Cholera Epidemics and Environmental Factors in Hubei Province, China, 1949–2020

Zhiyu Chen published this dataset on figshare in 2026. It contains data on cholera epidemics and associated environmental factors in Hubei Province, China, covering a 71-year period from 1949 to 2020. The data is stored in an XLS file with a size of 69.0 KB.

Use Cases

• Modeling cholera incidence based on natural environmental factors mentioned in the description
• Analyzing the spatiotemporal distribution of cholera epidemics over a 71-year period
• Investigating the correlation between river networks and high cholera incidence areas
• Studying the three fluctuation cycles of cholera outbreaks described in the platform tags

Strengths

• Covers a long temporal range of 71 years (1949–2020)
• Includes environmental data alongside disease incidence
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• The dataset is small (69.0 KB), indicating a limited scope of variables or records

Provenance

Source

Zhiyu Chen via figshare

Time Range

1949–2020

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 17:36:41; freshness should be verified

Geography

Hubei Province, China