Demographic Characteristics of Dengue Positive Cases in an Outbreak

Demographic data for individuals who tested positive for dengue during an outbreak. The dataset is a 5.5 KB Excel file authored by Deborah Pratt and last updated on May 11, 2026. It is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license on the figshare platform.

Use Cases

• Analyze age and gender distribution of dengue cases based on demographic characteristics.
• Model outbreak spread patterns based on patient demographic profiles.
• Assess risk factors for dengue infection based on demographic variables.

Strengths

• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0, permitting reuse and modification.
• File size is small (5.5 KB), facilitating quick download and inspection.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Deborah Pratt via figshare.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-11 17:39:54; freshness should be verified.