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Volume 24, Number 12—December 2018
Dispatch

Excess Mortality and Causes Associated with Chikungunya, Puerto Rico, 2014–2015

André Ricardo Ribas FreitasComments to Author , Maria Rita Donalisio, and Pedro María Alarcón-Elbal
Author affiliations: Secretaria de Saúde de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil (A.R.R. Freitas); Faculdade de Medicina São Leopoldo Mandic, Instituto de Pesquisas São Leopoldo Mandic, Campinas (A.R.R. Freitas); Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas (M.R. Donalisio); Universidad Iberoamericana, Instituto de Medicina Tropical & Salud Global, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (P.M. Alarcón-Elbal)

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Expected and observed monthly deaths in Puerto Rico, 2014–2015. A) Excess number of monthly deaths and number of chikungunya, dengue, and influenza A and B cases diagnosed among patients with acute febrile illness in St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Puerto Rico, January 2014–December 2015. Data for acute febrile illness were discontinued in April 2015. B) Number of monthly deaths, observed deaths, and expected deaths and upper limit of 99% CI, Puerto Rico, January 2014–December 2015.

Figure 1. Expected and observed monthly deaths in Puerto Rico, 2014–2015. A) Excess number of monthly deaths and number of chikungunya, dengue, and influenza A and B cases diagnosed among patients with acute febrile illness in St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Puerto Rico, January 2014–December 2015. Data for acute febrile illness were discontinued in April 2015. B) Number of monthly deaths, observed deaths, and expected deaths and upper limit of 99% CI, Puerto Rico, January 2014–December 2015.

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