Temporal distribution of dengue cases (depicting bar) and incidence rates (depicting line) for four time periods betweern 1993 and 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.

The data show the temporal distribution of dengue cases (depicting bar) and incidence rates (depicting line) for different time periods (A: 1993–1997, B: 1998–2002, C: 2003–2007 and D: 2008–2012).

登革热自1992—1993年于澳大利亚昆士兰州重现以来，始终是该国重大的公共卫生关切问题。本研究针对1993—2012年澳大利亚北部热带昆士兰州的本地感染登革热病例，探究其时空分布特征。

研究收集了1993—2012年澳大利亚北部热带昆士兰州的登革热确诊上报病例，并采用地理信息系统（Geographic Information System, GIS）工具与地统计技术开展描述性时空分析。

本数据集展示了不同时段（A：1993—1997年、B：1998—2002年、C：2003—2007年、D：2008—2012年）的登革热病例时间分布（以柱状图呈现）与发病率（以折线图呈现）。