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MONTHLY SURVEILLANCE REPORT

A total of 161 notifiable diseases were monitored by the Sentinel Surveillance Staff from 9 different hospital sentinel sites (Brokenshire Hospital, Davao Doctors Hospital, Davao Medical Center, Davao Oriental Provincial Hospital, Davao Regional Hospital, Davao del Sur Provincial Hospital, Limso Medical Center, Medical Mission Group Hospital and San Pedro Hospital). One hundred twenty-one (75.2%) dengue cases, sixteen (9.9%) hepatitis b cases, thirteen (8.1%) typhoid fever cases, eight (5%) non-neonatal tetanus cases, two (1.2%) leptospirosis cases and one (0.6%) diphtheria case. Among the 161 cases monitored, no fatalities noted.

Majority of the notifiable diseases monitored were from Davao City (73.9%), followed by Davao del Norte (9.9%), Davao del Sur (6.8%), Davao Oriental (4.3%), Compostela Valley (1.9%), North Cotabato (1.2%), Surigao del Sur (1.2%) and Bukidnon (0.6%).

In Davao City, cases were from the following areas: Talomo District (39 cases), Buhangin District (29 cases), Toril District (12 cases), District D (9 cases), Agdao District (8 cases), Bunawan District (6 cases), District A (4 cases), District C (4 cases), Tugbok District (4 cases), Calinan District (2 cases) and District B (2 cases).

Among the diseases monitored, dengue fever ranks first. 55.4% of the cases were Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever while 44.6% were Dengue Fever cases. Sixty-four (64) were males and fifty-seven (57) were females. Ages of the cases ranged from 2 months to 60 years old with the median age of 13 years. Majority of the cases reported were from Davao City. No fatality noted.

Hospital

Disease Entity

BH

DDH

DMC

DOPH

DRH

DSPH

LMC

MMGH

SPH

TOTAL

Dengue

7

5

52

 

5

1

17

3

31

121

Diphtheria  

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Hepatitis B  

15

 

 

 

 

 

1

16

Leptospirosis    

2

 

 

 

 

2

Non-Neonatal Tetanus  

6

 

2

 

 

 

 

8

Typhoid  Fever

2

 

4

1

2

1

1

2

 

13

TOTAL

9

5

78

1

11

2

18

5

32

161

Legend:
               BH - Brokenshire Hospital                             DSPH - Davao del Sur Provincial Hospital
               DDH - Davao Doctors Hospital                       LMC - Limso Medical Center
               DMC - Davao Medical Center                        MMGH - Medical Mission Group Hospital
               DOPH - Davao Oriental Provincial Hospital      SPH - San Pedro Hospital
               DRH - Davao Regional Hospital

Province

Disease Entity

BUK

CV

DC

DN

DS

DO

NC

SS

TOTAL

Dengue

 

2

97

8

7

5

2

 

121

Diphtheria  

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

Hepatitis B

1

 

10

2

2

 

 

1

16

Leptospirosis

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

2

Non-Neonatal Tetanus  

4

3

 

1

 

 

8

Typhoid  Fever

 

 

7

2

2

1

 

1

13

TOTAL

1

3

119

16

11

7

2

2

161


Legend:
               BUK - Bukidnon                            DS - Davao del Sur
               CV - Compostela Valley                 DO - Davao Oriental
               DC - Davao City                            NC - North Cotabato
               DN - Davao del Norte                     SS - Surigao del Sur
 
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