Table 1

Overall disease severity of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD)

EventHFMDCombinedEV-A71
Rate95% CIRate95% CIRate95% CI
Mortality (per 1000 CNS)
 Pr(Death | CNS)50.2(29.2 to 73.5)104.7(49.0 to 177.8)
CNS (per 1000 hospitalisations)
 Pr(CNS | Hospitalisation)186.7(66.6 to 314.9)368.8(258·. to 480.0)
Hospitalisation (per 1000 cases)
 Pr(Hospitalisation | Case)60.2(28.2 to 148.6)
Mortality (per 1000 hospitalisations)Product of mortality per CNS and CNS per hospitalisation
8.8(2.9 to 17.7)38.3(16.6 to 69.5)
Mortality (per 100 000 cases)Product of mortality per hospitalisation and hospitalisation per case
52.3(24.4 to 92.7)230.1(74.9 to 670.1)
Symptoms (per 1000 infections)
Pr(Case | Infection)
  Age 1220.6(195.8 to 247.7)
  Age 2334.6(299.7 to 369.7)
  Age 3325.4(293.8 to 357.6)
  Age 4263.1(236 to 291.5)
  Age 5214.0(189.8 to 240.6)
  Age 6166.6(146.6 to 191)
  Age 7133.0(115.3 to 154.8)
  Age 8111.2(95.1 to 131.9)
  Age 9100.3(84.8 to 121.2)
Infection (per 1000 person-years)
Pr(Infection)
  Age 144.9(36.4 to 53.4)22.4(18.2 to 26.7)
  Age 258.4(47.4 to 69·5)29.2(23.7 to 34.7)
  Age 349.0(39.8 to 58.3)24.5(19.9 to 29.1)
  Age 434.3(27.9 to 40.8)17.2(13.9 to 20.4)
  Age 524.3(19.8 to 28.9)12.2(9.9 to 14.5)
  Age 616.5(13.4 to 19.7)8.3(6.7 to 9.8)
  Age 711.6(9.4 to 13.8)5.8(4.7 to 6.9)
  Age 88.5(6.9 to 10.2)4.3(3.5 to 5.1)
  Age 96.8(5.5 to 8.1)3.4(2.8 to 4.1)
  • CNS, central nervous system.