Brazil recorded 2,624,300 probable cases of dengue and 991 deaths from the disease in 2024. The data was released in the Ministry of Health's Arbovirus Panel this Tuesday (2). In addition to the confirmed deaths, 1,483 deaths are under investigation to determine whether or not they are related to the virus.
The arbovirus incidence coefficient, for every 100 thousand inhabitants, is 1292.4. The World Health Organization (WHO) considers an epidemic when this parameter is greater than 300.
Regarding lethality in probable cases, the number is 0.04, while in serious cases it is 4.09.
In the 13th epidemiological week, between March 24th and 30th, Brazil registered 72,507 probable cases of dengue, which represents a drop compared to the ninth week, from February 25th to March 2nd, when the country reached the peak of the disease, with 333,261 probable cases .
Among men and women, the percentage of people possibly infected corresponds to 44.6% and 55.4%, respectively. Furthermore, the age group with the most records of probable cases of the virus is 20 to 29 years old.
Historic Serie
The number of dengue infections this year has already exceeded the total number of cases in 2023, which recorded 1,658,816. It is worth noting that the previous record for probable cases of the virus, in relation to the current number of infected people, occurred in 2015, with 1,688,688, according to the Ministry of Health's historical series.
The data from the historical series also shows the number of deaths from the disease, which in 2023 was 1204 deaths, this being the highest number since the beginning of accounting for the folder, in the year 2000. Check below, in descending order, the deaths from dengue since 2000, according to the Ministry of Health:
Deaths caused by dengue per year
- 2023 – 1204
- 2022 – 1053
- 2024 – 991
- 2015 – 986
- 2019 – 820
- 2016 – 701
- 2013 – 656
- 2010 – 656
- 2020 – 583
- 2011 – 558
- 2008 – 557
- 2014 – 475
- 2009 – 340
- 2012 – 327
- 2021 – 315
- 2007 – 290
- 2018 – 201
- 2017 – 180
- 2006 – 144
- 2002 – 142
- 2003 – 86
- 2005 – 72
- 2001 – 43
- 2004 – 19
- 2000 – 4
Under the supervision of André Rigue
Source: CNN Brasil
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