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. 2019 Jun;222(5):765–777. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2019.05.004

Table 7.

Diarrhoea burden attributable to inadequate sanitation by region, 2016

Region PAF (95% CI) Deaths (95% CI) DALYs (in 1 000s) (95% CI)
Sub-Saharan Africa, LMICs 0.37 (0.36–0.38) 236,134 (229,625–241,875) 15,303 (14,866–15,684)
America, LMICs 0.14 (0.13–0.16) 3261 (2949–3529) 257 (229–280)
Eastern Mediterranean, LMICs 0.27 (0.24–0.30) 34,425 (30,473–37,781) 2538 (2260–2775)
Europe, LMICs 0.03 (0.02–0.03) 134 (91–161) 20 (14–24)
South-East Asia, LMICs 0.29 (0.25–0.33) 152,986 (129,778–173,011) 7245 (6131–8208)
Western Pacific, LMICs 0.17 (0.15–0.20) 4780 (4041–5413) 403 (332–464)
Total LMICs 0.32 (0.30–0.34) 431,720 (407,090–452,623) 25,765 (24,519–26,825)

DALYs: disability-adjusted life years, PAF: population-attributable fraction; LMICs: low- and middle-income countries; for the analysis of burden of diarrhoeal disease attributed to inadequate sanitation the counterfactual exposure distribution (plausible minimum risk) of having access to basic sanitation in a community with >75% coverage with basic sanitation facilities was compared to the actual exposure distribution for 2016.