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To: mvpel

It is more complicated. The death rate almost doubles (~1.8 per decade) for
every decade of age of the patient.

It is a very serious infection for those over 40.

5 posted on 04/11/2003 5:00:18 PM PDT by Diogenesis (If you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us.)

To: Diogenesis

Could you please point me to the source of this (and maybe other) statistic?

15 posted on 04/11/2003 5:10:10 PM PDT by TopQuark

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