Burden of lower respiratory infections and associated risk factors across regions in Ethiopia: a subnational analysis of the Global Burden of Diseases 2019 study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This analysis is to present the burden and trends of morbidity and mortality due to lower respiratory infections (LRIs), their contributing risk factors, and the disparity across administrative regions and cities from 1990 to 2019.

Design

This analysis used Global Burden of Disease 2019 framework to estimate morbidity and mortality outcomes of LRI and its contributing risk factors. The Global Burden of Disease study uses all available data sources and Cause of Death Ensemble model to estimate deaths from LRI and a meta-regression disease modelling technique to estimate LRI non-fatal outcomes with 95% uncertainty intervals (UI).

Study setting

The study includes nine region states and two chartered cities of Ethiopia.

Outcome measures

We calculated inci

SUBMITTER: Yigezu A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10481843 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature