Estimated all-cause and pathogen-attributable diarrhoeal deaths in 2017–2018 with 95% CIs both globally and by WHO region in children less than 5 years of age
| Global | African region | Region of the Americas | Eastern Mediterranean region* | European region | South-East Asian region | Western Pacific region | |
| All cause | 582 295 (493 241 to 683 788) | 396 459 (321 310 to 482 064) | 10 483 (7385 to 14 682) | 79 661 (56 853 to 108 689) | 1623 (1069 to 2597) | 84 565 (70 943 to 101 038) | 8175 (6057 to 10 868) |
| Rotavirus | 208 009 (169 561 to 259 216) | 148 931 (115 068 to 191 171) | 1857 (1221 to 2898) | 28 343 (20 445 to 39 430) | 342 (207 to 560) | 25 829 (20 780 to 31 466) | 2283 (1590 to 3307) |
| Shigella | 62 853 (48 656 to 78 805) | 43 947 (30 852 to 57 086) | 1570 (995 to 2376) | 7837 (5221 to 11 774) | 193 (116 to 319) | 9164 (6608 to 11 997) | 106 (54 to 211) |
| Adenovirus 40/41 | 36 922 (28 469 to 46 672) | 15 117 (9339 to 20 597) | 765 (439 to 1166) | 8182 (5333 to 12 275) | 54 (17 to 97) | 12 701 (9130 to 16 202) | 175 (100 to 250) |
| Norovirus | 35 914 (27 258 to 46 516) | 19 562 (13 936 to 26 002) | 1843 (1201 to 2883) | 5881 (3267 to 9851) | 156 (96 to 243) | 6960 (3958 to 11 553) | 1094 (816 to 1475) |
| Sapovirus | 22 704 (16 452 to 29 354) | 17 060 (12 249 to 22 275) | 396 (245 to 605) | 2539 (1176 to 4507) | 108 (65 to 185) | 2302 (578 to 4550) | 143 (103 to 208) |
| ETEC | 22 530 (17 762 to 28 869) | 18 879 (14 817 to 24 304) | 338 (205 to 559) | 1988 (1224 to 2971) | 63 (37 to 109) | 1158 (726 to 1700) | 28 (17 to 52) |
| Cryptosporidium | 19 905 (14 364 to 26 984) | 17 121 (11 950 to 23 540) | 116 (62 to 194) | 1553 (949 to 2527) | 51 (22 to 95) | 984 (664 to 1278) | 22 (8 to 55) |
| Astrovirus | 17 213 (12 095 to 22 573) | 13 208 (8547 to 18 064) | 289 (164 to 460) | 1832 (1077 to 2773) | 63 (32 to 110) | 1670 (862 to 2477) | 110 (80 to 151) |
| C. jejuni/C. coli | 9741 (4023 to 15 478) | 4130 (2144 to 6778) | 321 (150 to 503) | 2263 (372 to 4468) | 9 (5 to 16) | 3032 (291 to 5388) | 92 (53 to 153) |
| Salmonella | 6021 (3391 to 8442) | 3688 (1188 to 5794) | 55 (29 to 97) | 965 (614 to 1404) | 1 (0 to 3) | 1160 (788 to 1450) | 104 (44 to 175) |
*Aetiology-specific diarrhoeal deaths for countries in the Eastern Mediterranean region were estimated using attributable fractions from the African region for countries that are physically in Africa and from the South-East Asian region for countries that are physically in Asia.
ETEC, enterotoxigenic E. coli.