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2005: Number of Reported Cases of
Dengue & Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF),
Region of the Americas (by country and subregion)

Figures for 2005 (to week noted by each country*)
(last update: 22 June 2006)

Country or Subregion Weeka Cases of D & DHFb reported Serotyped (%) DHFe Deaths Population x 1,000 (DHF/D) x 100 CFR
Clinical Incidence Ratec Lab. Confirmed Incidence Ratec
Argentina Week 52 34 0.09 34 0.09 DEN 2 0 0 37,448 0.00 --
Bolivia** Week 52 4,443 222.15 618 30.90 DEN 2, 3 10 0 2,000 0.23 0.00
Brazil Week 52 203,789 118.10 -- 0.00 DEN 1, 2, 3 433 43 172,559 0.21 9.93
Chile (Easter Island) Week 52 0 0.00 -- 0.00 DEN -- -- 1 -- --
Colombia Week 52 30,475 149.92 9,301 45.75 DEN 1, 2, 3 4,306 47 20,328 14.13 1.09
Costa Rica** Week 52 37,798 1,165.17 -- 0.00 DEN 1 52 2 3,244 0.14 3.85
Cuba Week 52 75 0.67 -- 0.00 DEN -- -- 11,254 0.00 --
Dominican Republic Week 52 2,860 33.67 903 10.63 DEN 84 18 8,495 2.94 21.43
Ecuador Week 52 12,131 94.18 3,161 24.54 DEN 1, 3 334 14 12,880 2.75 4.19
El Salvador Week 52 15,290 226.28 7,941 117.52 DEN 2, 4 207 0 6,757 1.35 0.00
Guatemala Week 52 6,341 54.26 767 6.56 DEN 1, 2, 3, 4 32 1 11,687 0.50 3.13
Honduras Week 52 18,843 286.59 -- 0.00 DEN 1, 2, 4 1,795 6 6,575 9.53 0.33
Mexicof Week 52 16,862 16.80 -- 0.00 DEN 1, 2, 3 4,255 -- 100,368 25.23 0.00
Nicaraguaf Week 52 1,735 31.64 -- 0.00 DEN 1, 2, 4 177 12 5,483 10.20 6.78
Panama Week 52 4,000 137.98 2,000 68.99 DEN 1, 2 2 1 2,899 0.05 50.00
Paraguay Week 52 405 7.19 36 0.64 DEN 2 0 0 5,636 0.00 --
Peru Week 52 6,358 24.36 926 3.55 DEN 1, 2, 3, 4 16 0 26,095 0.25 0.00
Puerto Rico Week 52 5,701 144.26 -- 0.00 DEN 2, 3, 4 19 7 3,952 0.33 36.84
Uruguay Week 52 0 0.00 0 0.00 DEN 0 0 3,385 -- --
Venezuela Week 52 42,198 171.31 -- 0.00 DEN 1, 2, 3, 4 2,681 4 24,632 6.35 0.15
USA*** Week 01 -- 0.00 -- 0.00 DEN -- -- 1,200 -- --
English, French, and Dutch Caribbean*
Anguilla Week 52 0 0.00 0 0.00 DEN -- -- 12 -- --
Antigua & Barbuda Week 52 0 0.00 0 0.00 DEN -- -- 65 -- --
Aruba Week 52 -- 0.00 -- 0.00 DEN -- -- 104 -- --
Bahamas Week 52 0 0.00 0 0.00 DEN -- -- 308 -- --
Barbados Week 52 320 119.40 -- 0.00 DEN 1, 3 -- -- 268 0.00 --
Belize Week 52 380 164.50 -- 0.00 DEN 1, 2, 3 0 0 231 0.00 --
Bermuda Week 52 2 3.17 0 0.00 DEN 0 0 63 0.00 --
British Virgin Islands Week 52 0 0.00 1 4.17 DEN 0 0 24 -- --
Cayman Islands Week 52 1 2.50 0 0.00 DEN 0 0 40 0.00 --
Curaçao Week 52 265 122.12 -- 0.00 DEN -- -- 217 0.00 --
Dominica Week 52 11 15.49 5 7.04 DEN 4 -- 71 36.36 0.00
French Guiana Week 52 4,365 2,567.65 1,265 744.12 DEN 1, 2, 3, 4 0 0 170 0.00 --
Grenada Week 52 0 0.00 0 0.00 DEN 0 0 94 -- --
Guadaloupe Week 47 3,364 780.51 1,610 373.55 DEN 2, 3, 4 6 0 431 0.18 0.00
Guyana Week 52 178 23.33 47 6.16 DEN 0 0 763 0.00 --
Haiti Week 52 -- 0.00 1 0.32 DEN -- -- 308 -- --
Jamaica Week 52 46 1.77 9 0.35 DEN -- -- 2,598 -- --
Martinique Week 51 6,083 1,575.91 2,861 741.19 DEN 2, 3, 4 3 4 386 0.05 133.33
Montserrat Week 52 0 0.00 0 0.00 DEN 0 0 8 -- --
St. Kitts/Nevis Week 52 0 0.00 0 0.00 DEN -- -- 38 -- --
St. Lucia Week 52 1 0.67 1 0.67 DEN 4 0 0 149 0.00 --
St. Vincent & Grenadines Week 52 8 7.02 2 1.75 DEN 3 0 0 114 0.00 --
Suriname Week 52 2,853 680.91 -- 0.00 DEN 1, 2, 3 141 -- 419 4.94 0.00
Trinidad & Tobago Week 52 411 31.62 -- 0.00 DEN 3 0 0 1,300 0.00 --
Turks & Caicos Islands Week 52 1 5.88 -- 0.00 DEN -- -- 17 0.00 --
Total -- 427,627 -- 31,489 -- -- 14,557 159 500,000 -- --
Summary by Subregion
Subregion Dengue DHF Deaths
Andean 95,605 7,347 65
Central America 82,652 2,265 22
Southern Cone 204,228 433 43
Caribbean 19,103 116 29
a Epidemiological week
b Cases of dengue and DHF
c Incidence per 100,000 pop. (to date)
d Serotypes circulating (%)
e Cases of DHF only
f Only confirmed cases reported
* Figures from the English Caribbean provided by the Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC)
** Population at risk
*** Imported
CFR = Case fatality rate of DHF
DHF/D = DHF/D ratio %
Source: Reports to PAHO from the Ministries of Health of the respective countries;
figures from the English-speaking Caribbean provided by the Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC).
Regional data compiled by PAHO on the basis of said reports.