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cord-294122-ou3wj4rz	Hwang, Stephen W	Population mortality during the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Toronto	2007-05-29		.txt	text/plain	2944	177	51	BACKGROUND: Extraordinary infection control measures limited access to medical care in the Greater Toronto Area during the 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak. The objective of this study was to determine if the period of these infection control measures was associated with changes in overall population mortality due to causes other than SARS. METHODS: Observational study of death registry data, using Poisson regression and interrupted time-series analysis to examine all-cause mortality rates (excluding deaths due to SARS) before, during, and after the SARS outbreak. An interrupted time series analysis found no significant change in mortality rates in the Greater Toronto Area associated with the period of the SARS outbreak. The interrupted time series analysis found no significant change in mortality rates in the Greater Toronto Area associated with the period of the SARS outbreak in 2003, as indicated by the fact that the observed rates remained almost entirely within the 95% CI for the predicted rates.	./cache/cord-294122-ou3wj4rz.txt	./txt/cord-294122-ou3wj4rz.txt