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Table 5 Estimates years lived with disability (YLDs) due to STH in 2010, by region

From: Global numbers of infection and disease burden of soil transmitted helminth infections in 2010

Region

Hookworm

A. lumbricoides

T. trichiura

  YLDs

% total

  YLDs

% total

  YLDs

% total

Asia

2,176,895

67.4%

801,830

72.2%

397,353

62.3%

Central

43,086

1.3%

11,986

1.1%

-

0.0%

East

568,112

17.6%

79,932

7.2%

18,199

2.9%

South

1,130,070

35.0%

499,599

45.0%

81,681

12.8%

Southeast

435,627

13.5%

210,314

18.9%

297,473

46.6%

Latin America (LA) and the Caribbean

364,962

11.3%

83,776

7.5%

100,126

15.7%

Caribbean

27,655

0.9%

3,553

0.3%

7,570

1.2%

Andean

40,790

1.3%

12,563

1.1%

14,141

2.2%

Central

150,274

4.7%

43,178

3.9%

67,207

10.5%

Southern

22,043

0.7%

2,616

0.2%

89

0.0%

Tropical

124,199

3.8%

21,865

2.0%

11,120

1.7%

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)

456,823

14.1%

168,652

15.2%

134,055

21.0%

Central

61,461

1.9%

27,512

2.5%

14,143

2.2%

East

200,405

6.2%

38,266

3.4%

56,994

8.9%

Southern

80,035

2.5%

4,006

0.4%

54,430

8.5%

West

114,922

3.6%

98,868

8.9%

8,487

1.3%

North Africa and the Middle East

211,940

6.6%

54,466

4.9%

3,223

0.5%

Oceania

20,180

0.6%

1,876

0.2%

3,443

0.5%

GLOBAL

3,230,800

1,110,600

638,200