Table 1. Cases of dengue and severe dengue in the Americas: incidence rate of dengue fever, number of deaths and case–fatality rate for 2010 (epidemiological week 52)7.
Americas sub-region | Dengue fever | Incidence rate/100,000 | Severe dengue | Deaths | Case–fatality rate |
North & Central America & Mexico | 205,756 | 140·0 | 10,411 | 152 | 1·46 |
Andean | 305,744 | 294·1 | 19,744 | 224 | 1·13 |
Southern zone | 1,019,130 | 418·9 | 16,570 | 688 | 4·15 |
Hispanic Caribbean | 32,817 | 138·5 | 1,058 | 84 | 7·94 |
Caribbean | 99,829 | 1258·1 | 1,171 | 46 | 3·93 |
Total | 1,663,276 | 316·3 | 48,954 | 1194 | 2·44 |