Global estimates of burden of disease caused by environment and occupational risks
Water, sanitation and hygiene
Selected population attributable fractions for water, sanitation and hygiene, by sex and level of development (% DALYs), 2000a
| World | World | World | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| Males | Females | Both sexes | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | |
| Diarrhoeal diseases | 88% | 88% | 88% | 88% | 88% | 88% | 88% | 80% | 80% |
| Schistosomiasis | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Trachoma | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Ascariasis | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Trichuriasis | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Hookworm disease | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
1:High mortality developing; 2: Low mortality developing; 3: Developed; 4: (AFR-D, AFR-E, AMR-D, EMR-D, SEAR-D); 5: (AMR-B, EMR-B, SEAR-B, WPR-B); 6: (AMR-A, EUR-A, EUR-B, EUR-C, WPR-A)
Results based on the World Health Report, 2002.