Volume 9, Number 5—May 2003
Research
Global Illness and Deaths Caused by Rotavirus Disease in Children
Umesh D. Parashar*
, Erik G. Hummelman*, Joseph S. Bresee*, Mark A. Miller†, and Roger I. Glass*
, Erik G. Hummelman*, Joseph S. Bresee*, Mark A. Miller†, and Roger I. Glass*Table 5
Global estimates of the annual number of diarrhea and rotavirus deaths among children <5 years of age, by income group
| Income group | Total no.
(x1,000) |
Diarrhea deaths |
Rotavirus deathsb |
Risk of dying from rotavirus by age 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births | Deaths | Median % (IQRa) of total deaths | Median no. (IQR) of deaths (x1,000) | Median % (IQRa) of diarrhea hospitalizations | Median no. (IQR) of deaths (x1,000) | ||
| Low | 70,447 | 8,595 | 21 (17–30) | 1,805 (1,461–2,579) | 20 (16–27) | 361 (289–487) | 1 in 205 |
| Low middle | 37,402 | 1,609 | 17 (11–23) | 274 (177–370) | 25 (20–33) | 69 (55–90) | 1 in 542 |
| Upper middle | 11,520 | 366 | 9 (5–17) | 33 (18–62) | 31 (25–42) | 10 (8–14) | 1 in 1,152 |
| High | 9,931 | 60 | 1 | <1 | 34 (28–38) | <1 | 1 in 48,680 |
| Total | 129,300 | 10,630 | NA | 2,112 (1,657–3,012) | NA | 440 (352–592) | 1 in 293 |
aIQR, interquartile range.
bThe estimated number and range of deaths from rotavirus are derived by multiplying the median and IQR of diarrhea hospitalizations attributable to rotavirus by the median number of deaths caused by diarrhea for each stratum.
