Table 3.5 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
Tuberculosisa,24,27,34,16,8,39,31,179
HIV/AIDSa,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.",,,,,,,,