Systematic review of diarrhea duration and severity in children and adults in low- and middle-income countries

BMC Public Health

Table 7 Comparison of outcomes across Africa and Asia

Study Period	Outcome	Africa	Asia
1987-1991	Mean Duration¹	4.4 (4.3-4.5)*	2.9 (2.8-3.0)*
1990-1994	Mild Dehydration²	69.8 (-)	65.6 (61.7-69.5)**
	Severe Dehydration²	30.2 (-)	7.2 (5.4-9.0)**
1992-1998	Any Dehydration¹	77.4 (-)	1.9 (1.4-2.4)**
	Vomiting¹	20.3 (19.0-21.6)**	19.4 (18.0-20.9)**
2000-2005	Mean Duration¹	4.8 (4.6-5.1)*	3.4 (3.2-3.5)*
	Median Duration¹	5.0 (-)	2.2 (2.1-2.3)*

*Weighted Mean/Median (95% CI); community-based studies, only**Weighted% (95% CI);
¹Community-based studies, only
²Hospital-inpatient studies, only
Data were generated combining estimates for like study designs and outcomes in overlapping study years

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