Numbers of Data Sets Contributing to Epidemiologically Based Estimates of Deaths Due to Specific Causes
|
Cause
|
East Asia and Pacific
|
Europe and Central Asia
|
Latin America and the Caribbean
|
Middle East and North Africa
|
South Asia
|
Sub-Saharan Africa
|
High-income countries
|
Total
|
|
Tuberculosis
a
|
24 |
27 |
34 |
16 |
8 |
39 |
31 |
179 |
|
HIV/AIDS
a
|
14 |
26 |
27 |
13 |
5 |
37 |
29 |
150 |
|
Diarrheal diseases |
|
0 |
15 |
8 |
21 |
24 |
0 |
73 |
|
Childhood-cluster diseases |
|
Pertussis |
14 |
33 |
64 |
14 |
8 |
45 |
124 |
302 |
|
Poliomyelitis |
22 |
27 |
32 |
15 |
8 |
47 |
37 |
192 |
|
Diphtheria |
12 |
25 |
2 |
14 |
8 |
46 |
8 |
115 |
|
Measles |
22 |
18 |
32 |
12 |
8 |
47 |
22 |
127 |
|
Tetanus |
48 |
23 |
27 |
40 |
32 |
79 |
34 |
289 |
|
Meningitis |
23 |
18 |
30 |
12 |
4 |
27 |
43 |
157 |
|
Hepatitis B and C |
40 |
27 |
47 |
43 |
18 |
67 |
113 |
355 |
|
Malaria |
9 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
142 |
0 |
161 |
|
Tropical-cluster diseases |
|
Trypanosomiasis |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
36 |
0 |
36 |
|
Chagas' disease |
0 |
0 |
31 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
31 |
|
Schistosomiasis |
6 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
0 |
37 |
1 |
55 |
|
Lower respiratory infections |
2 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
9 |
18 |
2 |
49 |
|
Maternal conditions (all causes) |
6 |
0 |
9 |
5 |
4 |
20 |
1 |
45 |
|
Unsafe abortion |
14 |
32 |
27 |
11 |
13 |
49 |
10 |
156 |
|
Perinatal causes |
7 |
0 |
7 |
11 |
19 |
12 |
0 |
56 |
|
Malignant neoplasms |
14 |
12 |
12 |
10 |
3 |
14 |
40 |
105 |
|
Drug use disorders |
11 |
11 |
18 |
10 |
6 |
15 |
43 |
114 |
|
War |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
7 |
18 |
|
Total |
296 |
280 |
438 |
243 |
181 |
807 |
545 |
2,765 |
Source:
Authors' calculations.
Note:
The data sources include population-based epidemiological studies, disease registers, and surveillance and notification systems. Where possible, regional and global totals refer to numbers of separate studies, or country-years of reported data from surveillance or notification systems. Refer to text for more information on data sources for specific causes.
a. Totals refer to numbers of countries for which data were available, not to total data sets or country-years.