Table 3.
Reported work or school days lost by dengue patients and their caregivers in the previous 12 months in the baseline survey, with extrapolation to the whole population of each region
| Item | Numbers in each region | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acapulco | Costa Grande | Costa Chica | ||
| Sample population | 18,997 | 17,063 | 18,342 | 54,402 |
| Population | 789,971 | 413,793 | 428,501 | 1,632,265 |
| Ambulatory dengue cases | ||||
| Cases reported in sample | 483 | 194 | 77 | 754 |
| Projected cases in population | 19,749 | 4552 | 1714 | 26,015 |
| Mean days lost per case | 11.4 | 8.8 | 11.6 | 10.8 |
| Projected days lost in population | 225,142 | 40,058 | 19,882 | 285,082 |
| Hospitalized dengue cases | ||||
| Cases reported in sample | 129 | 47 | 30 | 206 |
| Projected cases in population | 5530 | 1241 | 857 | 7628 |
| Mean days lost per case | 14.8 | 15.1 | 17.4 | 15.4 |
| Projected days lost in population | 81,844 | 18,739 | 14,912 | 115,495 |
| All dengue cases | ||||
| Projected days lost in population | 306,986 | 58,797 | 34,794 | 400,577 |