Table 1

 Response among cases and controls

CasesControls
*This excludes three cases whose diagnosis was uncertain, and five cases and 24 controls who lived outside the study area.
†Too ill/died (cases and controls not included in denominator).
Potentially eligible subjects identified*461817
Too ill/died (%)213 (46.2)108 (13.2)
Refused/non-responders (%)44 (9.5)370 (45.3)
Included204339
Response (%)
    Response among potentially eligible subjects44.341.5
    Response among eligible subjects†82.347.8