[Analysis of the mortality due to diarrhea in younger children, before and after the introduction of rotavirus vaccine].
OBJECTIVE
To analyze the mortality due to acute diarrhea in children younger than five years old, before and after the introduction of rotavirus vaccine in Mexico.


METHODS
Number of deaths and mortality rates due to acute diarrhea were compared by children's age and states' vaccine status using annual percentage differences before (2000-2005) and after (2006-2007) the introduction of the HRV.


RESULTS
From 2000-2007, deaths due to acute diarrhea in children under five years of age dropped 42%. In those states that received the HRV early in 2006, diarrhea mortality decreased between 2006-2007 15.8% in children younger than one year old and 22.7% in children 1-4 years old.


CONCLUSIONS
The observed reduction in mortality due to acute diarrhea in children under five years of age after 2005 can be, in part, attributed to the HRV.
Esparza-Aguilar
Marcelino
M
Centro Nacional para la Salud de la Infancia y la Adolescencia, Secretaría de Salud, México.
Bautista-Márquez
Aurora
A
González-Andrade
María del Carmen
Mdel C
Richardson-López-Collada
Vesta Louise
VL
D000208:Acute Disease; D046688:Child Mortality / Q000639:trends; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality / Q000639:trends; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D022243:Rotavirus Vaccines; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
D022243:Rotavirus Vaccines