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. 2019 Apr;19(4):369–381. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30685-6

Table 2.

Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers and age-standardised incidence rates by GBD region, for 1990 and 2017, and the percentage change in age-standardised incidence rates between 1990 and 2017

1990
2017
Percentage change
Cases (thousands) Incidence (per 100 000) Cases (thousands) Incidence (per 100 000)
Global 25 875 (22 073 to 29 915) 439·2 (376·7 to 507·7) 14 321 (12 540 to 16 337) 197·8 (172·0 to 226·2) −54·9% (−56·5 to −53·4)
Central Europe, eastern Europe, and central Asia
Central Asia 0·1 (0·1 to 0·1) 0·2 (0·1 to 0·2) 0·1 (0·1 to 0·1) 0·1 (0·1 to 0·1) −27·8% (−35·2 to −21·2)
Central Europe 1·7 (1·3 to 2·2) 1·2 (1·0 to 1·5) 1·2 (0·9 to 1·5) 0·7 (0·6 to 0·9) −41·2% (−46·1 to −35·8)
Eastern Europe 1·2 (0·9 to 1·5) 0·5 (0·4 to 0·6) 1·1 (0·9 to 1·5) 0·4 (0·3 to 0·5) −9·3% (−17·4 to −0·9)
High income
Australasia 0·0 (0·0 to 0·0) 0·2 (0·1 to 0·2) 0·0 (0·0 to 0·1) 0·2 (0·1 to 0·2) −4·7% (−16·2 to 7·6)
High-income Asia Pacific 0·9 (0·7 to 1·1) 0·5 (0·4 to 0·6) 0·7 (0·6 to 0·9) 0·3 (0·2 to 0·3) −45·4% (−52·1 to −37·9)
High-income North America 4·8 (4·1 to 5·6) 1·6 (1·3 to 1·8) 4·1 (3·2 to 5·3) 0·9 (0·7 to 1·2) −41·8% (−48·4 to −34·7)
Southern Latin America 1·6 (1·3 to 1·9) 3·2 (2·7 to 3·8) 0·5 (0·4 to 0·6) 0·7 (0·5 to 0·9) −79·2% (−82·8 to −75·1)
Western Europe 1·8 (1·4 to 2·2) 0·4 (0·3 to 0·5) 1·3 (1·0 to 1·6) 0·3 (0·2 to 0·4) −28·8% (−35·2 to −21·4)
Latin America and Caribbean
Andean Latin America 0·7 (0·6 to 1·0) 2·4 (1·8 to 3·1) 0·9 (0·7 to 1·1) 1·5 (1·2 to 2·0) −35·4% (−40·9 to −29·6)
Caribbean 3·0 (2·5 to 3·5) 8·0 (6·7 to 9·5) 2·5 (2·1 to 3·0) 5·7 (4·7 to 6·7) −29·3% (−32·4 to −26·1)
Central Latin America 29·7 (24·9 to 35·7) 23·1 (19·2 to 29·0) 20·0 (16·6 to 24·6) 8·2 (6·9 to 10·2) −64·3% (−67·5 to −60·5)
Tropical Latin America 3·8 (2·9 to 5·1) 2·8 (2·2 to 3·6) 4·3 (3·3 to 5·5) 1·9 (1·5 to 2·4) −33·2% (−38·2 to −29·4)
North Africa and Middle East 531·0 (453·5 to 615·1) 132·1 (115·2 to 150·6) 246·6 (210·8 to 286·3) 39·3 (33·7 to 45·6) −70·2% (−71·1 to −69·3)
South Asia 19 991 (16 982 to 23 298) 1506·8 (1308·4 to 1729·6) 10 286 (9002 to 11 738) 549·2 (480·7 to 625·4) −63·5% (−64·9 to −62·3)
Southeast Asia, east Asia, and Oceania
East Asia 728·4 (652·9 to 819·4) 55·6 (49·9 to 62·9) 586·6 (553·8 to 624·0) 51·0 (47·3 to 55·1) −8·3% (−16·9 to −3·6)
Oceania 29·3 (24·2 to 35·3) 381·3 (322·8 to 448·3) 20·5 (17·0 to 24·7) 144·3 (121·5 to 170·4) −62·2% (−63·6 to −60·7)
Southeast Asia 3028·8 (2606·1 to 3492·8) 562·0 (492·1 to 643·8) 1414·4 (1247·9 to 1592·9) 219·8 (192·9 to 249·1) −60·9% (−61·7 to −59·9)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Central sub-Saharan Africa 86·3 (69·9 to 105·8) 127·2 (108·0 to 150·8) 122·4 (100·2 to 149·1) 81·4 (68·8 to 95·8) −36·0% (−38·0 to −33·7)
Eastern sub-Saharan Africa 584·6 (489·0 to 703·5) 243·8 (210·6 to 283·6) 739·5 (627·6 to 869·7) 151·9 (132·0 to 174·6) −37·7% (−38·9 to −36·5)
Southern sub-Saharan Africa 2·2 (1·9 to 2·5) 3·5 (3·1 to 4·0) 1·9 (1·7 to 2·1) 2·3 (2·0 to 2·6) −33·9% (−35·6 to −32·3)
Western sub-Saharan Africa 843·4 (690·2 to 1027·5) 354·6 (301·7 to 418·3) 866·1 (719·7 to 1039·6) 161·1 (138·1 to 187·3) −54·5% (−55·9 to −53·2)

95% uncertainty intervals are included in parentheses. GBD regions are detailed in the appendix. GBD=Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study.