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Estimating mortality. For ascarisiasis, deaths are mainly due to
intestinal obstruction, and to a lesser extent biliary or pancreatic
disease.
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Such acute complications are seen largely in children less
than 10 years of age.
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Each of the GBD studies employed a statistical
model to estimate deaths by broad cause group, with a number of
methodological refinements included in the 2010 study. The 1990
GBD study attributed 3000 global deaths due to ascariasis, whereas
in the 2010 study 2824 deaths were attributed to ascariasis, with
most deaths
in populations
from East Asia and South Asia
(
Table 13.4
).
TABLE 13.4 Estimates of global deaths, cases of childhood wasting and years lived with
disability (YLDs) due to ascariasis in 2010, by region
Region
Deaths
Wasting
YLDs
Asia
1829
4,042,671
801,369
Central Asia
21
112,823
5845
East Asia
389
521,579
80,506
South Asia
1028
2,832,863
503,191
Southeast Asia
391
575,406
211,826
Latin America (LA) and the
Caribbean
294
342,554
82,619
Caribbean
11
16,833
1819
Andean LA
40
33,293
12,654
Central LA
150
184,563
43,489
Southern LA
18
10,625
2635
Tropical LA
75
97,240
22,022
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
582
101,1854
169,864
Central SSA
118
158,960
27,710
East SSA
165
226,371
38,541
Southern SSA
39
11,630
4035
West SSA
260
614,893
99,579
North Africa and Middle East
112
619,766
54,858
Oceania
8
4020
1889
GLOBAL
2825
6,020,865
1,110,600
Taken from Vos et al.
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