Hospitalization Trends for Neglected Tropical Diseases in Ecuador, 2000-2024

Cristina Aldaz-Barreno's dataset contains 179,439 hospital discharge records attributed to neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in Ecuador from 2000 to 2024. The data, representing 0.7% of all hospitalizations, shows trends for the five most frequent NTDs, including dengue, chikungunya, and snakebite envenoming. It was last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends in hospitalization rates for arboviral and non-arboviral NTDs based on the 25-year time series.
• Model geographic disparities in severe NTD morbidity based on standardized morbidity ratios (SMRs) for coastal, Amazon, and Andean provinces.
• Study demographic patterns in severe NTD outcomes based on patient sex (54% male) and age (median 19 years).

Strengths

• Contains 179,439 hospital discharge records with a defined temporal scope of 25 years (2000-2024).
• Focuses on the five most frequent NTDs, which account for 97.1% of the hospitalizations in the dataset.
• Includes age-standardized hospitalization rates and standardized morbidity ratios (SMRs) for analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the national hospital discharge registry.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Analysis of hospital discharge data from Ecuador’s national registry.

Time Range

2000 to 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 17:35:45; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ecuador, with sub-national analysis by province