Table 1 |
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Annual incidence of diarrhoeal diseases, malnutrition (stunting and wasting) and malaria by WHO sub-region, 2002 |
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| Sub-region |
Population (000s) |
Diarrhoeal diseases (000s) |
Malnutrition (000s) |
Malaria (000s) |
Total (000s) |
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| Afr-D |
301 878 |
389 842 |
5 033 |
180 368 |
575 243 |
| Afr-E |
353 598 |
449 192 |
5 912 |
176 651 |
631 755 |
| Amr-A |
328 176 |
77 578 |
137 |
0 |
77 715 |
| Amr-B |
437 142 |
390 590 |
1 124 |
2 866 |
394 580 |
| Amr-D |
72 649 |
73 271 |
603 |
718 |
74 592 |
| Emr-B |
141 835 |
96 324 |
585 |
363 |
97 272 |
| Emr-D |
351 256 |
345 605 |
4 523 |
16 898 |
367 026 |
| Eur-A |
412 512 |
79 219 |
134 |
0 |
79 353 |
| Eur-B |
219 983 |
78 509 |
649 |
0 |
79 158 |
| Eur-C |
241 683 |
47 886 |
262 |
0 |
47 912 |
| Sear-B |
297 525 |
179 213 |
2 251 |
6 951 |
188 415 |
| Sear-D |
1 262 285 |
1 051 538 |
18 040 |
21 568 |
1 091 146 |
| Wpr-A |
154 919 |
30 026 |
64 |
6 |
30 096 |
| Wpr-B |
1 546 770 |
1 225 188 |
7 035 |
1 838 |
1 234 061 |
| World |
6 122 211 |
4 513 981 |
46 352 |
408 227 |
4 968 560 |
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Source: http://www.who.int/healthinfo/bodestimates/en/index.html webcite; accessed 20 May 2007 |
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