Dengue incidence rates by age and gender in northern Queensland, Australia, 1993-2012

Dengue has been a major public health concern in Australia since it re-emerged in Queensland in 1992–1993. We explored spatio-temporal characteristics of locally-acquired dengue cases in northern tropical Queensland, Australia during the period 1993–2012.

Locally-acquired notified cases of dengue were collected for northern tropical Queensland from 1993 to 2012. Descriptive spatial and temporal analyses were conducted using geographic information system tools and geostatistical techniques.

This figure is a bar graph plotting dengue incidence rates by age and gender in northern Queensland, Australia, 1993–2012.

登革热自1992年至1993年在昆士兰州重新出现以来，已成为澳大利亚的一项重大公共卫生问题。本研究探讨了澳大利亚北部热带昆士兰州在1993年至2012年期间本地获得性登革热病例的空间和时间特征。对1993年至2012年间北部热带昆士兰州的登革热通报病例进行了收集，并利用地理信息系统工具和地统计学方法进行了描述性空间和时间分析。该图为一柱状图，展示了1993年至2012年澳大利亚北部昆士兰州登革热发病率按年龄和性别划分的情况。