Table 3.

Total Diarrhea episodes among children under 5 years of age living in low- and middle-income countries for 1990 and 2010

	1990			2010
WHO Region (number of low-/middle income countries included in analysis)	Episodes/child year	Population of children under 5 years	Total	Episodes/child year	Population of children under 5 years	Total
Africa (45)	4.2	92,112,710	386,873,382	3.3	135,986,600	448,755,780
Americas (29)	4.5	55,097,140	247,937,130	4.0	55,069,550	220,278,200
Eastern Mediterranean (15)	3.5	60,682,760	212,389,660	3.0	66,458,970	199,376,910
Europe (23)	4.4	37,236,710	163,841,524	4.0	27,836,060	111,344,240
South East Asian (11)	3.0	175,764,800	527,294,400	2.4	182,015,100	436,836,240
Western Pacific (16)	2.5	143,774,300	359,435,750	2.3	110,854,400	254,965,120
Total Diarrhea Episodes			1,897,771,846			1,671,556,490