ARI related: | 4.1 million |
ARI alone | 3.0 |
ARI with measles | 0.64 |
ARI with pertussis | 0.26 |
ARI with malaria or HIV | 0.23 |
Neonatal or perinatal | 3.1 million (many involving ARI) |
Diarrhoea related: | 3.0 million |
Diarrhoea alone | 2.7 |
Diarrhoea with measles or HIV | 0.27 |
Measles/TB/tetanus/pertussis alone | 1.2 million |
Malaria alone | 0.68 million |
Other | 0.2 million |
Total | 12.2 million |
ARI = acute respiratory infection.
Source: World Health Organization.2
Other ARI information:
ARI accounts for 33% of all deaths from infectious disease in the world and for 27% of the entire burden of infectious diseases.
80% of the ARI burden occurs in children under five years from less developed countries, accounting for about 6.7% of the global burden of disease from all causes.