Diarrhoeal diseases
Children under 5 · Declining trend
Diseases causing severe dehydration through frequent watery stools. Cholera, rotavirus, and E. coli are common causes. Largely preventable with clean water and sanitation.
Deaths / year
1,500,000
Deaths / day
4,110
Deaths / hour
171
Deaths / second
0.05
Share of all global deaths
1,500,000 of 62,000,000 total deaths
Risk Factors
Age group most affected
Children under 5
Global trend
Declining
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