The Regional Epidemiology Surveillance Unit (RESU) of the Department of Health (DOH) revealed that dengue fever registered as the number one among the top 10 diseases they recorded in 2016 here in Region 9.
RESU Head Maxell Bermas on Friday said that the records they gather were based on the admission of patients on government-owned and private hospitals.
Bermas disclosed there were 7,298 cases of dengue fever with 39 mortalities from January to December 2016.
The other top 10 diseases in 2016 are as follows: typhoid fever, 1,675 cases with 11 mortalities; Influenza-like illnesses, 882 cases; acute bloody diarrhea, 858 cases with one mortality; hepatitis, 297 cases; meningitis, 88 cases with 24 deaths; rota virus, 62 cases; non-neonatal tetanus, 45 cases with 14 deaths; leptospirosis, 18 cases with one mortality; and the hand, foot and mouth disease, 15 cases.
Bermas said the monitoring of the different types of diseases enables them to detect early any possible outbreak of disease in a particular place.
“Proper intervention can be immediately initiated to address possible outbreak the earliest time,” Bermas added.
He advised the public to practice proper hygiene and sanitation to protect them from diseases. (PNA)
