DENGUE FEVER:

One case of dengue fever was admitted at the sentinel sites for the 20th morbidity week. A total of one hundred nine cases of dengue fever were admitted at the different sentinel sites from January 1 to May 17, 2008. This number of admission is 179% higher compared to the same period last year (39 cases). Ages of cases ranged from 3mos to 48 years old with a median and mode of 15. Fifty five percent of the cases were male.  

  The municipality with the most number of cases is Limay with 30 cases (28%) followed by Dinalupihan with 28 cases (26%). No clustering of cases was noted. A total of five fatalities were reported for this year (CFR-4.6%). These fatalities were from the municipalities of Dinalupihan, Limay (3) and Mariveles.

  The Provincial Health Office strongly recommends environmental clean up, search and destroy and health education activities to prevent the increase of dengue cases.

Figure 1.  Distribution of Dengue Fever Cases by Mun/City
Sentinel Hospitals, Bataan ,                                   
20th Morbidity Week , 2007 -  2008                       

Table 1.  Notifiable Diseases++ Update
           Sentinel Hospitals, Bataan
                      20th Morbidity Week, 2007 - 2008

Table 2  .  Distribution of Dengue Fever Cases by Mun/City
Sentinel Hospitals, Bataan                      
    1st - 20th Morbidity Week, 2007 -  2008