Table 1.
Diarrhea incidence rates by WHO region for 1990
| Age | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episodes of Diarrhea per child year (Uncertainty bounds) | |||||
| Region | 0-5 months | 6-11 months | 12-23 months | 24-59 months | 0-59 months |
| Africa | 4.3 (2.9, 7.6) | 6.5 (4.7, 11.6) | 5.3 (3.6, 9.3) | 3.4 (2.3, 6.0) | 4.2 (3.0, 7.3) |
| Americas | 4.6 (3.4, 5.8) | 7.0 (5.3, 8.4) | 5.7 (4.3, 6.6) | 3.6 (2.6, 4.6) | 4.5 (3.4, 5.3) |
| Eastern Mediterranean | 3.6 (1.8, 5.9) | 5.4 (3.0, 8.3) | 4.4 (2.4, 6.6) | 2.8 (1.6, 4.3) | 3.5 (2.0, 5.2) |
| Europe | 4.5 (3.3, 5.7) | 6.9 (5.2, 8.2) | 5.6 (4.3, 6.5) | 3.6 (2.5, 4.5) | 4.4 (3.4, 5.2) |
| South East Asian | 3.1 (2.0, 4.6) | 4.7 (3.3, 6.3) | 3.8 (2.7, 5.0) | 2.4 (1.8, 3.1) | 3.0 (2.2, 3.8) |
| Western Pacific | 2.6 (1.5, 3.3) | 4.0 (2.2, 4.8) | 3.2 (1.8, 3.7) | 2.0 (1.2, 2.4) | 2.5 (1.4, 2.8) |
| Global | 3.4 (2.6, 4.7) | 5.3 (4.4, 6.4) | 4.3 (3.5, 5.1) | 2.7 (2.2, 3.3) | 3.4 (2.9, 3.9) |