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. 2016 Oct 8;388(10053):1459–1544. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31012-1

Table 7.

Global counterfactual deaths and population attributable fractions for diarrhoea and lower respiratory infection pathogens for 2005 and 2015, with percentage change between 2005 and 2015

Children younger than 5 years
All ages
2005
2015
Percentage change, 2005–15 2005
2015
Percentage change, 2005–15
Deaths (thousands) Population attributable fractions (%) Deaths(thousands) Population attributable fractions (%) Deaths(thousands) Population attributable fractions (%) Deaths (thousands) Population attributable fractions (%)
Diarrhoea
Cholera 46·8 (32·2 to 64·5) 6·2 (4·3 to 8·4) 28·8 (20·6 to 39·7) 5·8 (4·1 to 7·9) −38·4 (−49·9 to −24·3) 98·7 (70·7 to 130·3) 6·0 (4·3 to 7·7) 68·4 (50·4 to 87·1) 5·2 (3·8 to 6·6) −30·7 (−38·9 to −21·1)
Other Salmonella infections 60·1 (18·6 to 131·3) 7·9 (2·5 to 17·6) 38·5 (12·2 to 84·2) 7·7 (2·5 to 16·6) −35·9 (−76·9 to 76·3) 116·8 (44·3 to 241·9) 7·0 (2·7 to 14·5) 90·3 (34·1 to 183·1) 6·9 (2·7 to 13·9) −22·7 (−71·8 to 116·1)
Shigellosis 83·0 (42·8 to 147·3) 10·9 (5·7 to 18·9) 54·9 (27·0 to 94·7) 11·0 (5·5 to 18·7) −33·8 (−68·3 to 40·9) 195·4 (101·5 to 328·5) 11·8 (6·2 to 19·6) 164·3 (85·0 to 278·7) 12·5 (6·4 to 21·2) −15·9 (−59·2 to 77·4)
Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli infection 15·2 (0·7 to 41·7) 2·0 (0·1 to 5·4) 11·3 (0·7 to 32·0) 2·3 (0·1 to 6·2) −26·0 (−85·5 to 283·4) 16·0 (0·6 to 44·6) 1·0 (0·0 to 2·6) 12·0 (0·6 to 34·1) 0·9 (0·0 to 2·6) −25·1 (−83·8 to 249·8)
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli infection 38·2 (15·7 to 72·5) 5·0 (2·1 to 9·3) 23·6 (9·6 to 44·3) 4·7 (2·0 to 8·9) −38·1 (−74·0 to 42·7) 91·8 (40·3 to 167·0) 5·5 (2·5 to 10·1) 74·1 (29·9 to 137·9) 5·6 (2·3 to 10·4) −19·3 (−66·5 to 91·2)
Campylobacter enteritis 46·1 (10·5 to 94·1) 6·1 (1·4 to 12·4) 30·9 (8·3 to 62·5) 6·2 (1·7 to 12·5) −32·9 (−68·2 to 48·8) 52·7 (11·1 to 111·0) 3·2 (0·7 to 6·8) 37·5 (6·3 to 81·6) 2·9 (0·5 to 6·2) −28·9 (−69·8 to 67·0)
Amoebiasis 26·1 (−37·8 to 173·9) 3·4 (−4·9 to 22·3) 15·5 (−32·4 to 102·4) 3·1 (−6·3 to 20·7) −40·8 (−467·1 to 881·9 79·7 (4·9 to 316·8) 4·8 (0·3 to 18·8) 67·9 (5·6 to 236·7) 5·2 (0·4 to 18·1) −14·8 (−90·9 to 837·6)
Cryptosporidiosis 78·7 (21·2 to 179·0) 10·3 (2·9 to 22·8) 60·4 (13·7 to 134·5) 12·1 (2·8 to 26·9) −23·2 (−80·6 to 188·8) 83·0 (14·5 to 201·5) 5·0 (0·9 to 11·8) 64·8 (11·1 to 154·2) 4·9 (0·8 to 11·6) −21·9 (−81·6 to 208·8)
Rotaviral enteritis 259·7 (211·2 to 323·5) 34·2 (29·3 to 41·5) 146·5 (118·0 to 183·5) 29·3 (24·6 to 35·9) −43·6 (−52·1 to −33·0) 336·1 (281·3 to 403·7) 20·3 (17·4 to 24·0) 199·2 (165·5 to 241·2) 15·2 (12·9 to 18·1) −40·7 (−48·0 to −32·3)
Aeromonas 11·8 (−72·2 to 90·6) 1·5 (−9·5 to 11·8) 7·3 (−48·3 to 59·1) 1·4 (−9·7 to 12·0) −37·9 (−96·0 to 287·7) 67·8 (−10·4 to 189·9) 4·1 (−0·6 to 11·4) 56·8 (−4·0 to 151·3) 4·3 (−0·3 to 11·6) −16·2 (−112·7 to 475·3)
Clostridium difficile 0·9 (0·8 to 1·1) 0·1 (0·1 to 0·1) 0·8 (0·7 to 0·9) 0·2 (0·1 to 0·2) −10·5 (−24·0 to 2·3 6·7 (5·9 to 7·7) 0·4 (0·3 to 0·5) 9·4 (7·9 to 11·5) 0·7 (0·6 to 0·9) 40·1 (29·6 to 49·9)
Norovirus 20·7 (5·0 to 46·3) 2·7 (0·7 to 6·3) 14·8 (4·2 to 33·7) 3·0 (0·8 to 6·7) −28·5 (−71·9 to 86·3) 36·3 (5·6 to 82·5) 2·2 (0·3 to 5·0) 29·7 (4·8 to 67·6) 2·3 (0·4 to 5·2) −18·3 (−70·8 to 131·3)
Adenovirus 68·5 (24·8 to 141·9) 9·0 (3·3 to 18·6) 46·0 (16·2 to 97·7) 9·2 (3·3 to 19·7) −32·8 (−77·2 to 90·1) 95·2 (35·4 to 191·4) 5·7 (2·1 to 11·6) 70·2 (25·4 to 145·4) 5·4 (2·0 to 10·9) −26·2 (−74·5 to 110·8)
Lower respiratory infections
Influenza 16·3 (9·6 to 26·0) 1·5 (0·8 to 2·4) 10·2 (5·7 to 16·8) 1·4 (0·8 to 2·4) −37·8 (−44·2 to −31·7) 81·3 (56·3 to 116·8) 2·9 (1·9 to 4·2) 83·1 (55·7 to 122·1) 3·0 (2·0 to 4·4) 2·3 (−4·4 to 8·7)
Pneumococcal pneumonia 642·0 (386·2 to 848·6) 57·6 (35·5 to 74·1) 393·0 (228·4 to 532·3) 55·8 (32·5 to 75·0) −38·8 (−45·7 to −32·1) 1692·3 (1061·1 to 2245·6) 59·8 (37·7 to 79·2) 1517·4 (857·9 to 2183·8) 55·4 (31·5 to 79·1) −10·3 (−22·4 to −0·8)
Haemophilus influenzae type b 149·5 (−8·9 to 277·9) 13·4 (−0·8 to 24·7) 58·7 (−3·1 to 114·5) 8·3 (−0·5 to 15·9) −60·7 (−65·7 to −56·8) 149·5 (−8·9 to 277·9) 5·3 (−0·3 to 9·9) 58·7 (−3·1 to 114·5) 2·1 (−0·1 to 4·2) −60·7 (−65·7 to −56·8)
Respiratory syncytial virus 58·4 (33·2 to 97·6) 5·2 (3·0 to 8·7) 36·4 (20·4 to 61·5) 5·2 (2·9 to 8·6) −37·8 (−44·4 to −30·6) 95·8 (61·5 to 142·6) 3·4 (2·2 to 5·1) 82·0 (53·9 to 117·6) 3·0 (2·0 to 4·3) −14·3 (−23·1 to −5·2)

Data in parentheses are 95% uncertainty intervals. Numbers for each cause represent the reduction in deaths that is estimated to occur if a pathogen were eliminated. Numbers should not be summed across pathogens because of interactions between pathogens.