David Evans wrote:
> A quick search on Medline gave an incidence in the under 5s of between
> 4 and 6 per 100,000 per year. Off the top of my head I'd guess our
> practice of just under 10,000 has 600 under fives, which gives a rate
> of 1 case every 28 years! According to two other papers, the mortality
> rate is only 4 per 1000 amongst those diagnosed as having it.
>
> Dr David Evans
> Cardiff
We have no recorded cases on the computer in the last 5 years. I have 1
child with this
as a recorded diagnosis.
We average 50,000 GP contacts per year (13500 patients)
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