DOH Dengue Surveillance Report

http://www.doh.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2012Den28WMR.pdf

Dengue Cases
Trend
A total of 51,597 dengue cases was reported nationwide from January 1 to July 14, 2012.
This is 16.43% higher compared to the same time period last year (44,315).

Geographic Distribution
Most of the cases were from the following regions: National Capital Region (22.24%),
Region IV-A (14.08%) and Region III (13.65%)

Profile of Cases
Ages of cases ranged from less than 1 month to 90 years old (median = 12.67 years).
Majority of cases were male (53%). Forty percent of cases belonged to the 1 to 10 years age group
. There were 324 deaths (CFR 0.63%) reported. Reported cases with CFR greater than 1
came from Regions IVB, VI, VIII, XI, XII, CARAGA and ARMM (Table 1).