Table.
Mortality from diarrhoeal diseases and associated risk factors by GBD super-region and region, 2017
| Deaths (95% UI) | Mortality rate per 100 000 (95% UI) | Percent change in mortality rate (95% UI), 1990 to 2017 | Absolute difference in mortality rate per 100 000 (95% UI), 1990 to 2017 | Deaths per 100 000 episodes (95% UI) | Attributable fraction for nutrition-associated risks (95% UI) | Attributable fraction for low rotavirus vaccine coverage (95% UI) | Attributable fraction for unsafe WASH (95% UI) | Attributable fraction low ORS coverage (95% UI) | Attributable fraction for all risks (95% UI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global | 533 768 (477 162 to 593 145) | 78·4 (70·1 to 87·1) | –69·6% (−74·6 to −63·1) | –179·5 (−207·1 to −149·2) | 48·2 (44·5 to 51·5) | 88·5% (81·3 to 92·4) | 22·0% (16·7 to 27·9) | 94·0% (85·9 to 98·1) | 57·7% (39·9 to 70·8) | 99·4% (98·7 to 99·8) |
| Central Europe, eastern Europe, and central Asia | 2395 (1907 to 3032) | 8·6 (6·8 to 10·8) | –78·6% (−83·2 to −72·8) | –31·4 (−31·8 to −30·5) | 6·5 (6·5 to 6·6) | 85·3% (75·4 to 90·8) | 8·0% (5·0 to 12·2) | 82·5% (66·8 to 93·3) | 51·1% (33·7 to 65·0) | 97·7% (95·4 to 99·1) |
| Central Asia | 2187 (1703 to 2812) | 22·8 (17·8 to 29·3) | –82·2% (−86·4 to −76·8) | –105·1 (−108·4 to −100·5) | 24·3 (23·2 to 25·4) | 86·2% (76·8 to 91·5) | 6·5% (4·0 to 10·3) | 85·0% (69·3 to 94·8) | 50·5% (33·1 to 64·6) | 98·3% (96·3 to 99·4) |
| Central Europe | 70 (61 to 82) | 1·2 (1·1 to 1·4) | –83·4% (−86·4 to −79·4) | –6·2 (−7·0 to −5·6) | 0·7 (0·7 to 0·8) | 79·1% (65·2 to 86·6) | 28·6% (18·8 to 40·0) | 47·0% (26·6 to 68·9) | 58·7% (40·9 to 71·9) | 90·4% (84·0 to 95·0) |
| Eastern Europe | 138 (122 to 154) | 1·1 (1·0 to 1·2) | –87·3% (−88·8 to −85·8) | –7·4 (−7·9 to −7·0) | 0·8 (0·7 to 0·8) | 74·5% (60·7 to 81·8) | 31·4% (20·2 to 44·5) | 62·2% (43·7 to 79·4) | 56·3% (38·4 to 69·7) | 92·2% (86·3 to 96·2) |
| High-income | 706 (618 to 769) | 1·2 (1·1 to 1·3) | –44·0% (−52·9 to −35·7) | –1·0 (−1·1 to −0·9) | 1·4 (1·2 to 1·7) | 69·3% (53·4 to 79·0) | 10·6% (6·0 to 16·5) | 19·6% (11·6 to 30·0) | 57·1% (39·6 to 70·2) | 77·0% (67·2 to 83·6) |
| Australasia | 12 (8 to 17) | 0·7 (0·5 to 0·9) | 61·1% (−4·1 to 143·1) | 0·3 (0·1 to 0·4) | 1·4 (1·3 to 1·5) | 66·8% (47·3 to 78·6) | 4·1% (1·8 to 8·2) | 22·3% (10·3 to 40·8) | 56·9% (39·0 to 70·1) | 75·6% (63·8 to 83·8) |
| High-income Asia Pacific | 53 (45 to 61) | 0·7 (0·6 to 0·8) | –43·5% (−56·0 to −28·5) | –0·5 (−0·7 to −0·5) | 0·9 (0·8 to 1·0) | 72·0% (55·8 to 81·0) | 16·1% (10·3 to 23·2) | 21·7% (10·3 to 40·3) | 56·6% (38·5 to 69·8) | 81·1% (70·4 to 87·9) |
| High-income North America | 371 (314 to 410) | 1·7 (1·5 to 1·9) | 125·3% (76·4 to 164·1) | 1·0 (0·8 to 1·0) | 3·3 (2·7 to 3·8) | 66·9% (50·4 to 77·7) | 7·9% (3·8 to 13·6) | 11·6% (7·1 to 17·9) | 56·9% (39·1 to 70·2) | 72·4% (61·5 to 79·8) |
| Southern Latin America | 141 (114 to 170) | 2·8 (2·2 to 3·3) | –83·4% (−87·1 to −79·0) | –13·9 (−15·3 to −12·6) | 0·9 (0·9 to 0·9) | 76·4% (61·2 to 85·2) | 10·1% (5·2 to 16·7) | 49·6% (26·5 to 74·4) | 57·8% (40·2 to 71·6) | 89·6% (82·3 to 95·2) |
| Western Europe | 129 (114 to 146) | 0·6 (0·5 to 0·7) | –25·0% (−44·2 to −6·8) | –0·2 (−0·3 to −0·2) | 0·9 (0·8 to 1·0) | 69·1% (52·5 to 79·1) | 18·5% (11·9 to 26·8) | 8·9% (5·1 to 15·0) | 56·7% (39·0 to 70·0) | 74·9% (63·5 to 81·6) |
| Latin America and Caribbean | 9904 (8527 to 11 490) | 19·5 (16·7 to 22·6) | –90·0% (−91·5 to −88·1) | –175·6 (−185·4 to −165·7) | 10·4 (9·8 to 10·9) | 79·4% (65·6 to 87·3) | 8·0% (4·9 to 12·1) | 82·0% (67·5 to 92·1) | 55·7% (37·6 to 69·1) | 96·2% (92·6 to 98·5) |
| Andean Latin America | 754 (560 to 1 003) | 11·2 (8·4 to 15·0) | –94·5% (−96·0 to −92·4) | –193·7 (−227·1 to −163·8) | 5·6 (4·8 to 6·5) | 70·4% (53·3 to 81·4) | 5·1% (2·7 to 8·7) | 77·0% (54·8 to 91·3) | 60·3% (42·0 to 73·0) | 93·5% (86·7 to 97·7) |
| Caribbean | 3513 (2358 to 5044) | 89·8 (60·3 to 128·9) | –72·4% (−82·1 to −57·9) | –236·1 (−262·3 to −212·3) | 48·1 (40·2 to 55·6) | 83·9% (70·9 to 91·2) | 6·9% (4·4 to 10·0) | 95·8% (88·9 to 98·9) | 53·7% (35·3 to 67·7) | 99·5% (98·6 to 99·9) |
| Central Latin America | 3781 (3269 to 4428) | 15·6 (13·5 to 18·3) | –89·9% (−91·4 to −88·0) | –138·4 (−143·5 to −132·7) | 7·1 (6·8 to 7·5) | 76·3% (62·5 to 84·9) | 10·5% (6·3 to 16·3) | 74·4% (55·8 to 88·3) | 58·7% (41·1 to 71·5) | 94·6% (89·7 to 97·8) |
| Tropical Latin America | 1856 (1647 to 2087) | 11·5 (10·2 to 13·0) | –94·6% (−95·4 to −93·6) | –202·7 (−225·0 to −178·9) | 8·7 (7·7 to 9·8) | 79·8% (64·7 to 88·2) | 2·2% (0·8 to 4·9) | 73·6% (56·7 to 87·7) | 51·7% (33·6 to 66·5) | 94·5% (89·9 to 97·6) |
| North Africa and Middle East | 28 962 (23 106 to 35 611) | 45·0 (35·9 to 55·3) | –80·7% (−84·8 to −75·3) | –188·5 (−227·8 to −149·5) | 17·9 (16·7 to 18·7) | 88·0% (78·6 to 92·8) | 17·2% (11·0 to 25·1) | 87·0% (74·9 to 94·9) | 61·2% (43·6 to 73·6) | 98·3% (96·5 to 99·4) |
| South Asia | 135 390 (115 688 to 156 734) | 77·6 (66·3 to 89·9) | –81·4% (−85·8 to −76·1) | –339·4 (−397·7 to −282·5) | 74·8 (71·6 to 77·1) | 89·6% (84·1 to 92·9) | 16·9% (10·9 to 24·5) | 92·9% (82·9 to 97·9) | 53·5% (36·1 to 67·7) | 99·6% (99·1 to 99·9) |
| Southeast Asia, east Asia, and Oceania | 22 105 (19 881 to 24 679) | 15·6 (14·0 to 17·4) | –83·1% (−85·5 to −79·9) | –76·7 (−88·6 to −65·6) | 10·2 (9·1 to 11·3) | 88·1% (79·8 to 92·1) | 29·5% (20·7 to 39·8) | 85·7% (66·4 to 95·6) | 54·8% (37·1 to 68·1) | 98·6% (96·8 to 99·6) |
| East Asia | 2645 (2309 to 3198) | 3·1 (2·7 to 3·8) | –95·1% (−95·9 to −94·1) | –60·5 (−70·9 to −52·3) | 2·4 (2·2 to 2·6) | 77·3% (61·4 to 86·2) | 9·9% (4·5 to 19·7) | 77·4% (58·2 to 91·2) | 55·5% (37·8 to 68·7) | 95·1% (89·8 to 98·2) |
| Oceania | 1450 (961 to 2127) | 81·5 (54·0 to 119·6) | –37·3% (−60·7 to 0·0) | –48·5 (−52·2 to −41·3) | 27·4 (22·9 to 31·9) | 88·1% (80·5 to 93·0) | 21·5% (13·9 to 31·0) | 94·8% (86·7 to 98·6) | 61·7% (44·0 to 74·5) | 99·5% (98·8 to 99·9) |
| Southeast Asia | 18 009 (15 924 to 20 389) | 32·4 (28·6 to 36·7) | –79·3% (−83·3 to −73·7) | –123·9 (−152·3 to −96·8) | 18·0 (17·0 to 19·1) | 89·5% (82·3 to 93·0) | 33·3% (23·8 to 44·5) | 86·2% (66·0 to 95·9) | 54·1% (36·4 to 67·5) | 99·0% (97·4 to 99·7) |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 334 306 (285 351 to 388 790) | 204·6 (174·7 to 238·0) | –68·4% (−74·2 to −60·3) | –443·0 (−523·8 to −352·9) | 91·3 (91·0 to 91·4) | 88·5% (80·6 to 92·6) | 24·4% (19·2 to 30·0) | 96·2% (90·1 to 99·0) | 59·5% (41·7 to 72·4) | 99·7% (99·1 to 99·9) |
| Central sub-Saharan Africa | 34 800 (25 798 to 46 206) | 176·1 (130·6 to 233·9) | –63·5% (−73·9 to −49·3) | –306·9 (−364·9 to −246·9) | 59·5 (52·6 to 67·7) | 88·6% (79·2 to 93·4) | 39·8% (32·0 to 47·2) | 96·5% (91·2 to 99·1) | 60·5% (42·2 to 73·4) | 99·7% (99·2 to 99·9) |
| Eastern sub-Saharan Africa | 98 175 (84 620 to 114 013) | 155·1 (133·7 to 180·1) | –70·3% (−76·4 to −62·3) | –367·1 (−446·7 to −287·5) | 72·2 (69·7 to 75·4) | 86·7% (78·5 to 91·2) | 13·4% (8·7 to 19·0) | 96·7% (91·2 to 99·2) | 58·9% (41·1 to 71·5) | 99·7% (99·1 to 99·9) |
| Southern sub-Saharan Africa | 8 070 (6 972 to 9 314) | 94·5 (81·7 to 109·1) | –67·9% (−73·3 to −61·4) | –200·1 (−223·6 to −173·6) | 85·4 (85·4 to 86·6) | 81·5% (68·3 to 88·6) | 7·1% (4·1 to 11·1) | 89·0% (78·3 to 96·0) | 53·2% (35·2 to 66·7) | 98·3% (96·2 to 99·4) |
| Western sub-Saharan Africa | 193 260 (157 286 to 236 075) | 269·3 (219·1 to 328·9) | –70·1% (−76·9 to −60·2) | –630·4 (−785·7 to −480·1) | 119·0 (111·2 to 126·9) | 89·8% (82·2 to 93·6) | 29·2% (23·7 to 35·0) | 96·1% (89·9 to 99·0) | 59·9% (41·0 to 72·9) | 99·7% (99·2 to 99·9) |
WASH=water, sanitation, and hygiene. ORS=oral rehydration solution. GBD=Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study. UI=uncertainty interval.