据1992年出版的全球卫生统计年鉴报告,尽管在1985年～1990年5年间发展中国家儿童总数增加了8％,但5岁以下儿童的死亡则从1985年的13.5百万降至1990年的12.9百万。在这12.9百万死亡的儿童中,由于腹泻造成的死亡人数可达300百,约占总死亡数的23％。腹泻伴麻疹的死亡人数达18万,因麻疹而死亡人数从1985年的200万降至88万,其中一半伴有呼吸道感染,这反映了80年代末期 According to the Global Health Statistics Annals published in 1992, although the total number of children in developing countries increased by 8 per cent in the five years between 1985 and 1990, the death of children under five dropped from 13.5 million in 1985 to 12.9 million. Among the 12.9 million children who died, diarrhea caused 300 deaths, accounting for about 23% of the total number of deaths. The number of diarrhea-related measles deaths was as high as 180,000. The number of measles deaths dropped from 2 million in 1985 to about 880,000, with respiratory infections in half, reflecting the late 1980s