Health Surveillance and Disease Prevention and Control / Communicable Diseases / Dengue
Aedes aegypti

2008: Number of Reported Cases of
Dengue & Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF),
Region of the Americas (by country and subregion)

Figures for 2008 (to week noted by each country*)
(Last Update: Epidemiological Week / EW 44, data received 26 October 2008)

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

North America

United States***

Week

0

0.00

--

0.00

DEN

--

0

1,200

0.00

0.00

Subtotal

--

0

--

0

--

--

0

0

0

--

--

Central America and Mexico

Belizeg

Week 36

16

6.93

--

0.00

DEN

0

0

231

0.00

0.00

Costa Rica**

Week 38

6,153

189.67

--

0.00

DEN 1, 2

49

0

3,244

0.80

0.00

El Salvadorf

Week 41

5,008

78.29

1,173

18.34

DEN

0

--

6,397

0.00

0.00

Guatemala

Week 23

963

8.24

83

0.71

DEN 1, 2

4

0

11,687

0.00

0.00

Honduras

Week 36

11,167

169.84

--

0.00

DEN 2, 4

1,185

2

6,575

10.61

0.17

Mexicof

Week 33

40,940

37.35

11,911

10.87

DEN 1, 2, 3

2,009

0

109,607

4.91

0.00

Nicaraguag

Week 33

504

9.68

342

6.57

DEN

24

2

5,208

4.76

8.33

Panama

Week 35

538

18.56

388

13,38

DEN 3

2

0

2,899

0.37

0.00

Subtotal

--

65,289

--

13,897

--

--

3,273

4

--

--

--

Andean Subregion

Bolivia**

Week 37

3,181

159.05

321

16.05

DEN

3

0

2,000

0.09

0.00

Colombia

Week 38

21,128

92.11

3,394

14.80

DEN 1, 2, 3

2,374

7

22,939

11.24

0.29

Ecuador

Week 19

1,894

14.13

--

0.00

DEN

15

0

13,408

0.00

0.00

Peru

Week 30

9,528

36.51

2,266

8.68

DEN

28

1

26,095

0.29

3.57

Venezuela

Week 16

20,601

74.96

--

0.00

DEN 1, 2, 3, 4

1,410

0

27,481

0.00

0.00

Subtotal

--

56,332

--

5,981

--

--

3,830

8

--

--

--

Southern Cone

Argentina

Week 18

28

0.07

3

0.01

DEN 1

0

0

37,448

0.00

0.00

Brazil

Week 35

734,384

425.58

--

0.00

DEN 1, 2, 3

9,957

212

172,559

1.36

2.13

Chile****

Week 36

16

0.35

--

0.00

DEN 1

0

0

4,537

0.00

0.00

Paraguay

Week 18

1,953

34.65

8

0.14

DEN

--

--

5,636

0.00

0.00

Uruguay***

Week 39

0

0.00

--

0.00

DEN

--

--

3,385

0.00

0.00

Subtotal

--

736,381

--

11

--

--

9,957

212

--

--

--

Hispanic Caribbean

Cubaf

Week

--

0.00

--

0.00

DEN

--

--

11,254

--

--

Dominican Republic

Week 33

1,585

18.66

571

6.72

DEN

43

9

8,495

2.71

20.93

Puerto Rico

Week 41

2,310

58.45

--

0.00

DEN 1, 2, 3

7

2

3,952

0.30

28.57

Subtotal

--

3,895

--

571

--

--

50

11

--

--

--

English-, French-, and Dutch-Speaking Caribbean*

American Virgin Islands

Week

--

00.00

--

0.00

DEN

0

0

12

0.00

0.00

Anguilla

Week 36

4

33.33

--

0.00

DEN 1

2

0

12

0.00

0.00

Antigua & Barbuda

Week 20

16

24.62

--

0.00

DEN 1

--

--

65

0.00

0.00

Aruba

Week

--

0.00

--

0.00

DEN

--

--

104

0.00

0.00

Bahamas

Week 26

0

0.00

--

0.00

DEN

--

--

308

0.00

0.00

Barbados

Week 16

1

0.37

--

0.00

DEN

--

--

268

0.00

0.00

Bermuda

Week 36

0

0.00

--

0.00

DEN

--

--

63

0.00

0.00

British Virgin Islands

Week 32

2

8.33

--

0.00

DEN 2, 4

--

--

24

0.00

0.00

Cayman Islands

Week 32

1

2.50

--

0.00

DEN 2

0

0

40

0.00

0.00

Curaçao

Week

--

0.00

--

0.00

DEN

--

--

217

0.00

0.00

Dominica

Week 36

33

46.48

--

0.00

DEN 2

0

0

71

0.00

0.00

French Guianag

Week 17

191

112.35

--

0.00

DEN 1, 2, 4

0

0

170

0.00

0.00

Grenada

Week 4

0

0.00

--

0.00

DEN

--

--

94

0.00

0.00

Guadaloupeg

Week 21

160

37.12

--

0.00

DEN 1, 2

--

--

431

0.00

0.00

Guyanag

Week 32

253

33.16

--

0.00

DEN

0

--

763

0.00

0.00

Haitif

Jamaica

Week 36

249

9.58

--

0.00

DEN

2

0

2,598

0.80

0.00

Martiniqueg

Week 19

485

125.65

--

0.00

DEN

--

--

386

0.00

0.00

Montserrat

Week 36

0

0.00

--

0.00

DEN

--

--

8

0.00

0.00

St. Kitts & Nevis

Week 32

2

5.26

--

0.00

DEN

--

--

38

0.00

0.00

St. Lucia

Week 36

23

15.44

--

0.00

DEN 2

0

0

149

0.00

0.00

St. Vincent & the Grenadines

Week 20

1

0.88

--

0.00

DEN

--

--

114

0.00

0.00

Suriname

Week 36

9

2.15

--

0.00

DEN

9

0

419

100.00

0.00

Trinidad & Tobago

Week 37

2,366

182.00

206

15.85

DEN 2, 3

8

3

1,300

0.00

0.00

Turks & Caicos Islands

Week 32

0

0.00

--

0.00

DEN

0

0

17

0.00

0.00

Subtotal

--

3,800

--

206

--

--

21

3

--

--

--

TOTAL

--

865,697

--

20,666

--

--

17,131

238

492,696

--

--

Summary by Subregion

Subregion

Dengue

DHF

Deaths

North America

0

0

0

Central America

62,289

3,273

4

Andean

56,332

3,830

8

Southern Cone

736,381

9,957

212

Hispanic Caribbean

3,895

50

11

Caribbean

3,800

21

3

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 Without reports
g Confirmed cases only
h Cases are from Easter Island only

* Figures from the English Caribbean provided by the Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC)
** Population at risk
*** Imported cases
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.

This table in Excel PDF.