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Table 3 Reports of proportional mortality due to ARI in crisis-affected populations, by setting (community, inpatient).

From: The burden of acute respiratory infections in crisis-affected populations: a systematic review

Disease

Ref.

Population (year)

Study design

Case definition, as reported

Percentage (rank if reported)

     

By age group

All ages

Community

      

   ARI

[55]

Flood-affected residents of Bangladesh (1988)

Community-based surveillance

Respiratory tract infection

<12 m: 4.7 (3); 12-59 m: 16.2 (2); 5-9 y: 16.7 (2); 10-14 y: 0 (n/a); 15-44 y: 8.3 (5); ≥ 45 y: 18.0 (2)

13.0 (2)

 

[27]

Bhutanese refugees in Nepal camps (1992)

Community-based surveillance with verbal autopsies

Acute respiratory infection

 

55 (1)

   ALRI

[28]

Bhutanese refugees in Nepal camps (1992)

Community-based surveillance with verbal autopsies

Fever, cough and rapid breathing at death without evidence of measles

 

40 (1)

 

[29]

Burundian refugees in Rwanda camps (1993)

Community- and graveyard-based surveillance

Lower respiratory tract infection

 

6 (3)

 

[31]

Unaccompanied Rwandan refugee children in Zaire (1994)

Orphanage-based surveillance

Pneumonia

<15 y: 33 (2)

 

Inpatient

      

   ARI

[41]

Sudanese refugees in Uganda camps (1992-1994)

Review of patient records

Acute respiratory infection

<12 m: 25.0 (2); 12-59 m: 32.0 (2); 5-14 y: 30.8 (2); 15-49 y: 16.0 (2); ≥ 50 y: 0 (n/a)

23.9 (2)

 

[32]

Kosovar refugees in Albania (1999)

Clinic-based surveillance

Acute respiratory infection

<59 m: 36 (1)

13 (2)

 

[47]

Urban population of Herat, Afghanistan (2002-2003)

Review of patient records

Acute respiratory infection

Paediatric: 30.5 (1)

 
 

[46]

Urban population of Kabul, Afghanistan (2002-2003)

Review of patient records

Acute respiratory infection

1 m-12 y: 22 (2)

 
 

[71]

Earthquake-affected residents and displaced persons, northern Pakistan (2005)

Clinic-based surveillance

Acute respiratory infection

 

26 (1)

 

[48]

Urban population of Monrovia, Liberia (2005)

Review of patient records

Respiratory infection

1-59 m: 31 (1); 5-14 y: 5 (7)

 

   ALRI

[24]

Cambodian refugees in Khao-I-Dang holding centre, Thailand (1980)

Clinic-based surveillance

Pneumonia

<20 y: 11.6 (3)

 
 

[25]

Somali refugees in Ethiopia camps (1989)

Clinic-based surveillance

Acute lower respiratory infection, pneumonia

<59 m: 34 (2)

 
 

[49]

Earthquake-affected residents of Kobe, Japan (1995)

Review of patient records

Pneumonia

 

22.9 (2)

 

[42]

Displaced persons in Acholi region, Uganda (1992-1998)

Review of patient records

Pneumonia

 

7.4 (3)

 

[43]

Displaced persons in Gulu district, Uganda (1992-2002)

Review of patient records

Pneumonia

 

9.1 (3)