Table 3.
Reports of proportional mortality due to ARI in crisis-affected populations, by setting (community, inpatient).
| Disease | Ref. | Population (year) | Study design | Case definition, as reported | Percentage (rank if reported) | |
| By age group | All ages | |||||
| Community | ||||||
| ARI | [55] | Flood-affected residents of Bangladesh (1988) | Community-based surveillance | Respiratory tract infection | <12 m: 4.7 (3); 12-59 m: 16.2 (2); 5-9 y: 16.7 (2); 10-14 y: 0 (n/a); 15-44 y: 8.3 (5); ≥ 45 y: 18.0 (2) | 13.0 (2) |
| [27] | Bhutanese refugees in Nepal camps (1992) | Community-based surveillance with verbal autopsies | Acute respiratory infection | 55 (1) | ||
| ALRI | [28] | Bhutanese refugees in Nepal camps (1992) | Community-based surveillance with verbal autopsies | Fever, cough and rapid breathing at death without evidence of measles | 40 (1) | |
| [29] | Burundian refugees in Rwanda camps (1993) | Community- and graveyard-based surveillance | Lower respiratory tract infection | 6 (3) | ||
| [31] | Unaccompanied Rwandan refugee children in Zaire (1994) | Orphanage-based surveillance | Pneumonia | <15 y: 33 (2) | ||
| Inpatient | ||||||
| ARI | [41] | Sudanese refugees in Uganda camps (1992-1994) | Review of patient records | Acute respiratory infection | <12 m: 25.0 (2); 12-59 m: 32.0 (2); 5-14 y: 30.8 (2); 15-49 y: 16.0 (2); ≥ 50 y: 0 (n/a) | 23.9 (2) |
| [32] | Kosovar refugees in Albania (1999) | Clinic-based surveillance | Acute respiratory infection | <59 m: 36 (1) | 13 (2) | |
| [47] | Urban population of Herat, Afghanistan (2002-2003) | Review of patient records | Acute respiratory infection | Paediatric: 30.5 (1) | ||
| [46] | Urban population of Kabul, Afghanistan (2002-2003) | Review of patient records | Acute respiratory infection | 1 m-12 y: 22 (2) | ||
| [71] | Earthquake-affected residents and displaced persons, northern Pakistan (2005) | Clinic-based surveillance | Acute respiratory infection | 26 (1) | ||
| [48] | Urban population of Monrovia, Liberia (2005) | Review of patient records | Respiratory infection | 1-59 m: 31 (1); 5-14 y: 5 (7) | ||
| ALRI | [24] | Cambodian refugees in Khao-I-Dang holding centre, Thailand (1980) | Clinic-based surveillance | Pneumonia | <20 y: 11.6 (3) | |
| [25] | Somali refugees in Ethiopia camps (1989) | Clinic-based surveillance | Acute lower respiratory infection, pneumonia | <59 m: 34 (2) | ||
| [49] | Earthquake-affected residents of Kobe, Japan (1995) | Review of patient records | Pneumonia | 22.9 (2) | ||
| [42] | Displaced persons in Acholi region, Uganda (1992-1998) | Review of patient records | Pneumonia | 7.4 (3) | ||
| [43] | Displaced persons in Gulu district, Uganda (1992-2002) | Review of patient records | Pneumonia | 9.1 (3) | ||