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Table 1 Annual incidence of diarrhoeal diseases, malnutrition (stunting and wasting) and malaria by WHO sub-region, 2002

From: Adaptation costs for climate change-related cases of diarrhoeal disease, malnutrition, and malaria in 2030

Sub-region

Population (000s)

Diarrhoeal diseases (000s)

Malnutrition (000s)

Malaria (000s)

Total (000s)

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

  1. Source: http://www.who.int/healthinfo/bodestimates/en/index.html; accessed 20 May 2007