Volume 11, Number 1—January 2005
Research
Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever, Brazil, 1981–2002
João Bosco Siqueira*†
, Celina Maria Turchi Martelli†, Giovanini Evelim Coelho*, Ana Cristina da Rocha Simplício*, and Douglas L. Hatch*‡
, Celina Maria Turchi Martelli†, Giovanini Evelim Coelho*, Ana Cristina da Rocha Simplício*, and Douglas L. Hatch*‡Table 2
Dengue incidence and hospitalization (per 100,000 population) by age group, Brazil, 1998–2002
| Age (y) | 1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incidence | Hosp* | Incidence | Hosp | Incidence | Hosp | Incidence | Hosp | Incidence | Hosp | |
| 0–4 | 39.6 | 1.1 | 27.2 | 0.5 | 29.6 | 1.1 | 68.8 | 2.9 | 121.9 | 10.3 |
| 5–14 | 68.2 | 2.1 | 45.4 | 1.6 | 51.8 | 3.0 | 131.7 | 7.0 | 213.7 | 19.6 |
| 15–29 | 145.6 | 4.5 | 102.7 | 4.1 | 111.3 | 7.5 | 263.5 | 16.6 | 410.3 | 36.6 |
| 30–49 | 156.3 | 4.7 | 120.3 | 4.4 | 128.0 | 7.2 | 305.7 | 16.7 | 432.7 | 36.1 |
| >50 | 120.0 | 6.5 | 92.0 | 5.7 | 88.3 | 8.4 | 237.3 | 20.7 | 323.6 | 43.7 |
| Total | 117.2 | 4.0 | 85.7 | 3.5 | 92.3 | 6.0 | 225.3 | 14.1 | 335.3 | 31.6 |
*Hospitalization rates.
