Review Article

Epidemiological Characteristics of Dengue Disease in Latin America and in the Caribbean: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Table 2

Cases of DHF/DSS/SD, deaths, and lethality rate reported to World Health Organization/Pan American Health Organization (WHO/PAHO) per country of Latin America and the Caribbean, reported in the period 2000–2006 [12].
(a)

Year2000200120022003200420052006
Country

DeathsCFR

DeathsCFR

DeathsCFR

DeathsCFR

DeathsCFR

DeathsCFR

DeathsCFR

Antigua and Barbuda00ND00ND0NDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDND000
Argentina00ND00ND00ND00NDNDNDND00ND000
ArubaND0NDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDND000
Bahamas00ND00ND0NDND00NDNDNDNDNDNDND000
Barbados00ND140ND0NDND00NDNDNDNDNDNDND000
Belize00NDNDNDND0NDNDNDNDND0NDND00ND000
Bolivia00ND00ND11ND47612.772500100011100.00
ChileNDNDNDNDNDND00ND00ND00NDNDNDND00ND
Costa Rica40ND370ND270ND690011005223.97200
Cuba00ND692ND121ND00ND00NDNDNDNDNDNDND
Curacao00NDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDND000
Dominica00ND00ND0NDND00NDNDNDND4ND0000
Ecuador31ND550ND1580ND41651.206423.13334144.1917363.47
El Salvador41126ND544ND40511ND13885.8015410.72070024541.6
Granada00ND00ND3NDND00ND0NDND00ND000
Guatemala429ND42ND476ND22313.639410.33213.136116.7
Guyana00NDNDNDND2NDNDNDNDND0NDND00ND000
HaitiNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDND
Honduras31410ND4310ND86317ND458112.40234520.1179560.363600
Cayman Islands00ND00ND0NDND00ND0NDND00ND000
British Virgin Islands00NDNDNDND0NDND00ND0NDND00ND000
Jamaica00ND00ND0NDND00NDNDNDNDNDNDND000
Nicaragua6364ND45821ND15712ND23541.709322.15177126.785211.92
Panama30ND71ND50ND00ND4250.002150.007114.3
Paraguay00ND00ND00ND00ND00ND00ND000
Peru00ND2514ND131ND15003512.861600400
Puerto Rico240ND364ND231ND50011327.319736.87342.9
Dominican Republic586ND40ND7614ND2527529.76136139.56841821.42305323
Saint Kitts and Nevis00ND40ND0NDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDND000
Saint Lucia00ND00ND0NDND00ND0NDND00ND000
Saint MartinNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDND
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines00ND00ND2NDND00ND0NDND00ND000
Surinam49ND120ND23NDND1ND07ND0141ND03200
Trinidad and Tobago490ND860ND27312ND80ND049ND000ND100
UruguayNDNDNDNDNDNDNDNDND00ND00ND00ND000
Venezuela21865ND654115ND29791ND224670.31198650.25268140.15247600

Total373470NA806353NA506977NA3984119NA495935NA555465NA394270NA

CFR, case fatality rate; NA, not applicable; ND, no data available.
of dengue hemorrhagic fever.
of dengue hemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome and complicated dengue cases.
of severe dengue and complicated dengue cases.
Note. Epidemiologic week, to which information is available according to PAHO/WHO reports, is not the same for all countries.
(b)

Year2007200820092010201120122013
Country

DeathsCFR

DeathsCFR

DeathsCFR

DeathsCFR

DeathsCFR

DeathsCFR

DeathsCFR

Antigua and Barbuda000000000000000000000
Argentina0000006583.33000000000000
Aruba0000002003133.33220.07000110
Bahamas000000000000300000000
Barbados0000001005247.69620.271510.071640
Belize0000008700293313006001200
Bolivia10910.923001982512.6300048470.182011370.096380.06
Chile000000000000000000000
Costa Rica31882.5520080021002800540015110
CubaNDNDNDNDNDND00ND00ND00ND00ND00ND
CuracaoNDND0NDND000011100.00220.13000000
Dominica100000000200000000000
Ecuador33451.5015008911.120009280.10290230.1471110.08
El Salvador100000ND0112108.918521.1213707786042530
Granada000000000700500000000
Guatemala21419.13002382811.82034120.201290.3543170.183380.07
Guyana10000011100.0011100.000002000000
HaitiNDNDNDNDND0000000000000000
Honduras4180160.4248190.4763141.83268832.5885002730404398290.1
Cayman IslandsNDND0000000000000000000
British Virgin Islands000000000000000000000
Jamaica00ND200000158159.4940012100.211640.46
Nicaragua151127.9534514.7801113.810432.88710.014750.02151200.03
Panama30030028621.410038170.446001280.25
Paraguay551730.91NDND0000301550.0098620.14119700.1820762510.17
Peru3525.713213.131218.3359711.86198310.10205410.1469180.13
Puerto Rico48918.756523.086323.173333100.003130.052670.0550120.07
Dominican Republic2254720.891833820.77995525.231025514.9811020.09141710.734241110.67
Saint Kitts and Nevis000000000000100000000
Saint Lucia000000000000110.17000420.85
Saint MartinNDNDNDNDNDND01012000002003120.06
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines000000000100000400400
Surinam000120069002015.002481.9618240.60000
Trinidad and Tobago00083000033100.00110.0813001700
Uruguay000NDND0000000000000000
Venezuela6461ND0364900514900102030014160019310058300

Total12042121NA654258NA7901157NA15685264NA3228203NA8635296NA8607493NA