Table 1.

Estimates of Mortality from Diarrheal Diseases Among Children of Developing Countries

Source	Year of Estimate	Year of Publication	Deaths per Year (Millions)
Rohde10	1976	1984	5
Snyder and Merson11	1982	1982	4.6
Institute of Medicine12	1986	1986	3.5
Martines and Phillips13	1990	1990	3.2
Bern et al.14	1992	1992	3.3
World Development Report15	1993	1993	2.5
Murray and Lopez16	1997	1997	2.4–2.9
Kosek et al.4	2000	2003	2.1–4.7
Parashar et al.3	2000	2003	1.7–3.0
World Health Organization1, 2	2001	2002	1.4
World Health Report17	2002	2003	1.6