Table 3.
Disability-Adjusted Life Year estimates (DALYs) for the main pathogens of diseases described the 2010 Global Burden of Disease study23 for which the effects of sensitivity to climate drivers have been reviewed.
| Disease | All ages DALYs (1000 s) in 2010 | DALY impact relative to DALYs for all causesa | Climate driversb | Median scores for climate drivers | Taxonomic divisionc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human Immunodeficiency Virus | 81547 | 3.27 | — | — | V |
| Tuberculosis | 49396 | 1.98 | Alt | 80 | B |
| Rotaviral enteritis | 18650 | 0.75 | EWE, M, P, R | 20, 20, 20, 20 | V |
| Escherichia coli | 14436 | 0.58 | Alt, EWE, R, W | 80, 40 + 12.5, 80, 80 | B |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid fever | 12239 | 0.49 | M, P, R, T | 60, 80, 20, 20 | B |
| Measles | 10420 | 0.42 | — | — | V |
| Syphilis | 9578 | 0.38 | — | — | B |
| Cryptosporidiosis | 8372 | 0.34 | EWE, P, R, S, T | 80, 60, 60, 60, 80 | P |
| Campylobacter enteritis | 7541 | 0.30 | M, R, T | 60, 20, 60 | B |
| Shigellosis | 7052 | 0.28 | EWE, R | 80, 20 + 20 | B |
| Pertussis | 7018 | 0.28 | — | — | B |
| Meningitis (Neisseria meningitidis) | 5163 | 0.21 | M, P | 80, 80 | B |
| Salmonella enterica (Non typhoidal) | 4847 | 0.19 | P | 20 | B |
| Hepatitis B | 4674 | 0.19 | R | 20 | V |
| Cholera | 4463 | 0.18 | CC, EWE, M, O, P, R, S, T, W | 5, 80, 22.5, 15, 80, 20, 80, 20, 40 | B |
| Hepatitis A | 4351 | 0.17 | EWE, O, R | 30, 20, 20 | V |
| Hepatitis E | 3715 | 0.15 | EWE, R | 20, 20 | V |
| Amoebiasis | 2237 | 0.09 | CC, M, R | 5, 60, 20 | P |
| Rabies | 1462 | 0.06 | Alt, R | 20, 50 | V |
| Chlamydia | 714 | 0.03 | Alt, EWE, M, R | 80, 40, 50, 50 | B |
| Varicella (Chicken pox & Herpes zoster) | 581 | 0.02 | M | 20 | V |
| Hepatitis C | 518 | 0.02 | — | — | V |
| Trachoma | 334 | 0.01 | Alt, EWE | 80 + 80, 80 | B |
| Gonorrhea | 282 | 0.01 | — | — | B |
| Trichomoniasis | 167 | 0.01 | — | — | P |
aDALY impact relative to DALYs for all causes (disease DALY/2490385) specified in the 2010 Global Burden of Disease study23; bclimate drivers with positive median evidence including: altitude (Alt), climate change (CC), extreme weather events (EWE), moisture (M), oscillations (O), particle matter (P), rainfall (R), salinity (S), temperature (T), vegetation (V) and wind (W); median scores for each climate driver. If score includes “ + ” describes median scores for the climate driver for two pathogens; ctaxonomic division for the main pathogens causing each disease including: bacteria (B), protozoa (P) and viruses (V).