Dengue in Sumatera Utara
Province profile for Sumatera Utara (Sumatera, capital Medan): harmonised OpenDengue records 2007 to 2024, analysed with the same early-warning engine used for countries.
Key facts
- 2023: 4,578 dengue cases, an incidence of 31.0 per 100,000 people, ranking 24 of 33 provinces by incidence.
- The highest annual count in the series was 8,889 cases in 2010.
- Pattern assessment for July 2024 (latest provincial month): Outbreak signal, because the latest month is above the 3rd quartile of the previous five years; the outbreak score is 0.70, well above what is expected for the season; CUSUM detects a sustained rise since April 2024; the last three months are +129.2% above the three months before.
- Cases usually peak in October.
- 24 months were flagged as anomalies; the most recent was August 2022.
- Provinces with a similar seasonal pattern: Kepulauan Riau, Aceh, Sumatera Barat, Riau, Bengkulu.
- Newer provinces are folded into their parent so the series stays comparable; population is estimated from BPS 2016 shares and World Bank national totals.
Related pages
- Dengue in Kepulauan Riau
- Dengue in Aceh
- Dengue in Sumatera Barat
- Dengue in Riau
- Dengue in Bengkulu
- Dengue in Jambi
- Dengue in Sumatera Selatan
- Dengue in Lampung
- Dengue in Kep. Bangka Belitung
Data updated 2026-10-31. Sources: WHO Global Dengue Surveillance; OpenDengue V1.3 (Clarke et al., 2025), doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.24259573; Dinas Kesehatan Kota Semarang; World Bank Open Data; NASA POWER.