Volume 16, Number 11—November 2010
Research
Decreasing Shigellosis-related Deaths without Shigella spp.–specific Interventions, Asia
Pradip Bardhan, A.S.G. Faruque, Aliya Naheed, and David A. Sack
Table 1
Estimated annual number of diarrheal episodes in children 0–4 years of age, Asia, 1990–2009
| Characteristic | Age group |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 0–11 m | 1–4 y | 0–4 y | |
| Total population, × 1,000 | 78,533 | 282,719 | 361,252 |
| No. diarrheal episodes/child/y (15) |
3.2 |
2.3 |
|
| Total diarrheal episodes, × 1,000 | 251,306 | 650,252 | 901,559 |
| At home (14,16) | 221,651 | 597,583 | 819,234 |
| At treatment facility (14,16) | 29,655 | 52,670 | 82,325 |
| In outpatient department | 25,884 | 51,370 | 77,254 |
| Hospitalized |
3,771 |
1,300 |
5,071 |
| Median caused by shigellosis, % | |||
| At home* | 4.4% | ||
| In treatment facility† |
5.8 |
9.4 |
|
| Weighted mean caused by shigellosis, % (95% confidence interval) |
5.1 (4.0–5.7) |
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| No. shigellosis cases | |||
| At home, × 1,000 | 39,669 | ||
| In treatment facility, × 1,000 |
1,720 |
4,951 |
6,671 |
| Total, × 1,000 | 46,340 | ||
| 95% confidence interval of weighted mean, × 1,000 | 44,924–57,316 | ||
