Demographic and clinical characteristics of carbon monoxide poisoning: nationwide data between 1999 and 2012 in Taiwan

Table 4 The incidence rate of carbon monoxide poisoning in four residential regions in Taiwan

Variable	Carbon monoxide poisoning (number of new cases)				Incidence (per 10,000)
	North	Center	South	East	North	Center	South	East
Year
1999	203	56	90	5	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1
2000	232	78	108	7	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1
2001	412	99	136	8	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.1
2002	730	146	215	17	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.3
2003	823	232	262	61	0.8	0.5	0.4	1.0
2004	1,117	251	320	38	1.1	0.6	0.4	0.6
2005	1,625	414	662	58	1.5	0.9	0.9	1.0
2006	1,288	381	616	44	1.2	0.9	0.9	0.8
2007	1,298	343	475	43	1.2	0.8	0.7	0.7
2008	1,677	334	520	48	1.5	0.7	0.7	0.8
2009	1,550	445	469	43	1.4	1.0	0.7	0.7
2010	1,695	460	513	48	1.5	1.0	0.7	0.8
2011	1,712	379	443	34	1.6	0.8	0.6	0.6
2012	1,592	505	517	35	1.4	1.1	0.7	0.6

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