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. 1999 Sep 18;319(7212):743–748. doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7212.743

Table 2.

Ranking of condition according to settled and displaced communities

Occurrence
Sickness
Death
Lack of treatment
Settled Displaced Settled Displaced Settled Displaced Settled Displaced
AIDS 10th 10th 3rd 4th 2nd 1st 1st 1st
Childbirth 7th 9th 9th 9th 6th 7th 6th 3rd
Cough 3rd 3rd 5th 7th 5th 9th 5th 8th
Diarrhoea 5th 4th 3rd 8th 1st 3rd 6th 8th
Hernia 4th 5th 6th 3rd 4th 2nd 9th 2nd
Infertility 9th 8th 7th 5th 9th 10th 3rd 10th
Malaria 1st 1st 7th 10th 3rd 5th 8th 3rd
Miscarriage 8th 7th 10th 6th 7th 6th 2nd 7th
Skin diseases 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 10th 8th 10th 6th
Sexually transmitted diseases 6th 6th 2nd 1st 8th 3rd 4th 5th

A rank of 1st suggests that the disease is a high burden, occurs often, results in many days of sickness or death, or has little treatment available within the community concerned.