591
30 - 39	168	108	62	297	372	350	320	259	215	250	205	444	379	3,429
40 - 49	407	230	171	661	896	963	795	735	600	670	546	888	983	8,545
50 - 59	556	366	265	928	1,408	1,378	1,281	1,320	1,076	1,259	1,231	1,970	2,549	15,587
60 - 69	760	653	474	1,375	2,022	1,806	1,701	1,662	1,315	1,473	1,308	2,164	2,771	19,484
70 - 79	478	387	295	973	1,419	1,348	1,303	1,454	1,237	1,349	1,241	2,099	2,558	16,141
80 - 89	115	84	80	239	341	332	335	374	321	368	349	584	764	4,286
90 >	7	2	2	10	20	24	15	26	20	32	18	33	52	261
Total	2,637	1,919	1,415	4,698	6,780	6,480	6,022	6,057	4,995	5,671	5,151	8,604	10,485	70,914

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