Table I.
Total deaths averted, and years of full health gained in WHO South-East Asia (1974-2024) by disease (all values rounded to the nearest thousand)
| Pathogen | Total deaths averted 1974-2024 |
Total YFH gained 1974-2024 |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | Under 5s | All ages | Under 5s | |
| Diphtheria |
81,000 [78,000 - 85,000] |
73,000 [71,000 - 77,000] |
5,430,000 [5,295,000 - 5,552,000] |
4,900,000 [4,777,000 - 5,010,000] |
| Haemophilus influenzae type B |
601,000 [592,000 - 603,000] |
601,000 [592,000 - 603,000] |
43,365,000 [42,495,000 - 43,593,000] |
43,365,000 [42,495,000 - 43,593,000] |
| Hepatitis B |
73,000 [70,000 - 75,000] |
57,000 [55,000 - 58,000] |
10,486,000 [10,184,000 - 10,721,000] |
8,158,000 [7,923,000 - 8,341,000] |
| Japanese encephalitis |
20,000 [19,000 - 20,000] |
14,000 [13,000 - 14,000] |
2,151,000 [2,110,000 - 2,188,000] |
1,481,000 [1,453,000 - 1,506,000] |
| Measles |
20,517,000 [19,996,000 - 21,083,000] |
20,194,000 [19,682,000 - 20,752,000] |
1,264,122,000 [1,228,062,000 - 1,299,750,000] |
1,244,255,000 [1,208,762,000 - 1,279,324,000] |
| Pertussis |
4,428,000 [4,307,000 - 4,527,000] |
3,910,000 [3,814,000 - 3,991,000] |
366,568,000 [353,197,000 - 376,230,000] |
323,138,000 [311,714,000 - 331,301,000] |
| Poliomyelitis |
347,000 [347,000 - 347,000] |
196,000 [196,000 - 196,000] |
168,577,000 [168,577,000 - 168,577,000] |
95,333,000 [95,333,000 - 95,333,000] |
| Rotavirus |
62,000 [61,000 - 64,000] |
62,000 [61,000 - 64,000] |
4,150,000 [4,093,000 - 4,200,000] |
4,150,000 [4,093,000 - 4,200,000] |
| Rubella |
112,000 [105,000 - 117,000] |
0 [0 - 0] |
8,410,000 [7,891,000 - 8,955,000] |
0 [0 - 0] |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae |
137,000 [134,000 - 138,000] |
137,000 [134,000 - 138,000] |
10,091,000 [9,865,000 - 10,167,000] |
10,091,000 [9,865,000 - 10,167,000] |
| Tetanus |
9,237,000 [8,939,000 - 9,485,000] |
8,883,000 [8,595,000 - 9,121,000] |
503,183,000 [482,237,000 - 518,767,000] |
477,844,000 [458,221,000 - 492,382,000] |
| Tuberculosis |
2,416,000 [2,397,000 - 2,434,000] |
1,704,000 [1,690,000 - 1,716,000] |
189,866,000 [188,034,000 - 191,495,000] |
133,886,000 [132,594,000 - 135,035,000] |
| Total |
38,030,000 [37,047,000 - 38,979,000] |
35,830,000 [34,904,000 - 36,730,000] |
2,576,398,000 [2,502,041,000 - 2,640,195,000] |
2,346,599,000 [2,277,231,000 - 2,406,191,000] |
Source: Reproduced with permission from Ref 11 (supplementary appendix Table S1 in Ref 11)