<p>&#8220;In 2021, diarrhoeal diseases caused an estimated 1.17 million deaths globally, representing a 60.3% decrease since 1990. The most pronounced decline was in children younger than 5 years, with a 79·2% decrease in diarrhoeal deaths. Global years of life lost also decreased substantially, from 186 million in 1990 to 51.4 million in 2021.&#8221; From IHME.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://humanprogress.org/global-burden-of-diarrheal-diseases-has-declined-substantially-since-1990/">Global Burden of Diarrheal Diseases Has Declined Substantially Since 1990</a> appeared first on <a href="https://humanprogress.org">Human Progress</a>.</p>