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Table 1 Summary of epidemiological characteristics of the 2576 dengue cases in north Queensland, Australia- (Data set 1)

From: Epidemiology of dengue in a high-income country: a case study in Queensland, Australia

Variables

Locally-acquired dengue cases

Imported dengue cases

No origin

N = 1937 (%)

N = 158 (%)

N = 481 (%)

Age

   

Min

0.7

0.4

1.0

Max

88

74

86.0

Mean

38.1

40.2

37.4

Gender

   

Female

924 (47.7)

61 (38.6)

195 (40.5)

Male

1010 (52.1)

97 (61.4)

271 (56.3)

NI

3 (0.2)

0 (−)

15 (3.1)

District

   

Cairns and Hinterland

1651 (85.2)

113 (71.5)

469 (97.5)

Townsville

286 (14.8)

45 (28.5)

12 (2.5)

Serogroup

   

1

68 (3.5)

31 (19.6)

2 (0.4)

2

535 (27.6)

34 (21.5)

31 (6.4)

3

890 (45.9)

27 (17.1)

417 (86.7)

4

45 (2.3)

13 (8.2)

0 (−)

NI

399 (20.6)

53 (33.5)

31 (6.4)