Table 1.
Estimates of global burden of critical illness by World Bank region
| Population in 2004 (×103) | Number of Deaths in 2004 (×103) |
Estimated Potential Burden of Selected Critical Illnesses per Year (×103) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Infection | Maternal Conditions | Malignant Neoplasms | Cardiovascular Diseases | Injuries | Patients Mechanically Ventilated | Acute Lung Injury | Sepsis | ||
| High-income countries | 949,818 | 8,008 | 468 (6) | 1 (0) | 2,146 (27) | 2,978 (37) | 490 (6) | 2,000–3,000 | 170–820 | 2,300–2,800 |
| East Asia and Pacific | 1,892,113 | 14,000 | 1,776 (13) | 44 (<1) | 2,284 (16) | 4,439 (32) | 1,678 (12) | 3,900–5,900 | 340–1,600 | 4,500–5,700 |
| Europe and Central Asia | 476,096 | 5,684 | 284 (5) | 3 (<1) | 820 (14) | 3,248 (57) | 604 (11) | 990–1,500 | 85–410 | 1,100–1,400 |
| Latin America and Caribbean | 549,187 | 3,499 | 474 (14) | 16 (<1) | 543 (16) | 998 (29) | 407 (12) | 1,100–1,700 | 98–470 | 1,300–1,600 |
| Middle-East and North Africa | 324,542 | 2,114 | 299 (14) | 15 (<1) | 181 (9) | 732 (35) | 281 (13) | 680–1,000 | 58–280 | 780–970 |
| South Asia | 1,493,430 | 13,778 | 3,993 (29) | 179 (1) | 954 (7) | 3,438 (25) | 1,476 (11) | 3,100–4,700 | 270–1,300 | 3,600–4,500 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 749,269 | 11,662 | 6,475 (56) | 269 (2) | 493 (4) | 1,232 (11) | 847 (7) | 1,600–2,400 | 130–650 | 1,800–2,200 |
| World | 6,436,826 | 59,772 | 13,777 (23) | 527 (1) | 7,424 (13) | 17,073 (29) | 5,784 (10) | 13,000–20,000 | 1,150–5,500 | 15,000–19,000 |
Values are n, n (%), or ranges.
Adapted, with permission, from Adhikari et al. [1].