Volume 6, Number 3—June 2000
Dispatch
Dengue Epidemic in Belém, Pará, Brazil, 1996-97
Table 1
Distribution of patients with serologic tests positive for dengue
Male |
Female |
Total |
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Age | No. | Pos | % | No. | Pos | % | Pos | % |
≤4 | 185 | 60 | 0.76 | 325 | 76 | 0.8 | 136 | 0.78 |
5-9 | 308 | 89 | 1.12 | 425 | 186 | 1.96 | 275 | 1.58 |
10-14 | 1,033 | 444 | 5.56 | 816 | 356 | 3.76 | 800 | 4.59 |
15-24 | 4,080 | 1,596 | 20 | 3,765 | 1,643 | 17.35 | 3,239 | 18.56 |
25-34 | 5,083 | 2,184 | 27.37 | 4,375 | 2,127 | 22.47 | 4,311 | 24.7 |
35-44 | 3,919 | 1,684 | 21.1 | 4,638 | 2,023 | 21.37 | 3,707 | 21.25 |
45-54 | 3,319 | 1,016 | 12.73 | 3,572 | 1,558 | 16.46 | 2,574 | 14.75 |
≥55 | 2,283 | 898 | 11.36 | 2,283 | 1,500 | 15.83 | 2,398 | 13.79 |
Total | 20,038 | 7,971 | 100 | 20,199 | 9,469 | 100 | 17,440 | 100 |