Hypothermia-Related Deaths-Georgia, January 1996-December 1997, and United States, 1979-1995

Article Abstract:

Deaths from hypothermia are not limited to states with severe winters. Hypothermia occurs when body temperature drops. During 1996-1997, three people died from hypothermia in Georgia. Between 1979-1995, an average of 723 deaths from hypothermia occurred each year in the US. Risk factors include advanced age, pre-existing disease, nutritional status, alcohol and drug intoxication, hypothyroidism, mental illness, starvation, poverty, dehydration, immobilizing illnesses, social isolation, and homelessness. Early symptoms include shivering, numbness, fatigue, poor coordination, slurred speech, impaired mental state, blueness or puffiness of the skin, and irrational behavior. Prompt attention at that point can prevent death.

Hypothermia

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Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and coronavirus testing -- United States, 2003

Article Abstract:

A total of 2,722 cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has been reported worldwide as of April 9, 2003. There have been 166 cases in the US, 154 of whom had traveled to Asia where SARS is believed to have originated. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is developing a diagnostic test for the virus that is believed to cause SARS.

Labor Distribution by Employer, Severe acute respiratory syndrome

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Severe Malnutrition Among Young Children--Georgia, January 1997-June 1999

Article Abstract:

Six children were treated for rickets and three were treated for protein-energy malnutrition in Georgia between January 1997 and June 1999. Rickets is caused by vitamin D deficiency. The children with rickets had been breastfed for six months but received no vitamin D supplementation.

Georgia, Malnutrition in children, Child malnutrition, Rickets

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