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- Five bacteria types - E. coli, S. pneumoniae, K. pneumoniae, S. aureus and A. baumanii caused nearly 6.8 lakh deaths in India in 2019.
- This study published in the Lancet journal.
- E. Coli was the deadliest pathogen, claiming 1,57,082 (1.57 lakh) lives in India in 2019.
- Common bacterial infections were the second-leading cause of death in 2019.
- They were linked to one in eight deaths globally.
- There were 7.7 million (77 lakh) deaths in 2019 associated with 33 common bacterial infections.
- These five bacteria alone connected to more than half of all deaths.
- Five pathogens – S. aureus, E. coli, S. pneumoniae, K. pneumoniae, and P. aeruginosa – were responsible for 54.2% of deaths among the bacteria studied.
- The pathogen associated with the most deaths globally was S. aureus, with 1.1 million deaths.
- Sub-Saharan Africa recorded the highest mortality rate, with 230 deaths per 100,000 population.
- The most deaths in children aged 5 to 14 years were associated with Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi, with 49,000 deaths.
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