TABLE 1. Cases of leptospirosis and selected indicators, by sex, for 15 countries in Latin America that had 10 or more cases in 2014 and that reported disaggregated informationa.
Country |
Cases in males n (%)b (mean and SD) |
Cases in females n (%)b (mean and SD) |
GDP per capitac |
Agriculture (% of GDP)d (mean and SD) |
% of female employment in agriculturee |
% female literatef |
% urban pop.g (mean and SD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peru |
943 (40.5) |
1 386 (59.5) |
6 541.00 |
7.4 |
5.5 |
91.7 |
78.6 |
Ecuador |
378 (53.1) |
334 (46.9) |
6 345.80 |
9.1 |
20.3 |
93.5 |
63.7 |
Bolivia |
156 (53.6) |
135 (46.4) |
3 124.10 |
13.0 |
h |
93.6 |
68.5 |
Guatemala |
21 (58.3) |
15 (41.7) |
3 673.10 |
11.5 |
10.9 |
76.3 |
51.6 |
Honduras |
13 (59.1) |
9 (40.9) |
2 434.80 |
13.8 |
10.3 |
88.6 |
54.7 |
Nicaragua |
95 (60.9) |
61 (39.1) |
1 963.10 |
20.5 |
h |
83.2 |
58.8 |
Venezuela |
179 (63.2) |
104 (36.8) |
12 771.60 |
5.5 |
1.6 |
96.2 |
89.0 |
Panama |
18 (66.7) |
9 (33.3) |
11 948.90 |
3.5 |
8.5 |
94.4 |
66.6 |
Colombia |
615 (70.9) |
252 (29.1) |
7 903.90 |
6.3 |
6.6 |
94.8 |
74.6 |
Brazil |
3 038 (76.4) |
936 (23.6) |
11 384.40 |
5.6 |
10.1 |
92.9 |
85.7 |
Costa Rica |
368 (79.1) |
97 (20.9) |
10 415.40 |
5.6 |
3.4 |
97.8 |
63.7 |
Dominican Rep. |
61 (84.7) |
11 (15.3) |
6 163.60 |
6.2 |
2.8 |
92.3 |
79.0 |
Argentina |
187 (86.2) |
30 (13.8) |
12 509.50 |
8.3 |
0.2 |
98.1 |
91.8 |
Cuba |
151 (86.3) |
24 (13.7) |
6 789.80 |
5.0 |
7.7 |
99.8 |
77.1 |
Uruguay |
159 (90.9) |
16 (9.1) |
16 806.80 |
8.1 |
4.4 |
98.8 |
95.3 |
Source:Table prepared by authors, based on the following information sources:b: PAHO, based on country information;c,d,e: World Bank;f,g: PAHO Regional Core Health Data Initiative.
Countries are ordered based on the percentage of female leptospirosis cases, from highest to lowest. Darker color palettes correspond to higher quartiles of female cases ( ), of GDP from agriculture ( ), and of female employment in agriculture ( ), as well as to lower quartiles of GDP per capita ( ), of female literacy ( ), and of urbanization ( ).
Cases of leptospirosis in 2014.
Gross domestic product per capita (current US$).
Percentage of gross domestic product from agriculture.
Percentage of females who are employed in agriculture.
Percentage of females who are literate.
Percentage of the population in urban areas.
NA = not available.