Volume 9, Number 5, May 2003

Global Illness and Deaths Caused by Rotavirus Disease in Children

Umesh D. Parashar,* Erik G. Hummelman,*Joseph S. Bresee,* Mark A. Miller,† and Roger I. Glass*
*Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; and †Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Figure 1. A. Percentage of deaths in children <5 years that are attributable to diarrhea for countries in different World Bank income groups, by gross national product (GNP) per capita of the country. B. Percentage of diarrhea hospitalization attributable to rotavirus for countries in different World Bank income groups, by GNP per capita of the country. IQR, interquartile range.

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