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My suspicion is that older people are more likely to die of SARS, but the article is silent on the age distribution of victims.

[aristeides]

Big White Guy's blog in Hong Kong had an age table based on the Hong Kong figures a few days ago: the death rate went up uniformly with increasing age, from 0% for children under 15 to something like 30% for people over 70 or so.

[Lucas1]

Quote "My suspicion is that older people are more likely to die of SARS,"

Well of course :) That is always the case with any disease.

Healthy young people have died here in Toronto...as well as everywhere else that is dealing with this disease. Of course NOBODY has died in the USA ;) If you believe the Government...cough cough

[Mears]

I'm an older person and I agree with you.

People my age are more susceptible to most diseases and we accept it.

I find SARS frightening and worry about my children and grandchildren,not about myself.

I remember my mother talking about the flu epidemic in 1917-18 and contageous diseases scare the heck out of me.