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. 2022 Nov;22(11):1626–1647. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00510-2

Table.

Lower respiratory infection deaths and mortality rates in 2019 and the percentage change in deaths and mortality rates between 1990 and 2019 by age, sex, and GBD super-region

Male
Female
2019
Percentage change from 1990 to 2019
2019
Percentage change from 1990 to 2019
Number of deaths* Mortality rate (per 100 000 people) Number of deaths Mortality rate (per 100 000 people) Number of deaths* Mortality rate (per 100 000 people) Number of deaths Mortality rate (per 100 000 people)
Global
0–4 years 341 000 (275 000 to 428 000) 99·7 (80·2 to 124·9) −70·7% (−77·2 to −61·8) −72·1% (−78·4 to −63·7) 331 000 (270 000 to 401 000) 103·2 (84·2 to 125·0) −68·4% (−75·9 to −60·0) −69·7% (−76·9 to −61·7)
5–14 years 21 800 (18 500 to 25 900) 3·3 (2·8 to 3·9) −45·0% (−54·2 to −30·9) −52·8% (−60·6 to −40·6) 20 500 (16 700 to 24 700) 3·3 (2·7 to 3·9) −50·2% (−59·8 to −39·7) −56·6% (−65·0 to −47·5)
15–49 years 105 000 (95 000 to 116 000) 5·3 (4·8 to 5·8) 27·5% (14·1 to 43·7) −11·9% (−21·2 to −0·7) 65 200 (56 500 to 74 400) 3·4 (2·9 to 3·8) 5·7% (−7·3 to 21·1) −27·3% (−36·3 to −16·7)
50–69 years 228 000 (210 000 to 248 000) 33·8 (31·1 to 36·7) 47·7% (32·7 to 63·9) −26·5% (−34·0 to −18·4) 153 000 (132 000 to 171 000) 21·8 (18·8 to 24·3) 50·1% (31·7 to 71·4) −26·2% (−35·2 to −15·7)
≥70 years 600 000 (534 000 to 646 000) 294·8 (262·3 to 317·8) 100·0% (83·4 to 115·9) −19·1% (−25·8 to −12·7) 628 000 (527 000 to 693 000) 241·2 (202·6 to 266·2) 90·5% (73·3 to 105·8) −12·7% (−20·6 to −5·6)
Central Europe, eastern Europe, and central Asia
0–4 years 7800 (6300 to 9700) 54·9 (44·3 to 68·1) −78·1% (−82·8 to −72·4) −72·0% (−78·0 to −64·8) 6200 (5100 to 7600) 46·5 (38·0 to 57·2) −78·2% (−82·6 to −72·7) −71·5% (−77·2 to −64·3)
5–14 years 800 (700 to 900) 3·0 (2·6 to 3·3) −42·2% (−49·6 to −33·9) −26·3% (−35·8 to −15·8) 700 (600 to 800) 2·6 (2·3 to 3·0) −46·5% (−52·9 to −37·4) −30·1% (−38·4 to −18·2)
15–49 years 13 100 (11 600 to 14 700) 13·1 (11·6 to 14·7) 83·4% (62·8 to 105·7) 87·4% (66·4 to 110·3) 4400 (3900 to 5100) 4·4 (3·9 to 5·1) 49·3% (30·0 to 71·9) 53·6% (33·8 to 76·8)
50–69 years 20 000 (17 700 to 22 400) 44·8 (39·6 to 50·2) 72·2% (52·9 to 92·2) 40·3% (24·5 to 56·6) 6600 (5900 to 7300) 12·0 (10·9 to 13·3) 38·3% (24·4 to 53·3) 19·3% (7·3 to 32·2)
≥70 years 18 700 (16 600 to 20 400) 147·3 (130·4 to 160·7) 69·8% (54·8 to 84·7) 0·8% (−8·1 to 9·7) 21 500 (18 700 to 23 600) 87·8 (76·3 to 96·2) 35·4% (24·6 to 45·9) −2·5% (−10·2 to 5·1)
High-income
0–4 years 900 (700 to 1000) 3·1 (2·6 to 3·6) −74·5% (−78·8 to −69·6) −72·5% (−77·1 to −67·2) 700 (600 to 800) 2·5 (2·1 to 2·8) −75·3% (−79·2 to −71·4) −73·4% (−77·6 to −69·2)
5–14 years 200 (200 to 200) 0·3 (0·3 to 0·3) −64·4% (−67·6 to −58·9) −63·3% (−66·5 to −57·5) 200 (200 to 200) 0·3 (0·3 to 0·3) −62·2% (−66·1 to −53·7) −61·0% (−65·0 to −52·2)
15–49 years 4500 (4300 to 4600) 1·8 (1·7 to 1·9) −29·6% (−32·6 to −26·5) −32·1% (−35·0 to −29·1) 2900 (2800 to 3000) 1·2 (1·2 to 1·3) −15·1% (−19·0 to −11·2) −17·7% (−21·5 to −13·9)
50–69 years 23 800 (22 900 to 24 700) 17·8 (17·2 to 18·5) 11·0% (6·8 to 15·5) −30·8% (−33·4 to −27·9) 13 500 (12 900 to 13 900) 9·6 (9·3 to 10·0) 17·7% (13·2 to 22·2) −22·4% (−25·4 to −19·4)
≥70 years 189 000 (164 000 to 202 000) 302·2 (263·3 to 323·4) 70·7% (58·3 to 77·9) −21·9% (−27·5 to −18·5) 201 000 (160 000 to 223 000) 240·5 (191·9 to 266·7) 54·3% (39·7 to 63·0) −12·2% (−20·5 to −7·2)
Latin America and Caribbean
0–4 years 11 000 (8400 to 14 200) 44·9 (34·0 to 57·9) −79·9% (−85·4 to −73·1) −79·2% (−84·9 to −72·2) 8700 (6800 to 10900) 37·0 (28·8 to 46·4) −81·4% (−86·4 to −75·6) −80·5% (−85·7 to −74·4)
5–14 years 1000 (800 to 1200) 2·1 (1·7 to 2·4) −60·3% (−67·4 to −53·1) −61·7% (−68·5 to −54·7) 900 (800 to 1100) 2·0 (1·7 to 2·2) −62·1% (−67·5 to −56·1) −62·6% (−67·9 to −56·7)
15–49 years 10 200 (9200 to 11 300) 6·8 (6·1 to 7·5) 19·0% (7·6 to 32·1) −24·3% (−31·6 to −15·9) 5800 (5100 to 6500) 3·7 (3·3 to 4·2) 5·1% (−7·9 to 19·0) −32·5% (−40·8 to −23·5)
50–69 years 20 000 (18 100 to 22 100) 42·8 (38·8 to 47·2) 89·3% (72·4 to 110·8) −25·1% (−31·8 to −16·6) 13 600 (12 400 to 14 900) 26·1 (23·7 to 28·6) 94·5% (75·6 to 114·8) −27·0% (−34·1 to −19·3)
≥70 years 55 400 (47 700 to 60 800) 385·2 (331·5 to 422·7) 160·9% (139·7 to 183·4) −8·6% (−16·1 to −0·8) 64 600 (53 500 to 71 600) 354·0 (293·4 to 392·7) 187·6% (161·9 to 210·2) −7·2% (−15·5 to 0·1)
North Africa and Middle East
0–4 years 15300 (11 800 to 19 500) 50·0 (38·6 to 63·6) −80·3% (−86·6 to −72·9) −82·5% (−88·1 to −75·9) 15 400 (12 000 to 19 100) 52·9 (41·3 to 65·9) −80·1% (−85·6 to −73·6) −82·2% (−87·1 to −76·3)
5–14 years 1800 (1400 to 2300) 3·0 (2·3 to 3·8) −48·3% (−64·1 to −32·8) −60·0% (−72·2 to −47·9) 1600 (1100 to 2100) 2·9 (2·0 to 3·7) −52·0% (−63·9 to −37·4) −62·5% (−71·7 to −51·0)
15–49 years 6500 (5400 to 7800) 3·7 (3·1 to 4·5) 68·0% (40·5 to 99·6) −19·9% (−33·1 to −4·9) 4900 (3800 to 6000) 3·1 (2·4 to 3·8) 37·4% (11·3 to 65·5) −31·5% (−44·6 to −17·6)
50–69 years 11 600 (9700 to 13 700) 28·2 (23·6 to 33·3) 89·7% (56·4 to 134·0) −25·6% (−38·6 to −8·2) 7700 (5900 to 9400) 19·9 (15·3 to 24·4) 80·7% (46·1 to 144·3) −28·4% (−42·1 to −3·2)
≥70 years 23 200 (20 100 to 26 700) 238·7 (206·3 to 274·0) 143·9% (111·4 to 195·5) −8·2% (−20·4 to 11·2) 19 700 (16 500 to 23 100) 201·5 (168·1 to 236·0) 131·4% (92·0 to 204·4) −9·7% (−25·1 to 18·8)
South Asia
0–4 years 87 800 (69 700 to 111 000) 102·4 (81·3 to 129·1) −76·1% (−82·3 to −67·2) −76·6% (−82·7 to −67·9) 103 000 (82 700 to 126 000) 131·1 (105·1 to 160·7) −69·9% (−78·2 to −60·3) −70·2% (−78·4 to −60·6)
5–14 years 6600 (5000 to 8500) 3·6 (2·7 to 4·6) −46·8% (−58·6 to −28·5) −58·2% (−67·4 to −43·8) 7400 (5500 to 9400) 4·4 (3·3 to 5·5) −58·4% (−68·1 to −46·6) −67·3% (−74·9 to −58·0)
15–49 years 16 900 (13 800 to 20 700) 3·4 (2·8 to 4·2) 21·1% (−4·8 to 51·1) −33·1% (−47·4 to −16·5) 15 000 (11 600 to 18 900) 3·1 (2·4 to 4·0) 7·1% (−18·5 to 37·4) −42·8% (−56·5 to −26·7)
50–69 years 48 200 (38 600 to 58 300) 39·2 (31·4 to 47·5) 42·3% (10·4 to 79·0) −33·9% (−48·7 to −16·8) 49 600 (38 000 to 62 000) 40·5 (31·1 to 50·6) 70·3% (26·4 to 126·0) −29·9% (−47·9 to −6·9)
≥70 years 102 000 (83 800 to 122 000) 309·2 (253·6 to 368·1) 133·3% (84·1 to 187·3) −20·9% (−37·6 to −2·6) 111 000 (86 700 to 138 000) 308·4 (240·1 to 382·4) 178·6% (107·1 to 271·0) −17·4% (−38·6 to 10·0)
Southeast Asia, east Asia, and Oceania
0–4 years 30 600 (25 800 to 35 800) 41·2 (34·7 to 48·2) −90·2% (−92·5 to −87·6) −87·6% (−90·4 to −84·3) 23 400 (19 900 to 27 200) 35·4 (30·0 to 41·1) −91·6% (−93·4 to −89·3) −89·1% (−91·4 to −86·1)
5–14 years 2200 (1900 to 2600) 1·6 (1·4 to 1·8) −78·8% (−82·1 to −64·7) −74·4% (−78·4 to −57·4) 1700 (1500 to 2000) 1·4 (1·2 to 1·6) −79·1% (−82·6 to −70·0) −73·4% (−77·8 to −61·7)
15–49 years 16 700 (14 800 to 19 000) 2·9 (2·6 to 3·3) −20·2% (−33·4 to 4·5) −33·5% (−44·4 to −12·9) 8400 (7200 to 10000) 1·5 (1·3 to 1·8) −38·1% (−49·1 to −24·2) −48·4% (−57·6 to −36·8)
50–69 years 47 900 (42 100 to 54 500) 19·4 (17·1 to 22·1) 42·2% (19·0 to 71·5) −39·1% (−49·0 to −26·5) 25 000 (20 300 to 28 700) 10·0 (8·1 to 11·5) 10·7% (−6·7 to 32·0) −54·9% (−62·0 to −46·2)
≥70 years 138 000 (122 000 to 154 000) 221·4 (195·1 to 246·0) 119·6% (89·6 to 162·2) −23·1% (−33·6 to −8·2) 138 000 (112 000 to 158 000) 178·4 (144·8 to 203·4) 79·2% (55·9 to 110·8) −33·5% (−42·2 to −21·8)
Sub-Saharan Africa
0–4 years 188 000 (143 000 to 243 000) 224·1 (170·1 to 289·2) −40·1% (−55·1 to −17·6) −67·8% (−75·9 to −55·7) 173 000 (135 000 to 220 000) 211·5 (165·3 to 268·8) −35·3% (−52·9 to −14·3) −64·8% (−74·3 to −53·3)
5–14 years 9200 (7300 to 11 400) 6·3 (5·0 to 7·8) 2·4% (−21·6 to 42·8) −52·7% (−63·8 to −34·1) 8000 (6100 to 10 100) 5·6 (4·2 to 7·0) 4·7% (−22·9 to 39·7) −51·0% (−63·9 to −34·5)
15–49 years 36 800 (31 100 to 43 600) 14·6 (12·3 to 17·3) 73·2% (43·0 to 106·9) −26·8% (−39·5 to −12·5) 23 700 (18 700 to 29 400) 8·9 (7·0 to 11·1) 27·8% (3·2 to 57·3) −46·2% (−56·6 to −33·8)
50–69 years 56 700 (48 600 to 65 900) 139·6 (119·8 to 162·4) 52·3% (28·3 to 80·8) −26·8% (−38·4 to −13·2) 37 500 (29 900 to 45 200) 84·2 (67·3 to 101·5) 62·6% (35·8 to 99·2) −30·8% (−42·2 to −15·2)
≥70 years 73 100 (65 200 to 80 900) 850·8 (758·1 to 941·4) 79·7% (54·2 to 106·1) −10·0% (−22·8 to 3·2) 71 500 (58 900 to 81 500) 672·1 (553·9 to 766·2) 101·5% (76·0 to 130·9) −5·4% (−17·4 to 8·4)

95% uncertainty intervals are shown in parentheses. GBD=Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study.

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Six-digit numbers are reported to the nearest 1000 deaths and all other numbers are reported to the nearest 100 deaths.