Table 3 Incidence rates of Kawasaki disease in Asia, Europe, and North-America
Region | Period | Incidencea | Source of data | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Asia | ||||
 Japan | 2011–2012 | 243.1–264.8 | National survey | Makino et al. 2015 [13] |
 Japan | 2007–2008 | 215.3–218.6 | National survey | Nakamura et al. 2010 [39] |
 Korea | 2009–2011 | 115.4–134.4 | National survey | Kim et al. 2014 [8] |
 Corea | 2006–2008 | 113.1 | National survey | Park et al. 2011 [28] |
 Taiwan | 2003–2006 | 69.0 | National Health System database | Huang et al. 2009 [40] |
China | ||||
 -Bejing | 2004 | 55.1 | Beijing’s Hospitals survey | Du et al. 2007 [41] |
 -Shanghai | 2007 | 53.3 | Pediatric ward survey | Ma et al. 2010 [42] |
 -Hong Kong | 1997–2000 | 39.0 | Retrospective and perspective analysis | Ng et al. 2005 [43] |
 - Sichuan | 2001 | 9.81 | Hospital survey | Li et al. 2008 [44] |
India | 2007 | 4.5 | Retrospective analysis in Chandigarh, Northern India | Singh et al. 2011 [45] |
Thailand | 2002 | 3.4 | KD National Register | Durongpisitkul et al. 2006 [46] |
North America | ||||
 Hawaii | 1996–2006 | 50.4 | Hawaii State Inpatient Database | Holman et al. 2010 [47] |
 Canada | 2004–2006 | 26.2 | Clinical records’ Review in Ontario | Lin et al. 2010 [48] |
South America | ||||
 Chile | 2001–2007 | 6.8 | National survey | Borzutzky et al. 2012 [49] |
Australia | ||||
 Western Australia | 1980–1989 | 2.82 | ICD-9 review in Referral Hospital | Saundankar et al. 2014 [9] |
1990–1999 | 7.96 | |||
2000–2009 | 9.34 | |||
Middle- East | ||||
 Israel | 1996–2009 | 6.4 | National Health System database | Bar-Meir, 2011 [10] |
Europe | ||||
 United Kingdom | 1998–2003 | 8.4 | Hospitals’ data | Harnden et al. 2009 [50] |
 Ireland | 1996–2000 | 15.2 | Ireland’s Hospital In-Patient Enquiry database | Lynch et al. 2003 [51] |
 Finland | 1992 | 7.2 | Recovery register | Salo et al. 1993 [52] |
 Denmark | 1999–2004 | 4.9 | Danish National Hospital Register | Fischer et al. 2007 [53] |
 Sweden | 1990–1992 | 6.2 | Clinical records | Schiller et al. 1995 [54] |
 France | 2005–2006 | 9.0 | Perspective survey in pediatric ward of Northen France | Heuclin et al. 2009 [55] |
 Italy | 1981–1982 | 14.7 | Clinical records’ Review and families’interview in Northen Italy | Tamburlini et al. 1984 [12] |