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. 2022 Jan 19;399(10325):629–655. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02724-0

Table 2.

Deaths, YLLs, YLDs, and DALYs (in counts and all-age rates) associated with and attributable to bacterial antimicrobial resistance, globally and by GBD super-region, 2019

Associated with resistance
Attributable to resistance
Deaths YLLs DALYs YLDs Deaths YLLs DALYs YLDs
Counts, thousands
Global 4950 (3620–6570) 189 000 (145 000–245 000) 192 000 (146 000–248 000) 2290 (1520–3450) 1270 (911–1710) 47 600 (35 000–63 400) 47 900 (35 300–63 700) 275 (161–439)
Central Europe, eastern Europe, and central Asia 283 (190–403) 7530 (5240–10 500) 7630 (5320–10 600) 102 (69–140) 73·7 (48·7–105) 1980 (1350–2790) 1990 (1360–2800) 9·95 (4·79–16·8)
High income 604 (434–824) 10 100 (6960–14 200) 10 300 (7040–14 400) 123 (79·7–183) 141 (98·6–197) 2390 (1620–3400) 2410 (1640–3420) 20·2 (12·7–31·2)
Latin America and Caribbean 338 (243–453) 9550 (6770–12 900) 9640 (6830–13 100) 97·2 (63·2–146) 84·3 (60·3–117) 2370 (1660–3310) 2380 (1680–3330) 16 (9·79–24·9)
North Africa and Middle East 256 (174–362) 9970 (6880–13 900) 10 100 (6970–14 000) 116 (73·4–176) 68·3 (45·6–99) 2590 (1770–3700) 2610 (1790–3720) 20·7 (12–33·5)
South Asia 1390 (1030–1830) 58 900 (44 800–76 300) 59 900 (45 700–77 500) 1000 (638–1550) 389 (273–538) 16 000 (11 500–21 600) 16 100 (11 600–21 700) 111 (58·5–188)
Southeast Asia, east Asia, and Oceania 1020 (678–1460) 27 500 (18 700–38 600) 27 900 (19 100–39 100) 437 (256–776) 254 (167–369) 6830 (4620–9840) 6870 (4670–9890) 45·6 (25–80·1)
Sub-Saharan Africa 1070 (847–1340) 65 800 (51 400–83 600) 66 200 (51 800–84 000) 416 (270–599) 255 (196–331) 15 400 (11 700–19 900) 15 500 (11 800–20 000) 51·1 (30·2–81·8)
Rates, per 100 000
Global 64·0 (46·8–84·9) 2448·1 (1868·9–3170·3) 2477·7 (1889·9–3199·1) 29·6 (19·7–44·5) 16·4 (11·8–22·0) 615·1 (452·4–819·1) 618·7 (455·7–823·2) 3·6 (2·1–5·7)
Central Europe, eastern Europe, and central Asia 67·7 (45·4–96·6) 1802·5 (1253·9–2515·1) 1826·9 (1274·5–2545·4) 24·4 (16·5–33·6) 17·6 (11·7–25·3) 474·3 (323·0–667·3) 476·7 (325·2–671·0) 2·4 (1·1–4·0)
High income 55·7 (40·1–76·0) 935·3 (641·9–1310·1) 946·7 (649·8–1327·2) 11·3 (7·3–16·9) 13·0 (9·1–18·2) 220·4 (149·9–314·0) 222·3 (151·5–315·9) 1·9 (1·2–2·9)
Latin America and Caribbean 57·9 (41·6–77·6) 1633·8 (1158·7–2215·9) 1650·5 (1169·0–2236·6) 16·6 (10·8–25·0) 14·4 (10·3–20·0) 405·3 (284·8–566·6) 408·1 (286·9–570·0) 2·7 (1·7–4·3)
North Africa and Middle East 42·0 (28·7–59·5) 1637·5 (1130·4–2283·2) 1656·6 (1145·2–2300·9) 19·1 (12·1–28·9) 11·2 (7·5–16·3) 425·6 (291·2–608·4) 429·0 (293·7–611·5) 3·4 (2·0–5·5)
South Asia 76·8 (57·2–101·2) 3262·6 (2482·4–4228·2) 3318·1 (2532·9–4291·7) 55·4 (35·4–86·0) 21·5 (15·1–29·8) 885·8 (636·3–1194·6) 892·0 (643·1–1200·2) 6·2 (3·2–10·4)
Southeast Asia, east Asia, and Oceania 47·1 (31·4–67·7) 1272·6 (866·8–1789·0) 1292·8 (884·7–1811·4) 20·2 (11·8–35·9) 11·7 (7·8–17·1) 316·1 (213·9–455·7) 318·2 (216·1–458·0) 2·1 (1·2–3·7)
Sub-Saharan Africa 98·9 (78·6–124·2) 6105·3 (4770·2–7749·1) 6143·9 (4802·8–7792·2) 38·6 (25·1–55·6) 23·7 (18·2–30·7) 1432·0 (1084·6–1848·1) 1436·7 (1090·0–1853·5) 4·7 (2·8–7·6)

DALYs=disability-adjusted life-years. GBD=Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study. YLDs=years lived with disability. YLLs=years of life lost.