Global Burden

Global Rotavirus Deaths

Rotavirus kills about 200,000 children each year and hospitalizes hundreds of thousands more ^{1, 2}. Prior to vaccine introduction, almost every child was infected with rotavirus before age 5, regardless of where they lived.

Figure: The Countries with the Greatest Number of Rotavirus Deaths as a Proportion of All Global Rotavirus Deaths in Children under 5 (2017)³

Figure: Rates of Rotavirus Mortality per 100,000 Children under Age 5 in 2017, By Country³

Global Hospitalization Rates

Figure: Percentage of diarrheal disease hospitalizations in children <5 caused by rotavirus in WHO surveillance countries that have not introduced rotavirus vaccine (2018)⁴

Uganda 30% 30%
Nigeria 36% 36%
Benin 29% 29%

Myanmar 43% 43%

Lao People’s Democratic Republic 47% 47%
Vietnam 39% 39%
Cambodia 50% 50%
Mongolia 38% 38%
China 24% 24%
Papua New Guinea 11% 11%

Azerbaijan 15% 15%
Ukraine 37% 37%

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For more information, check out The Epidemiology and Disease Burden of Rotavirus brief.

References

^{1. Tate, J.E., et al., Global, Regional, and National Estimates of Rotavirus Mortality in Children <5 Years of Age, 2000-2013. Clin Infect Dis, 2016. 62 Suppl 2: p. S96-s105.}

^{2. Parashar, U.D., et al., Global illness and deaths caused by rotavirus disease in children. Emerg Infect Dis, 2003. 9(5): p. 565-72.}

^{3. Global Burden of Disease Collaborative Network. Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017) Results. Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) 2018 2018; Available from: http://ghdx.healthdata.org/gbd-results-tool.}

^{4.WHO, Global Rotavirus Information and Surveillance Bulletin. 2018.}