Table 2 Estimates of the global burden due to pneumonia etiologies in children under five in 2010/2011 [6,9]
CHERG (2011) | GBD 2010 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pneumonia/LRI etiology | Deaths (×1,000) | % U5 pneumonia mortality | Deaths (×1,000) | % U5 LRI mortality |
All | 1,257 | 100.0% | 847.1 | 100.0% |
Pneumococcal pneumonia | 412 | 32.7% | 168 | 19.8% |
H. influenzae type B | 197 | 15.7% | 184 | 21.7% |
Respiratory syncytial virus | - | - | 234 | 27.6% |
Influenza | - | - | 119 | 14.0% |
Other lower respiratory infections | - | - | 143 | 16.9% |