Table 2.

Disease Burden, Low and Middle Income Countries, by World Bank Region, 2001

Region	Population in millions (%)	Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs)
		For all diseases, no. in millions (%)	For infectious and parasitic diseases, no. in millions (%)	Infectious diseases burden in region, %*
Sub-Saharan Africa	668 (13)	345 (25)	173 (54)	59
South Asia	1,388 (27)	409 (29)	88 (27)	31
Middle East/North Africa	310 (6)	66 (5)	7 (2)	16
East Asia/Pacific	1,850 (35)	346 (25)	37 (12)	14
Latin America/Caribbean	526 (10)	104 (8)	10 (3)	13
Europe/Central Asia	477 (9)	117 (8)	5 (2)	6
Total	5,219 (100)	1,387 (100)	320 (100)	29

^*includes respiratory infections

Mathers et al, 2006, in Lopez et al, Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors