Republic of the Philippines

Provincial Health Office

Provincial Epidemiology & Surveillance Unit
TPH Cmpd. San Vicente Tarlac City
Tel no. (045) 982-18-72

Morbidity Week 15

Jan 1 to Apr 18, 2015

Dengue Cases
Findings:
A total of 436 dengue cases were reported from January 1 to April 18, 2015 from different reporting units
in the province. This is 25% higher compared to the same period last year. Concepcion had the highest
prevalence rate followed by Mayantoc and Bamban (Table 2). Ages ranged from 2 months old to 85 years
old(median of 18).Thirtyfour percent of the cases belonged to 11 to 20 years old (Fig.3). Majority of the cases
were males (52%).No reported deaths. Clustering of cases are in listed in Table 4.
.

Figure 1: Distribution of Dengue Cases by Morbidity Week (n =436)

Tarlac as of January 1 to April 18, 2015

No of Cases

80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52

2015 59 58 47 33 27 24 38 28 23 24 22 20 10 11 12
2014 33 52 63 35 29 37 23 18 15 4 15 4 6 8 6 9 6 5 8 10 5 7 12 10 13 12 23 21 26 27 33 54 47 60 53 73 55 57 63 59 65 71 58 49 62 65 62 70 60 43 37 63

Figure 2: Distribution Dengue Cases per Municipality

Tarlac, Morbidity week 18 of 2015

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Figure 3: Distribution of Dengue Cases by Age Group and Gender

January 1 April 18, 2015

61 and above
51-60
41-50
Female

31-40

Male
21-30
11-20
0-10
90

70

50

30

10
10
No of Cases

30

50

70

90

Table 1: Change Rate of Dengue Cases per Municipality

Tarlac, January 1- April 18, 2015
Municipality
1. Victoria
2. Gerona
3. Lapaz
4. Camiling
5. Sta Ignacia
6. Bamban
7. Moncada
8. Paniqui
9. Capas
10. Tarlac City
11. Concepcion
12. Anao
13. Ramos
14. San Manuel
15. Mayantoc
16. Pura
17. San Jose
18. San Clemente
Tarlac Province

2015

2014

13
28
23
29
18
30
10
13
50
110
89
0
0
0
17
5
1
0
436

3
7
6
8
7
14
5
17
43
126
90
1
2
1
12
5
1
0
348

Change Rate
333%
300%
283%
263%
157%
114%
100%
24%
16%
13%
1%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
25%

*Change Rate- is the increase or decrease of cases compared to the same period last year

Table 2: Prevalence Rate of Dengue Cases per Municipality

Tarlac, January 1- April 18, 2015
Number of Cases

Population

Prevalence Rate
Per 10,000 pop

Concepcion
Mayantoc
Bamban
Sta Ignacia
Lapaz
Capas
Camiling
Gerona
Tarlac City
Pura
Victoria
Moncada
Paniqui
San Jose
Anao
Ramos
San Clemente
San Manuel

89
17
30
18
23
50
29
28
110
5
13
10
13
1
0
0
0
0

154102
33051
72554
46779
65424
144916
84847
88796
350618
23905
65080
59731
92399
36449
11293
22171
12909
26197

6
5
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0

Tarlac Province

436

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Municipality
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.

*Prevalence Rate- s the proportion of people in a population who have a particular disease at a specified point in
time, or over a specified period of time.

Table 4: Areas with Clustering of Dengue Cases

Tarlac, January 1- April 18, 2015
Province

Municipality

Baranggay

Tarlac

Capas

Manlapig

MW 12
0

Cases
MW 13
MW 14
1
3

MW 15
1

Recommendation:
The community should adhere to the DOHs four S:
Search and Destroy
Place a tight lid on containers used for water storage.
Always clean all gutter.
Prevent mosquito breeding in car tires.
Seek immediate consultation
If a family member has a fever of 2 days duration, consult your physician or visit the nearest health
center.
Say No to indiscriminate fogging
Self-protection measures
Screen door and windows.
Use insect repellents.
Wear long sleeves shirts, long pants nd socks to avoid bites of mosquitoes .

Prepared by:

Joane Taluyo, RN
Nurse I

Cecille Lopez-Zuasula, RN
Nurse IV

Jeanette A. Lazatin, MD, MPM

PHO II