A few years ago I was surprised by an ourworldindata.org graph on diarrheal disease deaths by age, and a conversation today prompted me to look deeper into it. The data show that more over-70s die of diarrhoea than under-5s worldwide, and the trend has only got stronger with the new GBD 2023 data. On the… Continue reading More over-70s die of diarrhoea than under-5s