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Cholera: Number of Cases and Deaths in the Americas
(1991–2002, by country and year)

photo of cholera transmission

Table 2: Number of Deaths
Tables 1 and 2 in Excel PDF
Last update: 25 June 2003.

Table 1: Number of Cases

Number of Cholera Cases in the Americas, 1991-2002
Country/Territory 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Anguila ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· - - - - - -
Antigua & Barbuda ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· - - - - - -
Argentina - 553 2,080 889 188 474 637 12 1 1 1 -
Aruba ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· - - - - - -
Bahamas ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· - - - - - -
Barbados ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· - - - - - -
Belize - 159 135 6 19 26 2 28 12 - - -
Bermuda ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· - - - - - -
Bolivia 206 22,260 10,134 2,710 3,136 2,847 1,632 466 - - - -
Brazil 2,103 37,572 60,340 51,324 4,954 1,017 3,044 2,745 4,717 750 7 -
Canada 3 5 7 2 5 3 - 3 3 5e 6f 4
Cayman Islands ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· - - - - - -
Chile 41 73 32 1 - 1 4 24 - - - -
Colombia 16,800 13,287 609 996 1,922 4,428 1,508 442 20 1 - -
Costa Rica - 12 14 37 24 19 1a - - - - -
Cuba ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· - - - - - -
Dominica ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· - - - - - -
Dominican Republic ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· - - - - - -
Ecuador 46,284 31,870 6,883 1,785 2,160 1,059 65 3,755 171 27 9 ···
El Salvador 947 8,106 6,573 11,739 2,923 182 - 8 134 631e - -
French Guiana 1 16 2 ··· ··· ··· ··· - - - - -
Grenada ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· - - - - - -
Guadeloupe ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· - - - - - -
Guatemala 3,664 15,861 30,821 16,779 7,970 1,568 1,263 5,970 2,077 178 13 1
Guyana - 556 66 - - - ··· - - - - -
Haiti ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· - - - - - -
Honduras 17 407 4,013 5,049 4,717 708 90 306 56 15 1 -
Jamaica ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· - - - - - -
Martinique ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· - - - - - -
Mexico 2,690 8,162 10,712 4,059 16,430 1,088 2,356 71 9 5 1 -
Monserrat ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· - - - - - -
Netherlands Antilles ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· - - - - - -
Nicaragua 1 3,067 6,631 7,881 8,825 2,813 1,283 1,437 545 12 - -
Panama 1,178 2,416 42 9 - - - - - - - -
Paraguay - - 3 - - 4 - - - - - -
Peru 322,562 210,836 71,448 23,887 22,397 4,518 3,483 41,717 1,546 934 494 16
Puerto Rico ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· - - - - - -
Saint Kitts & Nevis ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· - - - - - -
Saint Lucia ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· - - - - - -
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· - - - - - -
Suriname - 12 - - - - - - - - - -
Trinidad & Tobago ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· - - - - - -
Turks and Caicos Islands ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· - - - -   -
United States 26 102 18 34 20 5 4b 15 c 6b 4a 3 2e
Uruguay ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· - - - - - -
Venezuela 13 2,842 409 - - 268 2,551 313 386 140 - -
Virgin Islands (UK) ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· - - - - - -
Virgin Islands (USA) ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· - - - - - -
Total 396,536 358,174 210,972 127,187 75,690 21,028 17,923 57,312 9,683 2,703 534 23

Sources: Ministries of Health.

- No cases reported.

··· Data not available.

a 1 imported case.

b 3 imported cases.

c 8 imported cases.

d 4 imported cases.

e 2 imported cases.

f 5 imported cases; 1 unknown.

Table 2: Number of Deaths

Number of Deaths due to Cholera in the Americas, 1991-2002
Country/Territory 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Anguila - - - - - - - - - - - -
Antigua and Barbuda - - - - - - - - - - - -
Argentina - 15 24 15 1 5 12 - - - - -
Aruba - - - - - - - - - - - -
Bahamas - - - - - - - - - - - -
Barbados - - - - - - - - - - - -
Belize - 4 3 1 - - - 1 - - - -
Bermuda - - - - - - - - - - - -
Bolivia 12 383 254 46 86 68 16 7 - - - -
Brazil 33 462 670 542 96 26 54 39 98 17 ··· -
Canada - - - - - - - - - - - -
Cayman Islands - - - - - - - - - - - -
Chile 2 1 - - - - - 2 - - - -
Colombia 291 170 11 14 35 70 32 7 - - - -
Costa Rica - - - - - - - - - - - -
Cuba - - - - - - - - - - - -
Dominica - - - - - - - - - - - -
Dominican Republic - - - - - - - - - - - -
Ecuador 697 208 72 16 23 12 3 37 ··· 1 ··· ···
El Salvador 34 45 14 40 5 2 - - ··· 2 - -
French Guyana - - - ··· ··· ··· ··· - - - - -
Granada - - - - - - - - - - - -
Guadalupe - - - - - - - - - - - -
Guatemala 50 227 306 156 95 14 - 59 18 6 - -
Guyana - 8 2 - - - ··· - - ··· ··· ···
Haiti - - - - - - - - - - - -
Honduras - 103 102 102 77 14 1 - ··· 3 ··· -
Jamaica - - - - - - - - - - - -
Martinica - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mexico 34 99 193 56 137 5 18 - - - - -
Montserrat - - - - - - - - - - - -
Netherlands Antilles - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nicaragua - 46 220 134 164 107 36 29 9 1 - -
Panama 29 49 4 - - - - - - - - -
Paraguay - - - - - - - - - - - -
Peru 2,909 727 575 199 171 21 29 384 19 6 - -
Puerto Rico - - - - - - - - - - - -
Saint Kitts & Nevis - - - - - - - - - - - -
Saint Lucia - - - - - - - - - - - -
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines - - - - - - - - - - - -
Suriname - 1 - - - - - - ··· ··· ··· ···
Trinidad and Tobago - - - - - - - - - - - -
Turks and Caicos Islands - - - - - - - - - - - -
United States of America - 1 - - - - - - - - - -
Uruguay - - - - - - - - - - - -
Venezuela 2 68 10 - - 9 59 7 7 4 - -
Virgin Islands (UK) - - - - - - - - - - - -
Virgin Islands (USA) - - - - - - - - - - - -
Total 4,093 2,617 2,460 1,321 890 353 260 572 151 40 - -

Sources: Ministeries of Health.

- No cases reported.

··· Data not available.