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. 2015 Sep 17;9(9):e0003898. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003898

Table 3. Estimated annual leptospirosis morbidity and mortality according to GBD region.

GBD region Morbidity a Cases Mortality a Deaths
Estimate (95% confidence interval of the prediction)
All GBD regions 14.77 (4.38–25.03) 1,030,000 (434,000–1 750,000) 0.84 (0.34–1.37) 58,900 (23,800–95,900)
High Income Asia Pacific 6.95 (2.51–11.87) 14,800 (5,300–25,100) 0.31 (0.13–0.52) 700 (300–1,100)
Central Asia 5.53 (2.07–9.51) 4,400 (1,600–7,300) 0.29 (0.12–0.49) 200 (100–400)
East Asia 10.28 (3.58–18.28) 142,000 (49,400–252,000) 0.50 (0.19–0.88) 6,900 (2,600–12,200)
South Asia 17.97 (6.20–32.25) 289,000 (99,800–519,000) 1.02 (0.41–1.71) 16,500 (6,500–27,600)
South–East Asia 55.54 (20.32–99.53) 266,000 (97,500–477,000) 2.96 (1.65–4.93) 14,200 (5,600–24,000)
Australasia 9.13 (2.79–16.36) 2,400 (700–4,200) 0.40 (0.16–0.69) 100 (0–200)
Caribbean 50.68 (14.93–87.58) 22,300 (6,700–34,700) 2.90 (1.14–4.72) 1,300 (500–1,900)
Central Europe 4.02 (1.21–6.85) 4,800 (1,500–8,200) 0.21 (0.08–0.33) 200 (100–400)
Eastern Europe 1.43 (0.51–2.69) 2,900 (1,100–5,500) 0.09 (0.04–0.16) 200 (100–300)
Western Europe 3.90 (1.45–6.49) 16,300 (6,100–27,100) 0.18 (0.07–0.29) 800 (300–1,200)
Andean Latin America 21.90 (7.92–39.82) 11,700 (4,200–21,200) 0.96 (0.37–1.68) 500 (200–900)
Central Latin America 15.77 (5.83–27.37) 36,000 (12,300–62,400) 0.68 (0.27–1.15) 1,600 (600–2,600)
Southern Latin America 3.87 (1.43–6.74) 2,400 (900–4,100) 0.18 (0.07–0.31) 100 (0–200)
Tropical Latin America 13.53 (4.47–26.56) 27,300 (9,000–53,200) 0.66 (0.23–1.28) 1,300 (500–2,600)
North Africa / Middle East 7.30 (2.58–11.79) 33,300 (11,800–53,800) 0.34 (0.14–0.56) 1,600 (600–2,500)
High Income North America 3.64 (1.02–6.50) 12,800 (3,600–22,900) 0.18 (0.07–0.31) 600 (200–1,100)
Oceania 150.68 (40.32–272.29) 16,700 (4,500–30,200) 9.61 (3.56–17.11) 1,100 (400–1,900)
Central Sub–Saharan Africa 13.49 (4.48–23.56) 13,100 (4,400–22,900) 1.33 (0.52–2.23) 1,300 (500–2,200)
East Sub–Saharan Africa 25.65 (9.29–43.31) 91,100 (33,000–154,000) 1.87 (0.79–3.12) 6,700 (2,800–11,100)
Southern Sub–Saharan Africa 3.44 (1.34–5.78) 2,400 (900–4,100) 0.33 (0.13–0.53) 200 (100–400)
West Sub–Saharan Africa 9.67 (3.62–16.16) 32,000 (12,000–53,500) 0.85 (0.35–1.36) 2,800 (1,200–4,500)

aAnnual leptospirosis morbidity and mortality rates are shown as cases or deaths, respectively, per 100,000 population.