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Table 2 Visit rates per 1000 total visits for 11 syndromes by data source, patient class, and data type, BioSense, January-December 2008.

From: Summary of data reported to CDC's national automated biosurveillance system, 2008

Syndrome

ED CC

ED FD

IP CC

IP FD

OP CC

OP FD

DoD FD

VA FD

Botulism-like

2.9

7.2

3.9

17.3

4.5

3.4

1.4

5.2

Fever

59.1

47.6

27.9

36.9

7.1

5.8

7.8

0.8

Gastrointestinal

144.0

136.2

61.3

77.1

39.6

43.8

22.8

9.6

Hemorrhagic illness

25.1

15.7

26.8

41.7

10.0

6.6

2.9

5.7

Localized cutaneous lesion

23.4

30.6

19.1

35.7

4.0

9.0

6.2

6.5

Lymphadenitis

0.5

3.9

0.6

4.8

0.4

3.3

1.4

0.6

Neurological

53.7

53.2

27.1

35.9

11.6

14.2

7.8

8.1

Respiratory

205.6

233.8

129.1

199.2

62.9

80.2

73.0

26.9

Rash

19.9

14.9

0.8

8.4

2.5

5.3

9.7

5.8

Severe illness or death

0.3

2.8

2.1

3.2

0.7

0.2

0.0

0.0

Specific infection

--*

19.4

--*

31.6

--*

4.1

6.5

3.0

  1. Abbreviations: CC, chief complaint; ED, hospital emergency department; FD, final diagnosis; DoD, Department of Defense; IP, hospital inpatient; OP, hospital outpatient; VA, Veterans Affairs.
  2. *Chief complaints are not included in the specific infection syndrome.