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Table 3 Reported work or school days lost by dengue patients and their caregivers in the previous 12 months in the baseline survey, with extrapolation to the whole population of each region

From: Household costs of dengue illness: secondary outcomes from a randomised controlled trial of dengue prevention in Guerrero state, Mexico

Item

Numbers in each region

Total

Acapulco

Costa Grande

Costa Chica

Sample population

18,997

17,063

18,342

54,402

Population

789,971

413,793

428,501

1,632,265

Ambulatory dengue cases

 Cases reported in sample

483

194

77

754

 Projected cases in population

19,749

4552

1714

26,015

 Mean days lost per case

11.4

8.8

11.6

10.8

 Projected days lost in population

225,142

40,058

19,882

285,082

Hospitalized dengue cases

 Cases reported in sample

129

47

30

206

 Projected cases in population

5530

1241

857

7628

 Mean days lost per case

14.8

15.1

17.4

15.4

 Projected days lost in population

81,844

18,739

14,912

115,495

All dengue cases

 Projected days lost in population

306,986

58,797

34,794

400,577