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WATER RISKS: MULTI-DIMENSIONAL AND HIGH-IMPACT
Water presents a high risk of fatality in low-income countries, particularly in
children
RANKING OF CAUSES OF FATALITY
FOR LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES (2004)
PREMATURE FATALITIES DUE TO VARIOUS
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
Fatalities (M people)
4
3
2
1
0
Indoor air
pollution
Fatalities (M children)
1,0
-3%
CAGR 1
1,8
0,5
Unsafe
water
supply and
sanitation 2
1,4
3,6
Particulate
matter
Malaria
Groundlevel
ozone
2010
2030e
2050e
0,5
0,0
SSA 3
India
China
Indon 4
OECD
Brazil
SA 5
ROW 6
• Unsafe water supply and sanitation was the 4 th worst fatality risk in low-income countries in 2004.
• Lack of access to adequate water supply and sanitation resulted in 2010 in 1.8 million children fatalities. Greater access to
improved water supply and basic sanitation facilities is expected to reduce child mortality from diarrhea, which has a greater impact
on children under 15 than HIV, AIDs, malaria, and tuberculosis combined.
Note:
Source:
Picture credits: WHO (2009); 1 CAGR: Compound annual growth rate; 2 Premature child mortality only; 3 SSA: Sub-Saharan Africa; 4 Indon: Indonesia;
5
SA: South Africa; 6 ROW: Rest of the world.
OECD (2012), “Environmental Outlook to 2050”; WHO (2009), “Global Health Risks: Mortality and Burden of Disease Attributable to selected major
risks”
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