Data from: Priority setting for global WASH challenges in the age of wastewater-based epidemiological surveillance
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Abstract
Background: It is not known how the number of deaths due to COVID-19 compare to the number of deaths due to "unsafe water, sanitation, and handwashing" during the COVID-19 global health emergency.
Methods: A dataset of deaths due to COVID-19 was downloaded from the World Health Organization. A dataset summarizing deaths due to unsafe water, sanitation, and handwashing was obtained from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME).
Results indicate that COVID-19 deaths in Africa and South East Asia regions exceeded those due to unsafe water, sanitation, and hygiene.
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.fj6q5742f
A brief summary of dataset contents
Dataset #1: Estimates of mortality due to inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) during the COVID-19 Global Health Emergency
VARIABLES
Region = The name for country groupings used by WHO\
Age category = All observations have either the value 1 (<5 years) or 5 (all ages)
Deaths 2019 due to unsafe WASH point estimate = The point estimate for the number of deaths due to unsafe WASH in 2019, by WHO region, by age category
Deaths 2019 due to unsafe WASH upper estimate = The upper bound estimate for the number of deaths due to unsafe WASH in 2019, by WHO region, by age category
Deaths 2019 due to unsafe WASH lower estimate = The lower bound estimate for the number of deaths due to unsafe WASH in 2019, by WHO region, by age category
Estimated number Jan 3 2020-May 5 2023 = The estimated number of deaths due to unsafe WASH from January 3, 2020 to the end of the global health COVID-19
Dataset #2: Estimates of COVID-19 mortality, by region January 3 2020-May 5, 2023, with assumptions about undercounting
VARIABLES
Region = self-explanatory
Cumulative_deaths through May 5 2023 = self-explanatory
Undercounting assumption = percentage of potential undercounting of COVID-19 deaths in specific regions
Undercounting-corrected cumulative deaths = Estimate cumulative deaths in specified regions based on undercounting assumptions
How raw data were obtained and final datasets were constructed
Dataset #1 (Estimates of mortality due to inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) during the COVID-19 Global Health Emergency):\
Raw data were downloaded from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), https://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare/
The raw dataset was reduced, eliminating variables. The original IHME dataset was for the year 2019. IMHE does not yet have data for 2020 or beyond. The final data contains calculations that project into 2020-2023 the estimated number of WASH-related deaths, by region.
That was done by multiplying the 2019 estimated deaths by regions, by a factor of the duration of the pandemic period/the number of days in 2019, assuming a constant rate.
Dataset #2 (Estimates of COVID-19 mortality, by region January 3 2020-May 5, 2023, with assumptions about undercounting):
Raw data were downloaded from the WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard, https://covid19.who.int
The raw dataset contains COVID-19 mortality data by country, by date. The raw data were tabulated by region (rather than by country) and for the period of January 3, 2020-May 5, 2023 (rather than by date).
Two raw datasets were obtained and processed.
To construct the dataset, "Estimates of mortality due to inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) during the COVID-19 Global Health Emergency" raw data were downloaded from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). The raw dataset was reduced, eliminating variables. The original IHME dataset was for the year 2019. IMHE does not yet have data for 2020 or beyond. The final data contains calculations that project into 2020-2023 the estimated number of WASH-related deaths, by region. That was done by multiplying the 2019 estimated deaths by regions, by a factor of the duration of the pandemic period/the number of days in 2019, assuming a constant rate.
To construct the dataset "Estimates of COVID-19 mortality, by region January 3 2020-May 5, 2023, with assumptions about undercounting" raw data were downloaded from the public WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard. The raw dataset contains COVID-19 mortality data by country, by date. The raw data were tabulated by region (rather than by country) and for the period of January 3, 2020-May 5, 2023 (rather than by date).