The data displays the number of people at risk of contracting select neglected tropical diseases in the Americas as of 2014. As of that time, around 562 million people were at risk of contracting dengue fever.
Dengue fever | 562 |
Cutaneous leishmaniasis | 240 |
Malaria | 120 |
Visceral leishmaniasis | 72 |
Chagas disease | 70 |
Soil-transmitted helminth infections | 46 |
Schistosomiasis (snail fever) | 25 |
Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) | 12.6 |
Blinding trachoma | 11 |
Fascioliasis | 0.25 |
Onchocerciasis (river blindness) | 0.12 |