Modelling Based Estimates for Severe Pneumonia and Pneumonia Deaths in Indian States

Authors

  • Habib H. Farooqui
  • David Heymann
  • Sanjay Zodpey

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v7i1.5688

Abstract

This presentation highlights the use of mathematical model to estimate burden of disease in absence of surveillance data. We estimated that in 2010, 3.57 million severe pneumonia cases and 0.45 million all cause pneumonia deaths occurred in children under age 5 years. Among these cases, the contribution of pneumococcal pneumonia was 15.8% to all cause pneumonia cases and 20.8% to all cause pneumonia deaths. Three states requires specific mention, Uttar Pradesh contributes (24% cases, 24% deaths), Bihar (16% cases, 17% deaths) and MP (9% cases, 10% deaths) to the national figures. They were top contributors to pneumococcal pneumonia burden also.

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Published

2015-02-26

How to Cite

Farooqui, H. H., Heymann, D., & Zodpey, S. (2015). Modelling Based Estimates for Severe Pneumonia and Pneumonia Deaths in Indian States. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v7i1.5688

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Oral Presentations