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. 2026 Jul 1;14:1871122. doi: 10.3389/fped.2026.1871122

Table 2.

Number of DALYs cases, the age-standardized DALYs rate/1,00,000, estimated annual percentage change (EAPC) of diarrhoeal diseases attributable to stunting in children under five in 1990 and 2021.

Region Number of deaths cases (95% UI) in 1990 The age-standardized deaths rate/1,00,000 (95% UI) in 1990 Number of deaths cases (95% UI) in 2021 The age-standardized deaths rate/1,00,000 (95% UI) in 2021 EAPC (95% CI)
Global 7,16,508.62 (4,87,965.26–9,72,261.07) 115.58 (78.71–156.83) 1,29,466.84 (80,077.25–1,96,253.13) 19.67 (12.17–29.82) −5.52 (−5.87 to −5.17)
Sex
Both 7,16,508.62 (4,87,965.26–9,72,261.07) 115.58 (78.71–156.83) 1,29,466.84 (80,077.25–1,96,253.13) 19.67 (12.17–29.82) −5.52 (−5.87 to −5.17)
Female 3,28,590.22 (2,14,137.61–4,66,395.14) 109.38 (71.28–155.26) 55,992.94 (34,136.94–82,669.59) 17.6 (10.73–25.98) −5.67 (−6.08 to −5.26)
Male 3,87,918.4 (2,45,061.32–5,41,161.98) 121.4 (76.69–169.36) 73,473.91 (43,283.34–1,20,258.15) 21.61 (12.73–35.37) −5.4 (−5.7 to −5.1)
Age
<5 years 7,16,508.62 (4,87,965.26–9,72,261.07) 115.58 (78.71–156.83) 1,29,466.84 (80,077.25–1,96,253.13) 19.67 (12.17–29.82) −5.52 (−5.87 to −5.17)
1–5 months 2,52,891.69 (1,73,590.98–3,30,744.74) 463.21 (317.96–605.81) 38,662.05 (24,027.81–58,148.67) 71.92 (44.7–108.17) −5.91 (−6.22 to −5.6)
12–23 months 1,50,293 (95,794.75–2,17,404.58) 120.6 (76.87–174.46) 28,658.62 (17,573.01–44,402.23) 22.32 (13.68–34.58) −5.36 (−5.69 to −5.03)
2–4 years 1,56,536.53 (1,00,519.27–2,23,866.3) 42.59 (27.35–60.9) 26,923.21 (15,679.79–43,621.3) 6.68 (3.89–10.82) −5.78 (−6.15 to −5.41)
6–11 months 1,56,787.39 (1,00,272.84–2,21,773.13) 248.43 (158.88–351.39) 35,222.96 (20,191.81–55,458.23) 55.74 (31.95–87.76) −4.66 (−4.96 to −4.34)
SDI region
High-middle SDI 8,852.07 (5,019.19–13,253.83) 9.53 (5.4–14.27) 351.49 (205.46–533.65) 0.5 (0.29–0.76) −9.49 (−9.64 to −9.35)
High SDI 466.99 (235.09–833.29) 0.76 (0.38–1.35) 39.83 (20.53–60.81) 0.07 (0.04–0.11) −6.93 (−7.29 to −6.57)
Low-middle SDI 3,36,450.69 (2,32,600.97–4,52,672.82) 193.94 (134.08–260.93) 29,860.88 (17,823.32–48,918.63) 15.59 (9.3–25.53) −7.66 (−8.02 to −7.31)
Low SDI 2,66,083.71 (1,65,693.25–3,67,793.11) 293.06 (182.49–405.08) 91,539.96 (55,261.47–1,39,445.19) 55.29 (33.38–84.22) −5.18 (−5.51 to −4.85)
Middle SDI 1,04,271.04 (65,007.74–1,44,787.34) 52 (32.42–72.2) 7,575.73 (4,470.81–11,515.24) 4.29 (2.53–6.52) −7.71 (−7.9 to −7.51)
GBD region
Andean Latin America 2,069.7 (1,191.8–3,102.93) 39.19 (22.57–58.75) 93.5 (41.92–168.64) 1.52 (0.68–2.74) −10.47 (−10.7 to −10.24)
Australasia 0.64 (0.3–1.04) 0.04 (0.02–0.07) 0.3 (0.13–0.5) 0.02 (0.01–0.03) 0.11 (−1.29 to −1.52)
Caribbean 4,243.06 (2,691.06–6,061.36) 102.7 (65.14–146.71) 1,114.67 (584.23–1,913.8) 28.82 (15.1–49.48) −3.81 (−4.29 to −3.33)
Central Asia 3,928.62 (2,352.78–5,609.77) 41.25 (24.7–58.9) 417.74 (214.18–716.28) 4.18 (2.14–7.16) −8.37 (−8.73 to −8)
Central Europe 152.31 (83.15–224.94) 1.67 (0.91–2.46) 21.7 (11.03–33.94) 0.39 (0.2–0.61) −4.81 (−5.88 to −3.72)
Central Latin America 11,014.39 (6,688.43–15,443.42) 47.85 (29.06–67.09) 651.38 (349.25–1,077.13) 3.24 (1.74–5.36) −8.18 (−8.59 to −7.77)
Central Sub-Saharan Africa 26,772.24 (16,221.19–37,699.83) 257.81 (156.21–363.04) 4,459.48 (2,185.57–8,182.03) 21.17 (10.37–38.84) −7.73 (−8.73 to −6.72)
East Asia 20,616.74 (11,035–32,702.55) 17.81 (9.53–28.25) 107.12 (53.7–180.38) 0.13 (0.07–0.23) −15.98 (−16.51 to −15.46)
Eastern Europe 273.17 (158.18–386.48) 1.58 (0.92–2.24) 12.05 (6.53–18.07) 0.12 (0.06–0.18) −9.75 (−10.46 to −9.02)
Eastern Sub-Saharan Africa 84,433.56 (46,650.1–1,28,779.22) 233.98 (129.27–356.86) 21,594.13 (12,459.62–35,351.11) 33.85 (19.53–55.41) −6.18 (−6.37 to −5.99)
High-income Asia Pacific 28.58 (14.09–46.37) 0.28 (0.14–0.45) 5.41 (2.79–8.38) 0.08 (0.04–0.13) −2.86 (−3.26 to −2.46)
High-income North America 22.72 (11.07–34.21) 0.1 (0.05–0.16) 8.34 (4.03–13.04) 0.04 (0.02–0.06) −3.35 (−3.97 to −2.74)
North Africa and Middle East 30,930.73 (19,241.11–47,432.04) 60.38 (37.56–92.59) 3,889.88 (2,258.05–7,082.68) 6.36 (3.69–11.58) −7.31 (−7.7 to −6.91)
Oceania 815.29 (467.81–1,337.97) 81.19 (46.59–133.24) 701.84 (338.83–1,214.47) 36.28 (17.52–62.78) −1.95 (−2.23 to −1.68)
South Asia 3,16,309.98 (2,29,273.13–4,21,954.82) 201.44 (146.01–268.72) 24,972.14 (12,930.71–41,605) 15.75 (8.15–26.23) −7.64 (−8.04 to −7.25)
Southeast Asia 72,241.32 (42,090.23–1,02,062.65) 123.94 (72.21–175.1) 4,454.53 (2,715.41–6,923.85) 7.91 (4.82–12.3) −8.67 (−8.75 to −8.58)
Southern Latin America 139.34 (72.54–208.57) 2.71 (1.41–4.05) 8.21 (4.03–13.47) 0.19 (0.09–0.31) −7.67 (−8 to −7.35)
Southern Sub-Saharan Africa 6,946.96 (4,174.73–10,115.01) 92.96 (55.86–135.36) 1,991.78 (1,055.65–3,316.04) 24.81 (13.15–41.3) −4.02 (−4.68 to −3.37)
Tropical Latin America 8,095.99 (4,701.65–11,577.29) 47.4 (27.53–67.79) 128.26 (69.15–203.01) 0.75 (0.4–1.18) −12.86 (−13.1 to −12.63)
Western Europe 17.28 (8.55–26.08) 0.08 (0.04–0.11) 10.12 (5.09–15.68) 0.05 (0.02–0.07) −0.27 (−0.98 to −0.46)
Western Sub-Saharan Africa 1,27,455.99 (78,454.25–1,78,856.86) 356.58 (219.49–500.38) 64,824.28 (38,172.27–1,01,641.13) 81.07 (47.74–127.12) −4.53 (−4.95 to −4.12)