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Joinpoint trends in age-standardized hospitalization rates per 100,000 population for all 21 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and the 5 most frequent endemic NTDs in Ecuador between 2000 and 2024. The dataset was authored by Cristina Aldaz-Barreno and is available in XLS format. It was last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends in hospitalization rates for neglected tropical diseases based on the 2000-2024 time series.
• Compare the burden of the 5 most frequent endemic NTDs against all 21 NTDs based on the described disease categories.
• Model healthcare system strain using age-standardized hospitalization rates per 100,000 population.
• Conduct joinpoint regression analysis to identify significant changes in disease trends over time.

Strengths

• Covers a 24-year time span from 2000 to 2024.
• Includes data for all 21 neglected tropical diseases and a subset of the 5 most frequent endemic ones.
• Age-standardized rates allow for population-adjusted comparisons.
• Available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 9.5 KB, indicating limited scope or detail.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Time Range

2000 to 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 17:35:56; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ecuador