2015 dengue outbreak in Taiwan

Disease outbreak in Taiwan August 2025 hist 2015 dengue outbreak in Taiwan Taiwan right 350 center Tainan 112人 22 59 120 11 Kaohsiung 103人 22 33 120 17 Pingtung 3人 22 41 120 32 2015/5/16 - 2016/2/14 Tainan City, Kaohsiung City, Pingtung County 7px Death toll 43,637今年累計死亡數 Cumulative deaths this year http://nidss.cdc.gov.tw/ch/SingleDisease.aspx?dc=1&dt=4&disease=061&position=1 衛生福利部疾病管制署 (Disease Control Agency, Ministry of Health and Welfare) 2015-12-31 2015-12-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20151120034210/http://nidss.cdc.gov.tw/ch/SingleDisease.aspx?dc=1&dt=4&disease=061&position=1 2015-11-20 dead zh-hant臺南市統計 218 In the 2015 dengue outbreak in Taiwan, a significant rise in the number of dengue fever cases was reported in Tainan City, Kaohsiung City, and Pingtung City. As of the end of 2015, official data showed that more than 40,000 people, mostly in these three cities, were infected in 2015. CECC for Dengue Outbreak announces new deaths associated with dengue and urges public to reinforce cleaning and emptying of vector breeding sites to lower risk of transmission https://www.cdc.gov.tw/english/info.aspx?treeid=bc2d4e89b154059b&nowtreeid=ee0a2987cfba3222&tid=C294BB0FF01A2E5C 衛生福利部疾病管制署 (Disease Control Agency, Ministry of Health and Welfare) 2015-12-29 This epidemic began in the summer of 2015, with the first reported occurrence in the North District, Tainan臺南市統計. There were several documented cases in other cities and counties but none resulted in death or were of such large scale. Statistics The Centers for Disease Control lists several statistics about the outbreak. These statistics are reportedly from the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) for the Dengue Outbreak. The number of infections in Taiwan during 2015 was some three times the number in 2014. Cases and deaths by city StatisticTainan CityKaohsiung CityPingtung CityOther areasTotalCases22,74118,93337352542,572Deaths1129520209 Deceased The CDC of Taiwan's most recent press release, dated 23 December 2015, gives demographics and statistics about the deceased:"Among the 209 deaths found to be associated with dengue infection, 106 are men and 98 are women. The median age is 75 years old. Each of them, on average, had three chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, coronary artery diseases and renal failures. The average number of days between onset and death is 6.2." Care and Recovery The same press release as above states:"Currently, 44 dengue patients are being treated in the intensive care unit. 98.1% of the total reported cases have recovered." References 104年台南市入夏後本土病例數, 104 Local cases in Tainan City after summer https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080935/http://health.tainan.gov.tw/tnhealth/Medical/detail.aspx?Id=13028&Medical_Index=4&Medical_Class=108&p=1 2016-03-04 ，臺南市政府衛生局 (Tainan Municipal Government Health Bureau) External links Tainan City Government Dengue Epidemic Bulletin Department of Health of Tainan's Dengue Epidemic Bulletin Category:2015 disease outbreaks Category:2015 in Taiwan Category:Southern Taiwan Category:Disease outbreaks in Taiwan Category:2015 disasters in Taiwan Category:Health disasters in Taiwan Category:Dengue fever outbreaks