Table 2.
Number of annual deaths of women and children attributable to not breastfeeding by region and country income group
| Number of deaths attributable to not breastfeeding | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regions | Due to child diarrhoea (0–23 months) | Due to child ARI/pneumonia (0–23) | Total child deaths | Due to breast cancer in mothers | Due to ovarian cancer in mothers | Due to Type II diabetes in mothers | Total number of maternal deaths |
| East Asia and Pacific | 13 932 | 39 680 | 53 613 | 11 898 | 5922 | 19 964 | 37 785 |
| Europe and Central Asia | 2132 | 5302 | 7434 | 3007 | 1877 | 2683 | 7567 |
| Middle East and North Africa | 6455 | 15 272 | 21 727 | 1801 | 606 | 5261 | 7668 |
| Latin America and Caribbean | 3938 | 10 897 | 14 835 | 4292 | 2092 | 11 503 | 17 887 |
| North America | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Asia | 66 530 | 96 350 | 162 880 | 3444 | 1677 | 10 791 | 15 913 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 132 828 | 202 064 | 334 892 | 2626 | 1471 | 8028 | 12 125 |
| High income | 11 | 95 | 106 | 704 | 471 | 654 | 1829 |
| Upper-middle-income | 10 928 | 33 952 | 44 879 | 15 677 | 7619 | 29 414 | 52 711 |
| Lower-middle-income | 147 999 | 233 025 | 381 024 | 9313 | 4763 | 25 323 | 39 399 |
| Low income | 66 877 | 102 493 | 169 370 | 1374 | 791 | 2839 | 5004 |
| Total | 225 815 | 369 565 | 595 379 | 27 069 | 13 644 | 58 230 | 98 943 |