1950 to 1998 of global cholera surveillance data reported to the World Health Organization. The dataset includes annual counts of cholera cases and deaths submitted by member countries under International Health Regulations. It was compiled by SCIOPS and last updated in 1998.
Use Cases
- Analyze temporal trends in reported cholera cases per country from 1950 to 1998.
- Model the relationship between reported cholera deaths and case counts across different countries.
- Assess the impact of the 1969 International Health Regulations on reporting completeness for Africa from 1970 onward.
- Compare annual cholera incidence between continents using country-level summary tables.
Strengths
- Covers a 49-year period from 1950 to 1998.
- Includes data from all WHO member countries reporting under international regulations.
- Provides separate counts for cases and deaths, enabling mortality rate analysis.
Limitations
- Data is historical and stops in 1998, lacking recent decades.
- Relies on national reporting, which may be incomplete or inconsistent across countries.
- No column-level detail is available to verify specific features or granularity.
Provenance
- Source
- World Health Organization (WHO) Weekly Epidemiological Record and reports from national health administrations.
- Collection Method
- Aggregated from mandatory country reports submitted under the International Health Regulations.
- Time Range
- 1950 to 1998, with some data for Asia from 1949 and Africa from 1970.
- Freshness
- Static dataset last updated in 1998.
- Geography
- Global, with country-level breakdowns.