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Table 1 Summary statistics (median and range) of population size, population density (people/km2) and altitude of the provinces reporting dengue sometime during the study period (1994-2008) stratified by geographic region

From: The influence of geographic and climate factors on the timing of dengue epidemics in Perú, 1994-2008

Geographic region

Num. of Provinces

Population (median, range)

Population Density (median, range)

Altitude (median, range)

Jungle

28

64317 (7662, 503095)

7.9 (0.4, 38.0)

304 (124, 1835)

Mountain

25

62105 (18470, 285770)

20.7 (3.52, 91.4)

2294 (184, 4864)

Coast

26

130220 (15648, 6723130)

47.9 (7.4 - 5264)

192.5 (1, 4238)