www.cdc.go.kr/phwr Measuring health related quality of life using EQ-5D in South Korea - Based on the results of KNHANES and -1-541 546 549 550 Public Health Weekly Report, KCDC 541
Table 1. General characteristics of study participants in KNHANES and unit : N(%) KNHANES KNHANES Male Female Male Female All 11,392 (46.1) 13,308 (53.9) 1,240 (41.6) 1,741 (58.4) Age group 19-29 1,971 (17.3) 2,438 (18.3) 141 (11.4) 198 (11.4) 30-39 2,605 (22.9) 2,815 (21.2) 247 (19.9) 388 (22.3) 40-49 2,736 (24.0) 2,974 (22.3) 248 (20.0) 317 (18.2) 50-59 1,880 (16.5) 2,005 (15.1) 205 (16.5) 300 (17.2) 60-69 1,420 (12.5) 1,722 (12.9) 216 (17.4) 273 (15.7) 70-79 618 ( 5.4) 1,034 ( 7.8) 161 (13.0) 211 (12.1) 80-162 ( 1.4) 320 ( 2.4) 22 ( 1.8) 54 ( 3.1) Residence Dong 9,133 (80.2) 10,694 (80.4) 867 (69.9) 1251 (71.9) Eup or Myeon 2,259 (19.8) 2,614 (19.6) 373 (30.1) 490 (28.1) Education Elementary or less 1,745 (15.7) 3,829 (29.5) 290 (23.4) 652 (37.6) Middle school 1,211 (10.9) 1,437 (11.1) 145 (11.7) 177 (10.2) High school 4,679 (42.2) 4,840 (37.2) 431 (34.8) 547 (31.5) University or more 3,465 (31.2) 2,893 (22.3) 371 (30.0) 360 (20.7) Occupation Non-manual 4,298 (37.7) 3,798 (28.5) 409 (33.0) 401 (23.0) Manual 4,253 (37.3) 2,271 (17.1) 421 (34.0) 277 (15.9) Others 2,841 (24.9) 7,239 (54.4) 410 (33.1) 1,063 (61.1) Subjective health Very good 651 ( 5.7) 447 ( 3.4) 66 ( 5.3) 40 ( 2.3) Good 5,089 (44.7) 4,753 (36.7) 367 (29.6) 447 (25.7) Moderate 3,793 (33.3) 4,859 (36.5) 585 (47.3) 814 (46.8) Bad 1,584 (13.9) 2,829 (21.3) 192 (15.5) 354 (20.3) Very bad 274 ( 2.4) 420 ( 3.2) 28 ( 2.3) 85 ( 4.9) The data without education or subjective health information were excluded for the analysis related to these variables. 542 Public Health Weekly Report, KCDC
Table 2. Crude problems reported(%) in EQ-5D and EQ VAS by general characteristics in KNHANES, 2005 Mobility Self-care Usual activities Pain/discomfort Anxiety/depression EQ VAS 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 Mean (SD) Median (IQR) All population 88.2 11.2 0.6 97.2 2.2 0.5 90.3 8.9 0.8 68.2 29.6 2.2 80.8 17.7 1.5 72.0 (16.9) 75.0 (20.0) Sex Male 91.9 7.5 0.6 97.6 1.9 0.6 92.5 6.7 0.9 74.8 23.4 1.8 86.1 12.6 1.2 74.1 (16.2) 80.0 (15.0) Female 85.0 14.4 0.6 97.0 2.6 0.5 88.4 10.9 0.7 62.5 34.9 2.5 76.3 22.0 1.7 70.2 (17.3) 70.0 (20.0) Age 19-29 98.7 1.3 0.0 99.7 0.3 0.0 98.6 1.3 0.1 87.4 12.3 0.3 90.1 9.6 0.3 77.9 (14.3) 80.0 (20.0) 30-39 98.6 1.3 0.1 99.7 0.2 0.1 98.0 1.8 0.2 82.1 17.7 0.3 87.8 11.7 0.5 75.5 (14.4) 80.0 (15.0) 40-49 95.7 4.2 0.1 99.0 1.0 0.1 95.6 4.1 0.2 74.2 24.7 1.1 82.6 16.3 1.1 73.6 (15.8) 80.0 (20.0) 50-59 86.7 12.9 0.4 97.6 1.9 0.5 89.4 10.0 0.5 60.9 36.4 2.6 77.1 20.9 2.0 70.2 (17.3) 70.0 (20.0) 60-69 69.7 29.1 1.2 94.4 4.6 1.0 78.1 20.5 1.4 41.9 53.1 5.0 69.4 27.3 3.2 65.1 (18.2) 70.0 (30.0) 70-79 54.1 43.5 2.4 88.4 9.5 2.1 63.5 33.1 3.4 30.6 61.0 8.4 63.4 32.9 3.7 61.0 (18.5) 60.0 (25.0) 80-36.7 56.2 7.1 72.6 20.5 6.8 42.1 49.0 8.9 24.7 64.7 10.6 61.4 33.6 5.0 57.9 (18.8) 60.0 (20.0) Education Elementary or less 63.5 34.8 1.7 91.4 7.1 1.5 71.8 26.5 2.2 37.4 56.3 6.3 66.0 30.3 3.7 63.2 (18.7) 60.0 (30.0) Middle school 87.2 12.2 0.5 97.6 1.9 0.6 89.1 10.0 0.9 60.6 36.8 2.6 76.3 22.1 1.5 69.4 (17.1) 70.0 (20.0) High school 96.4 3.4 0.2 99.1 0.7 0.2 96.4 3.4 0.2 77.8 21.4 0.8 85.1 13.9 0.9 74.8 (15.2) 80.0 (15.0) University or more 98.2 1.7 0.1 99.4 0.4 0.1 98.2 1.6 0.2 83.7 15.9 0.4 89.5 10.3 0.3 76.8 (14.3) 80.0 (20.0) Occupation Non-manual 97.1 2.9 0.0 99.6 0.3 0.0 97.6 2.3 0.0 81.3 18.0 0.7 87.6 12.0 0.4 74.3 (14.5) 75.0 (16.0) Manual 88.5 11.4 0.1 98.7 1.1 0.1 90.9 9.0 0.1 63.7 34.7 1.6 81.9 17.1 1.0 71.4 (16.5) 70.0 (20.0) Others 80.9 17.8 1.3 94.4 4.5 1.2 84.0 14.2 1.8 60.6 35.6 3.8 74.7 22.6 2.7 69.5 (18.1) 70.0 (20.0) Subjective Very good 99.0 1.0 0.0 99.8 0.2 0.0 99.2 0.8 0.0 92.1 7.7 0.3 93.5 6.3 0.2 85.9 (12.8) 90.0 (15.0) health Good 97.9 2.1 0.0 99.6 0.3 0.1 98.3 1.6 0.1 86.9 12.9 0.2 91.3 8.5 0.3 80.1 (12.2) 80.0 (20.0) Moderate 92.6 7.3 0.1 99.0 1.0 0.1 94.5 5.4 0.1 68.4 30.9 0.7 82.6 16.8 0.6 70.5 (14.0) 70.0 (20.0) Bad 64.2 34.8 1.0 93.1 6.0 0.9 70.9 27.8 1.2 29.2 65.4 5.4 58.1 38.3 3.6 57.9 (16.3) 60.0 (20.0) Very bad 30.8 56.8 12.4 64.6 25.1 10.4 34.0 49.6 16.4 10.7 57.9 31.4 34.6 47.0 18.4 44.0 (19.7) 45.0 (24.0) Table 3. Crude problems reported(%) in EQ-5D and EQ VAS by general characteristics in KNHANES -1, 2007 Mobility Self-care Usual activities Pain/discomfort Anxiety/depression EQ VAS 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 Mean (SD) Median (IQR) All population 78.1 21.2 0.7 94.2 5.2 0.6 84.1 14.7 1.2 64.9 30.4 4.7 80.2 18.1 1.7 70.5 (18.1) 70.0 (20.0) Sex Male 83.7 15.6 0.6 95.4 3.7 0.9 87.8 10.9 1.3 74.0 23.6 2.4 87.9 11.0 1.1 72.6 (16.2) 75.0 (20.0) Female 74.1 25.1 0.8 93.3 6.3 0.4 81.4 17.4 1.1 58.5 35.2 6.3 74.7 23.1 2.1 69.0 (19.2) 70.0 (28.0) Age 19-29 96.8 3.2 0.0 99.4 0.6 0.0 97.3 2.7 0.0 84.4 15.0 0.6 87.3 12.1 0.6 74.0 (14.9) 75.0 (17.0) 30-39 96.5 3.3 0.2 99.4 0.5 0.1 97.3 2.5 0.2 78.6 20.8 0.6 87.1 12.9 0.0 73.6 (15.0) 75.0 (16.0) 40-49 91.2 8.8 0.0 97.9 2.1 0.0 93.8 5.8 0.4 72.0 26.0 1.9 83.0 16.3 0.7 72.2 (15.4) 75.0 (20.0) 50-59 80.8 18.8 0.4 97.2 2.6 0.2 88.5 10.9 0.6 65.1 31.3 3.6 80.2 19.0 0.8 72.6 (17.5) 75.0 (30.0) 60-69 59.5 38.9 1.6 89.8 8.6 1.6 71.0 26.4 2.7 48.7 44.0 7.4 72.2 23.3 4.5 66.2 (19.8) 70.0 (30.0) 70-79 40.3 57.5 2.2 82.5 16.1 1.3 54.0 42.5 3.5 40.1 44.9 15.1 69.6 26.1 4.3 62.7 (22.4) 63.0 (30.0) 80-30.3 65.8 3.9 65.8 30.3 3.9 44.7 50.0 5.3 36.8 47.4 15.8 73.7 22.4 3.9 67.1 (26.1) 70.0 (40.0) Education Elementary or less 50.8 47.3 1.8 85.0 13.5 1.5 63.8 33.7 2.5 43.6 45.4 10.9 70.3 25.6 4.1 64.8 (21.6) 70.0 (30.0) Middle school 76.4 23.0 0.6 95.7 4.3 0.0 85.1 13.0 1.9 61.5 32.3 6.2 77.0 21.1 1.9 70.5 (17.2) 70.0 (20.0) High school 91.3 8.4 0.3 98.7 0.9 0.4 94.5 5.0 0.5 76.1 22.9 1.0 84.7 14.8 0.5 72.9 (15.7) 75.0 (20.0) University or more 96.3 3.7 0.0 99.3 0.7 0.0 95.9 4.0 0.1 78.9 20.4 0.7 88.6 11.2 0.1 74.6 (14.3) 80.0 (15.0) Occupation Non-manual 94.1 5.8 0.1 99.4 0.5 0.1 96.2 3.7 0.1 78.3 21.2 0.5 86.8 13.2 0.0 74.3 (14.5) 75.0 (16.0) Manual 77.8 21.8 0.4 95.8 4.0 0.1 86.8 13.2 0.0 64.5 32.2 3.3 84.0 14.3 1.7 71.3 (16.5) 70.0 (20.0) Others 69.5 29.3 1.2 90.6 8.4 1.1 76.2 21.5 2.4 57.8 34.6 7.6 74.8 22.5 2.6 68.0 (20.1) 70.0 (30.0) Subjective Very good 94.3 5.7 0.0 99.1 0.9 0.0 99.1 0.1 0.0 89.6 8.5 1.9 94.3 4.7 0.9 87.5 (10.8) 90.0 (15.0) health Good 90.3 9.5 0.2 97.9 1.7 0.4 95.1 4.4 0.5 80.2 18.4 1.4 90.9 8.6 0.5 79.7 (13.7) 80.0 (20.0) Moderate 84.9 14.9 0.2 97.5 2.1 0.4 91.4 8.3 0.4 71.6 27.0 1.4 83.4 16.1 0.5 70.3 (14.9) 70.0 (20.0) Bad 50.9 48.0 1.1 84.6 14.3 1.1 57.5 39.7 2.7 30.4 58.4 11.2 62.1 33.5 4.4 58.0 (19.0) 60.0 (20.0) Very bad 22.1 68.1 9.7 69.0 28.3 2.7 30.1 59.3 10.6 15.9 43.4 40.7 38.1 48.7 13.3 51.0 (21.8) 50.0 (40.0) Public Health Weekly Report, KCDC 543
Table 4. Difference between EQ-5D problem reporting and EQ VAS of KNHANES & -1 after socio-demographic factors adjustments Variables Mobility Self-care Usual activities Pain/discomfort Anxiety/depression EQ VAS OR p OR p OR p OR p OR p p Before 2005 1.00-1.00-1.00-1.00-1.00 - - - Adjusted 2007 2.10 0.01 2.17 0.01 1.76 0.01 1.16 0.01 1.04 0.41 0.78 0.08 Adjusted* 2005 1.00-1.00-1.00-1.00-1.00 - - - 2007 1.67 0.01 1.55 0.01 1.28 0.01 0.89 0.01 0.88 0.01 2.19 0.01 * Adjustments for socio-demographic factors such as sex, age, education, occupation, and residence Table 5. International comparison of EQ-5D problem rate and EQ VAS after age and sex standardization. Country Sample Mobility Self-care Usual Pain/ Anxiety/ EQ (investigation year) size activities discomfort depression VAS (N) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (score) Korea (2005) 24,700 10.3 2.5 8.6 29.8 17.8 72.7 Korea (2007) 2,981 15.0 3.8 10.8 29.5 17.5 71.7 Armenia (2002) 2,217 23.4 11.0 26.6 62.0 51.6 68.0 Belgium (2001) 1,274 11.8 2.8 13.9 41.2 20.4 81.5 Canada (1997) 1,517 14.0 2.0 12.4 35.9 28.3 80.8 Finland (1992) 2,411 17.6 4.1 15.5 37.5 13.9 80.5 Germany (1994, 1997, 1996) 824 16.1 2.6 11.8 35.4 17.7 83.0 Greece (1998) 464 13.1 5.8 9.8 16.1 10.3 78.7 Hungary (2000) 5,503 16.1 5.0 12.2 35.7 33.1 72.9 Japan (1998) 620 5.6 1.5 4.0 17.2 8.1 78.2 The Netherlands (1991) 851 3.6 2.5 14.0 29.5 16.8 81.9 The Netherlands (2001) 9,685 14.2 2.8 13.0 32.4 11.5 - New Zealand (1999) 1,327 15.0 3.2 17.0 34.9 19.9 81.5 Slovenia (2000) 742 28.7 13.1 31.8 46.1 35.7 76.7 Spain (1995, 1996,1999) 2,741 10.0 2.0 9.3 27.5 16.2 76.9 Sweden (1994, 1998) 3,603 8.3 1.5 7.0 40.9 29.0 83.7 UK (1993) 3,395 14.5 3.6 13.9 29.1 19.9 84.0 USA (2000) 13,646 14.2 0.2 12.8 36.3 28.3 80.5 Zimbabwe (2003) 2,350 18.6 6.3 17.3 39.8 38.8 76.9 544 Public Health Weekly Report, KCDC
Figure 1. Correlation between problem rate in each EQ-5D and EQ VAS and GNI per capita in 19 studies Public Health Weekly Report, KCDC 545
Serosurvey of human brucellosis, Q fever among livestock hygiene controllers, 2007 546 Public Health Weekly Report, KCDC
Table 1. Regional distribution of livestock hygiene controllers by region and gender Region Livestock hygiene controllers Male Female Total (%) Gyeonggi 33 1 34 (16.8) Gangwon 16 0 16 (7.9) Chungbuk 14 0 14 (6.9) Chungnam 27 0 27 (13.4) Jeonbuk 20 1 21 (10.4) Jeonnam 27 0 27 (13.4) Gyeongbuk 33 1 34 (16.8) Gyeongnam 26 0 26 (12.9) Jeju 3 0 3 (1.5) Total 199 3 202 (100.0) Public Health Weekly Report, KCDC 547
Table 2. Seroprevalence of brucellosis, Q fever among the livestock hygiene controllers No. of seropositivity Seroprevalence % Total Brucellosis 0 0.0 Q fever 4 2.0 198 548 Public Health Weekly Report, KCDC
Case reports of transfusion-transmitted malaria confirmed on epidemiological investigation Public Health Weekly Report, KCDC 549
Figure 1. The weekly proportion of influenza-like illness visits per 1,000 patients, 2007-2008 season - 2008-2009 season Figure 2. The number of influenza virus isolates, 2008-2009 season Figure 3. The weekly reported Malaria cases through National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System Figure 4. Cumulative reported Malaria cases through National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System All Causes 265* 14 6 39 110 96 P&I 17* 0 0 2 8 7 * Mortality data in this table are voluntarily reported from 40 hospitals, which of total discharged patients in 31 th week, 2009 are 15,756 All causes of death are defined from death certificates. Fetal deaths are not included. Pneumonia and influenza (KCD code J09-J18). 550 Public Health Weekly Report, KCDC
Cholera - - - 5 7 5 16 10 Plague - Typhoid fever 5 109 4 188 223 200 190 174 Paratyphoid fever 2 21 1 44 45 50 31 45 Shigellosis 1 60 5 209 131 389 317 487 Philippines(1) EHEC - 46 5 58 41 37 43 118 Diphtheria - Pertussis - 24-9 14 17 11 6 Tetanus - 10-16 8 10 11 11 Measles 1 23 1 2 194 28 7 11 Mumps 153 4,442 44 4,542 4,557 2,089 1,863 1,744 Rubella 3 26-30 35 18 12 15 Poliomyelitis - Japanese encephalitis - - - 6 7-6 - Varicella 362 19,976 212 22,849 20,284 11,027 1,934 - Malaria 46 619 87 1,052 2,227 2,051 1,369 864 Equatorial Guinea(1) Scarlet fever 1 98 1 151 146 108 87 80 Meningococcal meningitis - 3-1 4 11 7 8 Legionellosis 1 17-21 19 20 6 10 Malaysia(1) Vibrio vulnificus sepsis - 1 2 49 59 88 57 57 Epidemic typhus - Murine typhus - 6-87 61 73 35 19 Scrub typhus 6 142 1 6,057 6,022 6,480 6,780 4,698 Leptospirosis 2 10 1 100 208 119 83 141 Brucellosis 2 16 3 58 101 215 158 47 Anthrax - Rabies 1 HFRS - 90 2 375 450 422 421 427 Dengue fever - 34 2 51 97 35 34 16 Leishmaniasis 1 Babesiosis - - - - - - 1 - Cryptosporidiosis - - - - - - 1 - Botulism - - - - - 1-4 Q fever 1 14-19 12 6 - - Tuberculosis 850 23,474 657 34,157 34,710 35,361 35,269 31,503 HIV/AIDS 19 436 14 797 744 750 680 610 -: No reported cases. N : Not notifiable. Cum: Cumulative counts of the year from 1st week to current week. EHEC : Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. HFRS : Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. * Incidence data for reporting years 2009 are provisional, whereas data for 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 are finalized. * Reported cases contain all case classifications (Confirmed, Suspected, Asymptomatic carrier) of the disease respectively. Excluding Hansen's disease and diseases reported through the Laboratory Surveillance System and Sentinel Surveillance System(Data for Sentinel Surveillance System are available in Table III) and no case reported since 2003(Yellow fever, Marburg fever, Ebola fever, Lassa fever, African Trypanosomiasis, Schistosomiasis, Yaws, Pinta, Smallpox, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Avian influenza infection and humans, Tularemia, and Newly everging infectious disease syndrome) Calculated by summing the incidence counts for the current week, the 2 weeks preceding the current week, and the 2 weeks following the current week, for a total of 5 preceding years.(in case of Varicella, used data for 3 years-2006,2007 and 2008, because of being designated as of July 13, 2005) HIV/AIDS is infected cases but not disease cases. Public Health Weekly Report, KCDC 551
Total - - 2 5 109 134 2 21 24 1 60 125-46 37-24 4-10 5 1 23 43 153 4,442 1,831 Seoul - - 2-17 22-3 6-9 9-6 3-5 1-1 1 1 4 22 16 719 222 Busan - - - - 13 14-2 2-8 18-1 - - - - - 1 - - 1 1 3 156 95 Daegu - - - 2 9 7 1 2 1-1 22-1 1 - - - - 2 - - 1 1 7 286 402 Incheon - - - - 2 4-1 1-5 7-1 2-3 - - - - - 1 6 55 1,074 185 Gwangju - - - - - 4-2 1-1 3-10 17-1 - - - - - 2 1 4 105 26 Daejeon - - - - - 6 - - - - 1 1-1 1-1 - - - - - 2-6 53 27 Ulsan - - - - 1 3 - - - - 1 3 - - - - 1 2 87 84 Gyeonggi - - - 1 20 24-6 5 1 12 20-7 4-7 3-1 1-8 5 45 1,355 429 Gangwon - - - 1 5 3 1 1 1-5 2 - - 1-1 - - - - - - 1 5 196 77 Chungbuk - - - - 2 5-1 1 - - 4-1 1 - - - - 2 - - - - 3 105 97 Chungnam - - - - 5 5-1 - - 3 4-1 - - 3 - - - - - - - 1 70 39 Jeonbuk - - - - 4 5-1 1-3 1-7 - - - - - 1 - - 3 1-26 21 Jeonnam - - - - 1 5 - - 1-2 13-6 1-1 - - - 1-1 - 3 54 18 Gyeongbuk - - - - 9 10 - - 2-3 7-1 2 - - - - 1 1 - - - - 100 62 Gyeongnam - - - 1 21 16 - - 2-5 9-3 2 - - - - 1 1 - - 1 1 42 32 Jeju - - - - - 1-1 - - 1 2 - - 2-2 - - - - - - 3 2 14 15 -: No reported cases. Cum: Cumulative counts of the year from 1st week to current week. * Incidence data for reporting years 2009 are provisional, whereas data for 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 are finalized. Reported cases contain all case classifications (Confirmed, Suspected, Asymptomatic carrier) of the disease, respectively. Calculated by averaging the cumulative counts from 1st week to current week, for a total of 5 preceding years. Public Health Weekly Report, KCDC 552
Total 3 26 15 - - - 362 19,976 11,323 46 619 714 1 98 72-3 4 1 17 7-1 12-6 2 Seoul - 4 2 - - - 22 1,855 879 10 84 96-12 12-1 - - 7 4 - - 1-2 - Busan - 3 1 - - - 32 2,140 1,355 3 16 20-18 12 - - - - - - - - 1-1 - Daegu - 3 1 - - - 33 2,209 793 1 13 10-16 2 - - - - - Incheon - 1 2 - - - 29 1,439 938 6 69 130 1 3 15-1 1 1 1 - - - - - 2 - Gwangju - - - - - - 5 247 211 2 8 5-10 1 - - - - - Daejeon - - - - - - 22 597 202 2 12 7-6 - - - - - - Ulsan - - 1 - - - 25 992 642 1 10 7-2 3-1 - - 1 Gyeonggi 1 4 4 - - - 80 4,379 2,852 12 250 319-6 9 - - 2-3 2 - - 2-1 2 Gangwon - - - - - - 70 2,284 1,322 3 89 56-3 - - - - - 2 1 - - - - - - Chungbuk - - 1 - - - 4 637 281 3 9 9 - - 1 - - - - - Chungnam - - - - - - 6 371 75 2 13 10-5 - - - - - 1 Jeonbuk - 2 1 - - - 2 224 378-8 11-3 5 - - - - - - - - 1 - - - Jeonnam - 3 - - - - 12 532 307-5 8 - - 1 - - - - - - - - 4 - - - Gyeongbuk 1 3 1 - - - 14 921 452-17 12-10 4 - - - - - Gyeongnam 1 1 1 - - - - 474 290 1 16 13-4 7 - - 1-1 - - 1 3 - - - Jeju - 2 - - - - 6 675 346 - - 1 1 unknown - - - - - - --: No reported cases. Cum: Cumulative counts of the year from 1st week to current week. * Incidence data for reporting years 2009 are provisional, whereas data for 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 are finalized. Reported cases contain all case classifications (Confirmed, Suspected, Asymptomatic carrier) of the disease, respectively. Calculated by averaging the cumulative counts from 1st week to current week, for a total of 5 preceding years. (In case of Varicella, used data for 3 years - 2006, 2007 and 2008, because of being designated as of July 13, 2005) Public Health Weekly Report, KCDC 553
Total 6 142 60 2 10 13 2 16 69 - - - - 90 94-34 19 1 14 8 850 23,474 20,179 Seoul - 12 4 1 4 - - - 1 - - - - 8 11-9 6-2 - 242 6,108 5,632 Busan 1 7 5 - - - 3 1-3 1 - - - 81 2,186 2,040 Daegu - 2 1 - - 1-1 1 - - - - 2 1-3 2 - - 3 56 1,763 944 Incheon 1 9 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - - - 1 7-3 1-1 1 55 1,070 845 Gwangju - 2 2 - - - - 1 - - - - - 3 2 - - 1 - - - 7 710 535 Daejeon - 1 2 - - - 1 1 - - - 1 1-57 938 484 Ulsan - 2 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 21 508 356 Gyeonggi - 22 10-1 3-2 5 - - - - 36 22-10 5-7 2 125 3,441 3,230 Gangwon - 7 4 - - 2-1 3 - - - - 10 8 - - - - 1-22 969 890 Chungbuk - 4 2-1 1 - - 7 - - - - 6 6 - - - - 2-10 525 473 Chungnam - 12 7-1 1-1 8 - - - - 4 8-1 1 - - 1 11 765 728 Jeonbuk 2 34 8-1 1 2 3 5 - - - - 5 9 - - 1 - - - 41 996 863 Jeonnam 1 10 6 - - 1-1 5 - - - - 2 5 - - - - - - 27 852 758 Gyeongbuk - 10 2 1 2 1-2 20 - - - - 8 9-1 1 - - - 47 999 917 Gyeongnam 1 9 5 - - 1-4 11 - - - - - 4-3 - - - 1 38 1,400 1,299 Jeju - 1 1 - - - - - - 1 - - - - 10 244 185 -: No reported cases. Cum: Cumulative counts of the year from 1st week to current week. * Incidence data for reporting years 2009 are provisional, whereas data for 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 are finalized. Reported cases contain all case classifications (Confirmed, Suspected, Asymptomatic carrier) of the disease, respectively. Calculated by averaging the cumulative counts from 1st week to current week, for a total of 5 preceding years. Public Health Weekly Report, KCDC 554
3.3 32.6 11.4 1.8 9.4 7.1 1.5 4.9 4.5 1.8 9.0 16.6 4.4 19.0 24.6 1.8 13.4 12.4 -: No reported cases. Cum: Cumulative counts of the year from 1st week to current week. * Incidence data for reporting years 2008 and 2009 are provisional. Reported cases contains all case classifications (Confirmed, Suspected, Asymptomatic carrier) of the disease, respectively. Calculated by averaging the cumulative counts from 1st week to current week, for a total of 5 preceding years. Included stage I and II of Syphilis. Public Health Weekly Report, KCDC 555