Enteric infections, diarrhea, and their impact on function and development
J. Clin. Invest. William A. Petri, et al. 118:1277 doi:10.1172/JCI34005 [Go to this article.]

Figure 1
Worldwide distribution of deaths caused by diarrhea in children under 5 years of age in 2000. Although global mortality from diarrhea has declined in recent years, from approximately 4.6 million deaths during the mid-1980s to the current estimate of 1.6–2.1 million, most of these deaths occur in children in developing countries under the age of 5 years. Data are from the year 2000 (2).