Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
As with most disease surveillance, confirmed cause of death is probably an undercount. - Ro
Infectious diseases kill 17,315 on Chinese mainland
(Xinhua)
15:19, March 15, 2013
BEIJING, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Infectious diseases killed a total of 17,315 people across the Chinese mainland in 2012, according to figures from the Ministry of Health on Friday.
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A total of 11,575 people died of AIDS in 2012, up from 9,224 in the previous year, it said.
The number of deaths caused by pulmonary tuberculosis (2,662), rabies (1,361), viral hepatitis (747) and epidemic hemorrhagic fever (104) last year all dropped from 2011.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90882/8169410.html
Infectious diseases kill 17,315 on Chinese mainland
(Xinhua)
15:19, March 15, 2013
BEIJING, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Infectious diseases killed a total of 17,315 people across the Chinese mainland in 2012, according to figures from the Ministry of Health on Friday.
...
A total of 11,575 people died of AIDS in 2012, up from 9,224 in the previous year, it said.
The number of deaths caused by pulmonary tuberculosis (2,662), rabies (1,361), viral hepatitis (747) and epidemic hemorrhagic fever (104) last year all dropped from 2011.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90882/8169410.html