Table 2. Comparison of the incidence rates of CHIKV and DENV infection in 2014 and 2015 in Panama.
| 2014 | 2015* | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Chikungunya | Dengue | Ratio | N | Chikungunya | Dengue | Ratio | |||||||
| District | Imported | Auchthotonous | Rateδ | Cases | Rate | Imported | Auchthotonous | Rate | Cases | Rate | ||||
| Panama | 1076913 | 38 | 16 | 1.5 | 1571 | 145.9 | 98.2 | 1098068 | 14 | 3 | 0.3 | 370 | 33.7 | 28.4 |
| Puerto Obaldia | 41546 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | - | 42395 | 0 | 19 | 44.8 | 0 | 0.0 | - |
| Arraijan | 262517 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 4.2 | - | 270191 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 | 6 | 2.2 | 36.0 |
| San Miguelito | 350949 | 2 | 1 | 0.3 | 742 | 211.4 | 742.0 | 355429 | 1 | 1 | 0.3 | 71 | 20.0 | 90.0 |
| Othersα | 2181350 | 6 | 1 | 0.05 | 3193 | 146.4 | 3193.0 | 2209321 | 2 | 2 | 0.1 | 495 | 22.4 | 247.5 |
| Total | 3913275 | 53 | 18 | 0.5 | 5517 | 141.0 | 306.5 | 3975404 | 17 | 26 | 0.7 | 942 | 23.7 | 33.9 |
*Total cases until epi week 26th
N = Inhabitans, http://www.contraloria.gob.pa/INEC/Publicaciones/Publicaciones.aspx?ID_SUBCATEGORIA=10&ID_PUBLICACION=556&ID_IDIOMA=1&ID_CATEGORIA=3_Accessed October 22th.
δCases per 100000 inhabitants
αOthers districts: seven chikungunya cases during 2014 [Colon (1), La Chorrera (1), Chepo (1), Penonome (1) and Missing (2)] and four during 2015 [Colon (2), Los Santos (1) and Nata (1)].