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

Table 3.

Breakdown of cases and deaths by cause (typhoid and paratyphoid fever) by GBD region, for 2017

Cases (thousands)
Deaths
Typhoid fever Paratyphoid fever Percentage typhoid fever Typhoid fever Paratyphoid fever Percentage typhoid fever
Global 10 924·3 (9343·0–12 597·1) 3396·9 (2666·5–4184·1) 76·3% (71·8–80·5) 116 815 (65 421–187 652) 19 108 (8706–37 332) 85·9% (77·7–91·9)
Central Europe, eastern Europe, and central Asia
Central Asia 0·1 (0·1–0·1) 0·0 (0·0–0·0) 81·0% (75·9–86·0) 1 (1–1) 1 (0–3) 48·9% (22·2–87·2)
Central Europe 0·1 (0·1–0·1) 1·1 (0·8–1·4) 9·3% (7·8–11·2) 2 (1–4) 1 (1–2) 62·6% (47·0–80·1)
Eastern Europe 0·6 (0·4–0·8) 0·5 (0·4–0·7) 52·7% (47·6–58·2) 1 (0–1) 1 (0–1) 41·8% (27·0–62·7)
High income
Australasia 0·0 (0·0–0·0) 0·0 (0·0–0·1) 13·3% (10·5–16·5) 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 39·2% (14·0–58·2)
High-income Asia Pacific 0·1 (0·1–0·1) 0·6 (0·5–0·8) 14·5% (12·6–16·6) 0 (0–1) 1 (0–2) 34·1% (18·0–73·8)
High-income North America 0·6 (0·4–0·8) 3·5 (2·8–4·6) 14·3% (12·6–16·3) 0 (0–1) 2 (1–7) 18·6% (6·2–30·5)
Southern Latin America 0·2 (0·1–0·3) 0·3 (0·2–0·4) 41·1% (34·6–47·6) 3 (2–6) 0 (0–0) 97·7% (92·8–99·0)
Western Europe 0·1 (0·1–0·2) 1·1 (0·9–1·4) 11·5% (9·0–14·4) 12 (7–16) 2 (0–4) 84·3% (77·1–96·4)
Latin America and Caribbean
Andean Latin America 0·9 (0·7–1·1) 0·0 (0·0–0·0) 97·8% (97·0–98·5) 7 (3–13) 0 (0–0) 98·8% (97·8–99·4)
Caribbean 0·9 (0·7–1·2) 1·6 (1·3–1·9) 37·7% (31·7–44·3) 11 (5–20) 9 (4–17) 56·3% (40·7–70·4)
Central Latin America 19·3 (16·0–23·7) 0·7 (0·6–1·0) 96·4% (95·6–97·0) 97 (59–249) 1 (1–5) 98·3% (94·3–99·6)
Tropical Latin America 4·2 (3·3–5·4) 0·1 (0·1–0·1) 97·6% (96·8–98·3) 30 (14–54) 0 (0–1) 98·7% (97·6–99·3)
North Africa and Middle East 239·4 (205·0–277·5) 7·2 (5·0–10·3) 97·1% (96·0–97·9) 2 731 (1458–4752) 43 (17–94) 98·4% (97·2–99·2)
South Asia 7478·0 (6350·9–8665·0) 2808·3 (2194·4–3478·8) 72·7% (67·4–77·7) 78 892 (44 214–125 372) 15 773 (7319–30 611) 83·4% (73·9–90·3)
Southeast Asia, east Asia, and Oceania
East Asia 378·3 (342·9–416·2) 208·3 (177·7–241·2) 64·5% (59·4–69·4) 2845 (1416–4991) 858 (361–1702) 76·9% (65·3–86·0)
Oceania 16·2 (13·3–19·5) 4·3 (3·1–5·8) 79·0% (74·0–83·6) 195 (100–350) 29 (12–60) 87·2% (79·4–92·9)
Southeast Asia 1284·6 (1132·7–1448·2) 129·8 (98·4–167·5) 90·8% (88·5–92·7) 12 090 (6822–19 869) 705 (305–1405) 94·5% (90·4–97·0)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Central sub-Saharan Africa 119·2 (97·2–145·1) 3·2 (2·1–4·6) 97·4% (96·5–98·2) 1236 (634–2188) 18 (7–41) 98·5% (97·4–99·2)
Eastern sub-Saharan Africa 726·4 (615·6–856·5) 13·1 (9·4–18·1) 98·2% (97·6–98·7) 9893 (5240–16 866) 93 (38–184) 99·1% (98·3–99·5)
Southern sub-Saharan Africa 1·7 (1·5–2·0) 0·1 (0·1–0·2) 92·2% (90·1–94·0) 18 (10–32) 1 (0–2) 95·5% (92·3–97·6)
Western sub-Saharan Africa 653·2 (534·8–794·0) 212·9 (158·2–278·3) 75·4% (70·2–80·0) 8751 (4481–15 514) 1568 (640–3306) 84·8% (76·2–91·4)

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