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 2
Shigella spp.–associated diarrhea in older children and adults, Asia, 1990–2009
| Characteristic | Age group, y |
|
|---|---|---|
| 5–14 | >15 | |
| Population (× 1,000) | 742,911 | 2,833,857 |
| Diarrhea episodes/person/y (17)* |
0.65 |
0.50 |
| Total diarrhea episodes, × 1,000 | 482,892 | 1,416,929 |
| At home | 473,234 | 1,388,590 |
| Treatment facility (1)† |
9,658 |
28,339 |
| Median caused by Shigella spp., % | ||
| At home* | 4 | 4 |
| At treatment facility† |
11.6 |
10.7 |
| Proportion caused by shigellosis (weighted mean), % | ||
| At home* | 4.6 (4.0–5.1) | |
| At treatment facility† |
8.3 (7.7–9.0) |
|
| Annual no. episodes of Shigella spp.–associated diarrhea, × 1,000 | ||
| At home | 18,929 | 55,544 |
| At treatment facility |
1,120 |
3,032 |
| Total no. episodes of Shigella spp.–associated diarrhea, × 1,000 | 20,049 | 58,576 |
| 95% confidence interval of weighted mean, × 1,000 | 19,673–24,898 | 57,726–73,057 |
