Table 2. Frequency, severity and incidence of dengue, dengue fever (DF) and dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) cases by demographics.
| Dengue‡
(%) |
DF‡
n(%) |
DHF (%) |
Severity (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2393 (100) | 2027 (100) | 366 (100) | 15.3 |
| Age (year)γ* | ||||
| >1 | 85 (3.5) | 70 (3.4) | 15 (4.1) | 17.6 |
| 1–14 | 675 (28.2) | 552 (27.2) | 123 (33.6) | 18.2 |
| 15–29 | 679 (28.4) | 598 (29.5) | 81 (22.1) | 11.9 |
| 30–44 | 504 (21.1) | 435 (21.5) | 69 (18.8) | 13.7 |
| 45–59 | 302 (12.6) | 242 (11.9) | 60 (16.4) | 19.9 |
| 60+ | 144 (6.0) | 127 (6.3) | 17 (4.6) | 11.8 |
| Genderγ | ||||
| Male | 1357 (56.7) | 1147 (56.6) | 210 (57.4) | 15.5 |
| Female | 1028 (42.9) | 873 (43.1) | 155 (42.3) | 15.1 |
| Ethnicityγ* | ||||
| Creole | 295 (12.3) | 256 (12.6) | 39 (10.6) | 13.2 |
| Hindustani | 922 (38.5) | 788 (38.8) | 134 (36.6) | 14.5 |
| Javanese | 389 (16.2) | 314 (15.5) | 75 (20.5) | 19.3 |
| Chinese | 259 (10.8) | 226 (11.1) | 33 (9.0) | 12.7 |
| European | 42 (1.7) | 30 (1.5) | 12 (3.3) | 28.6 |
| Indigenous | 58 (2.4) | 51 (2.5) | 7 (1.9) | 12.1 |
| Maroon | 59 (2.5) | 49 (2.4) | 10 (2.7) | 16.9 |
‡
Cases without district information were excluded from the total
γ
Dengue cases with missing information were excluded from Chi-square analysis
*
Chi-squared test p < 0.05