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Child deaths from rotavirus, 2016

Annual number of child deaths from rotavirus in children under five years old. Rotavirus is one of the leading causes of diarrheal disease deaths in children.

0 deaths20,000 deaths40,000 deaths60,000 deaths80,000 deaths100,000 deaths120,000 deathsWorld128,530 deathsSub-Saharan Africa104,733 deathsSouth Asia12,296 deathsNorth Africa and Middle East4,193 deathsSoutheast Asia3,765 deathsLatin America and the Caribbean1,259 deathsEast Asia649 deathsCentral Asia237 deathsOceania85 deathsEastern Europe55 deathsWestern Europe50 deathsNorth America39 deathsCentral Europe24 deaths

Source: Troeger et al. (2018); IHME (2018)

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