Hospital Discharges for Neglected Tropical Diseases in Ecuador, 2000-2024

Hospital discharge records for 21 neglected tropical diseases in Ecuador over a 24-year period. The dataset, created by Cristina Aldaz-Barreno, includes sociodemographic and hospital stay characteristics for all NTDs and the 14 endemic to the country. It is a small dataset of 13.5 KB, last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends in NTD hospitalizations based on the 2000-2024 time range mentioned in the description
• Study sociodemographic disparities in NTD outcomes based on patient characteristics mentioned in the description
• Compare hospital resource use for endemic versus non-endemic NTDs based on the 14 endemic diseases mentioned

Strengths

• Covers a 24-year time span from 2000 to 2024
• Includes data on all 21 WHO-listed neglected tropical diseases and the 14 endemic to Ecuador
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse

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 very small at 13.5 KB, indicating limited scope or aggregated summary data

Provenance

Source

figshare

Time Range

2000 to 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 17:35:55; freshness should be verified

Geography

Ecuador