Table 5.
Number of known deaths during outbreaks of infectious disease due to waterborne pathogens, where extreme water-related weather events are involved identified from the scientific literature (6 May 2010) and ProMED reports (12 May 2010), by pathogen
| Pathogen | Scientific literature | ProMED reports | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. reporting no. deaths† | Mean no. deaths* | Median no. deaths | Lowest no. deaths | Highest no. deaths | No. reporting no. deaths† | Mean no. deaths* | Median no. deaths | Lowest no. deaths | Highest no. deaths | |
| Viruses | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 127 | 127 | 127 | 127 |
| Enterovirus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Hepatitis E virus | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 127 | 127 | 127 | 127 |
| Bacteria | 11 | 24 | 41 | 1 | 276 | 130 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 70 000 |
| Vibrio cholera | 6 | 70 | 52 | 41 | 276 | 90 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 70 000 |
| Non-choleragic Vibrio spp. | 0 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Leptospira | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 182 |
| Salmonella typhi | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Shigella spp. | 1 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| E. coli | 0 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| B. pseudomallei | 0 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| Protozoa | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Multiple pathogens | 4 | 26 | 44 | 2 | 500 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Not stated | 1 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 14 | 35 | 54 | 2 | 1350 |
| All | 16 | 20 | 28 | 1 | 500 | 145 | 186 | 234 | 134 | 71 687 |
*
Geometric mean.
†
Includes only those accounts which report this information.