Table 3 Top 10 countries with the highest absolute DALYs and the highest proportion of DALYs attributable to suboptimal breastfeeding in 1990 and 2010
Absolute DALYs (thousands) | Percent of total country DALYs (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rank | 1990 | Â | 2010 | Â | 1990 | Â | 2010 | Â |
1 | 25,730 | India | 10,581 | India | 26.6 | Nicaragua | 20.2 | Swaziland |
2 | 11,113 | China | 4,544 | Pakistan | 24.7 | Turkmenistan | 18.0 | South Africa |
3 | 6,551 | Pakistan | 3,105 | Nigeria | 23.2 | Brazil | 17.2 | Lesotho |
4 | 6,233 | Nigeria | 2,915 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 22.4 | Azerbaijan | 16.9 | Yemen |
5 | 4,832 | Indonesia | 1,600 | Indonesia | 22.0 | Mexico | 15.7 | Turkmenistan |
6 | 4,052 | Brazil | 1,481 | Ethiopia | 20.3 | Swaziland | 14.9 | Azerbaijan |
7 | 4,010 | Bangladesh | 1,252 | China | 20.0 | Tajikistan | 14.3 | Namibia |
8 | 2,773 | Ethiopia | 1,218 | Afghanistan | 19.5 | South Africa | 13.6 | Pakistan |
9 | 2,612 | Egypt | 1,002 | Burkina Faso | 19.5 | Yemen | 13.5 | Tajikistan |
10 | 2,199 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 935 | Niger | 19.4 | Egypt | 13.3 | Myanmar |