Pneumonia cases in Nicaragua rise to 13,057 so far this year, 169 cases per day

SAN JOSE, March 18 (EFE) – A total of 13,057 people have been infected with pneumonia in Nicaragua so far this year, with an average of 169.6 cases per day, according to a report released by the Nicaraguan Ministry of Health in Managua on Monday. healthy.

The health department said a total of 1,229 cases of pneumonia were registered in the past seven days, a 2% increase in the number of people affected compared to the previous week.

According to the health department, 4,207 cases of pneumonia were reported in the first four weeks of 2024, 5,134 cases were reported in the next four weeks, and 3,716 cases were reported in the next three weeks, for a total of 13,057 cases of pneumonia reported in 77 days (not including this Monday) . The health ministry did not specify the number of deaths.

According to the National Health Map, 363 people died from pneumonia in Nicaragua in 2023, with a death rate of 0.5 per 10,000 inhabitants.

Pneumonia is one of the top 12 causes of death in Central American countries, followed by acute myocardial infarction, cancer or malignancy, renal failure, diabetes, hypertension, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cirrhosis or liver, traffic accidents, and intracranial hemorrhage , chronic ischemic heart disease, pneumonia.

In 2023, the most common cause of hospitalization was pneumonia (34,529 cases), followed by diarrhea (18,137 cases), kidney disease (10,407 cases), fever suspected of dengue (10,127 cases), bile duct disease (9,812 cases), urinary tract infection ( 8,725 cases) and diabetes (8,388), according to the National Health Map. EFE

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