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. 2023 Sep 4;13(9):e068498. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068498

Table 1.

Lower respiratory infections mortality rates and percentage changes between 1990 and 2019 in Ethiopia, both sexes, with different age groups

Location Age standardised Children younger than 5 People older than 70
Deaths per 100 000 people (95% UI), 1990 Deaths per 100 000 people (95% UI), 2019 Deaths per 100 000 children (95% UI), 1990 Deaths per 100 000 children (95% UI), 2019 Change, % Deaths per 100 000 people (95% UI), 1990 Deaths per 100 000 people (95% UI), 2019 Change, %
Addis Ababa 163.4 (134.6–206.9) 59.4 (49.8–71.4) 441.5 (320.4–602.7) 23.4 (14.1–36.4) 95 909.2 (669.5–1264.6) 503.6 (410.5–633.7) 45
Oromia 241.3 (188.5–292.8) 89.3 (75.9–103.1) 920.7 (629.5–1264.1) 122.3 (84.8–171) 87 1174.1 (842.8–1543) 849.5 (687.3–1009) 28
Amhara 197.7 (163.5–236.5) 74.3 (59.4–91) 691.3 (531.7–883.4) 94.9 (55.6–146.1) 87 1017.9 (755.4–1324) 682.7 (537.4–857.9) 33
SNNPs 243.7 (196.4–296.9) 98.9 (83.8–116.6) 971.9 (697.2–1273.2) 118.4 (79–168.5) 88 1161.3 (584.7–822.3) 845.4 (685.6–018.1) 28
Tigray 242.7 (200.5–292) 84.6 (69.2–100.1) 780.4 (593.5–1009.1) 67.2 (43.5–98.3) 92 1166.7 (838.2–1586) 788.6 (637.9–956.8) 33
Harari 240.2 (182.6–303.1) 77 (63–92.5) 1146.7 (730–1604.1) 89.9 (51.1–138) 93 762.3 (412–1223.7) 694.3 (551.9–849) 9
Afar 244.8 (186.5–316.9) 103.7 (86.6–122.6) 723.7 (481.5–1023.7) 101.7 (65–152.4) 86 1010 (658–1541.7) 917.6 (720.6–146.8) 10
Somali 147.6 (113.8–192.6) 97.5 (79.2–118.6) 455.9 (313–628.5) 197.3 (135–279.8) 57 798.8 (519.2–1177.6) 765.1 (588.8–972.4) 5
BG 284.1 (221.8–358.1) 101.8 (84–121.7) 1266.4 (846.7–790.9) 215.1 (141.4–311) 84 975.3 (656.5–1379.3) 671.9 (532.7–848.7) 32
Dire Dawa 220.1 (171.6–270.9) 69.9 (56.5–84) 1084.2 (689.1–503.2) 83.7 (44.7–135.9) 93 868.7 (604.5–1205.5) 621.3 (496.4–766.1) 29
Gambella 231.5 (176.8–297.4) 82.4 (68.3–97.1) 1265.5 (805.4–764.3) 57 (32.4–89.6) 96 739.6 (477.7–1074.9) 678.3 (540.4–835.3) 9
Ethiopia* 223 (184.7–264.3) 86.4 (75.3–97.6) 822.2 (635–1051.2) 117.4 (84–161.2) 86 1092.3 (844–1391.5) 774.3 (656–894.2) 30

N.B: all changes are in decreasing per cent.

*National estimate.

BG, Benishangul-Gumuz; SNNPs, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples; UI, uncertainty interval.