Table 3.

Risk factors for the cause of diarrhea disease and mortality rate (per 100,000) among under-5 and all ages in India, 2019

S.N.	Risk factor	Mortality rate (Under 5)	Mortality rate (All ages)
A	Environmental risks	43.50 (30.80–59.30)	41.31 (23.51–69.19)
1	Unsafe water, sanitation, and handwashing	43.36 (30.71–59.14)	41.30 (23.50–69.18)
1.1	Unsafe water source	38.60 (26.01–53.43)	36.55 (19.49–60.92)
1.2	Unsafe sanitation	22.36 (15.81–29.96)	20.93 (11.86–35.28)
1.3	No access to a handwashing facility	9.82 (6.72–13.76)	8.82 (4.77–14.96)
2	Air pollution	1.80 (1.17–2.68)	0.15 (0.10–0.23)
2.1	Ambient particulate matter pollution	0.95 (0.55–1.53)	0.08 (0.05–0.13)
2.2	Household air pollution from solid fuels	0.85 (0.50–1.37)	0.07 (0.04–0.11)
B	Behavioral risks	44.36 (32.08–59.17)	3.73 (2.70–4.98)
1	Child and maternal malnutrition	44.36 (32.08–59.17)	3.73 (2.70–4.98)
1.1	Suboptimal breastfeeding	8.78 (5.87–12.94)	0.74 (0.49–1.09)
1.1.1	Non-exclusive breastfeeding	8.30 (5.44–12.42)	0.70 (0.46–1.05)
1.1.2	Discontinued breastfeeding	0.58 (0.18–1.09)	0.05 (0.09–0.02)
1.2	Child growth failure	36.64 (26.69–48.57)	3.08 (2.25–4.09)
1.2.1	Child underweight	6.46 (4.38–9.32)	0.54 (0.37–0.78)
1.2.2	Child wasting	35.46 (25.49–47.57)	2.99 (2.15–4.00)
1.2.3	Child stunting	6.10 (2.03–11.72)	0.51 (0.17–0.99)
1.3	Low birth weight and short gestation	6.91 (4.60–10.43)	0.58 (0.39–0.88)
1.3.1	Short gestation for birth weight	4.10 (2.72–6.13)	0.34 (0.23–0.52)
1.3.2	Low birth weight for gestation	6.75 (4.48–10.16)	0.57 (0.38–0.86)
1.4	Vitamin A deficiency	1.02 (0.17–2.15)	0.09 (0.01–0.18)
1.4.1	Zinc deficiency	0.30 (0.06–0.68)	0.02 (0.01–0.06)

Note: Point represent mean estimates and error bars represents 95% uncertainty interval of the lower and upper limit