Download - Dengue in the Americas 1980–1998
Actual and Potential Distribution of Aedes aegypti, 1998
Dengue in the Americas1980–1998
Unpublished data: Pan American Health Organization, March 1999
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DENGUE MORBIDIY AND MORTALITY DATA Population at risk and incidence of dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF)
in the Americas, 1995 (Source: PAHO Communicable Disease Program)
Country Total population Population at risk Dengue +DHF cases Sero- types Rate/* 100,000 Cases of DHF(deaths) Ratio DHF/ dengue
Mexico 91,852,474 19,988,371 17,088 1, 2,3, 4 85.5 539 (30) 1:32
Costa Rica 3,392,075 996,700 5,134 1, 3 515.1 1 1:5,134
El Salvador 5,405,013 1,767,565 9,658 1, 2, 3, 4 546.4 129 (5) 1:75
Guatemala 9,744,627 9,744,627 3,980 1, 2,3,4 40.8 1 1:3,980
Honduras 5,547,658 3,605,978 27,575 1, 2, 3, 4 764.3 15 (3) 1:1838
Nicaragua 4,139,486 4,139,486 19,260 1, 2, 3 456.3 806 1:24
Panama 2,400,000 1,992,672 3,083 1, 3 154.7 3 (1) 1:1,028
Puerto Rico 3,500,000 2,096,640 6,765 1, 2, 4 322.6 24 (2) 1:282
Antigua & Barbuda 59,355 n.a 56 1 94.3 0.00 -
Barbados 260,491 n.a 976 1 374.7 2 (1) 1:448
Belize 44,039 n.a. 107 n.a. 243.0 0.00 -
Dominica 71,994 64,795 293 1, 2 452.2 11 1:27
Grenada 95,600 95,600 74 1 77.4 1 1:77
Jamaica 2,366,067 n.a. 1,884 2 79.6 108 (4) 1:17
Montserrat 10,639 10,639 75 n.a. 704.9 0.00 -
Saint Kitts & Nevis 43,004 23,244 27 n.a. 116.2 0.00 -
Dominican Rep. 7,600,000 n.a. 249 n.a. 3.3 38 (2) 1:6
French Guiana 115,000 n.a. 896 1, 4 779.1 1 1:896
Brazil 161,790,000 56,000,000 124,887 1, 2 223.0 105 (2) 1:1189
Bolivia 6,420,792 1,470,740 n.a n.a. n.a. -
Colombia 35,886,280 15,245,071 19,131 n.a. 125.5 733 (10) 1:26
Ecuador 10,990,000 6,205,691 6,607 1,2,4 106.5 0.00 -
Peru 23,029,603 1,726,270 2,732 1, 2 158.3 0.00 -
Venezuela 21,644,121 1,515,905 32,280 1, 2, 4 2129.4 5380 (43) 1:6
Argentina 32,608,687 15,000,000 n.a. n.a. - n.a. -
Paraguay 4,152,588 4,152,588 n.a. n.a. - n.a. -