Table 2. Number of cases of yaws per year (range) in general population by country or territory and sample period.
Subregion | Country or territory | Sample periods | |
---|---|---|---|
Before 1970 | After 1970 | ||
North America | Canada | 0 | |
United States of America | 0–3 | ||
Central American Isthmus | Belize | 0 | |
Costa Rica | 6–40 | ||
El Salvador | 0–1 | ||
Guatemala | 1–6 | 0–1 | |
Honduras | 0 | ||
Nicaragua | 0–4 | ||
Panama | 1–104 | 0–1 | |
Latin Caribbean | Cuba | 189–4,000 | |
Dominican Republic | 1,046–3,827 | 0–9 | |
French Guiana | 0–17 | ||
Guadeloupe | 100–501 | ||
Haiti | 0–1,281,666 | 11–123 | |
Martinique | 6 | 2–40 | |
Puerto Rico | 0–94 | ||
Andean Area* and Brazil | Colombia | 8,622–68,725 | 1–573 |
Ecuador | 541–13,651 | 0–868 | |
Peru | 555–2,797 | 1–23 | |
Venezuela | 9–10,235 | 0 | |
Brazil | 2–297,681 | 2–2,996 | |
Southern Cone | Argentina | 0–3 | |
Chile | 0 | ||
Paraguay | 0 | ||
Uruguay | 0 | ||
Non-Latin Caribbean* | Anguilla | 8 | |
Antigua and Barbuda | 0–70 | 0–9 | |
Aruba | 0 | ||
Bahamas | 0 | ||
Barbados | 0 | 1 | |
Curacao | 0 | ||
Dominica | 1,031–1,469 | 3–351 | |
Grenada | 360–1,500 | 0–15 | |
Guyana | 25–72 | 0–36 | |
Jamaica | 4–8,500 | 0–62 | |
Montserrat | 0 | ||
Saint Lucia | 0–1,124 | 0–26 | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5–1,117 | 0–96 | |
Suriname | 73–1,436 | 0–45 | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 16–8,069 | 0–1,048 | |
Virgin Islands (UK) | 1 |
General Population includes information from studies that did not report the age of the cases or were conducted in adult population only.
*Bolivia and Saint Kitts and Nevis only reported prevalence data before 1970