Ahakoa ko te meningitis he mate notifiable i roto i nga whenua maha, e kore e mohiotia te auau pānga tika. i roto i te 2013 meningitis hua 303,000 mate <unk> ki raro i 464,000 mate i roto i 1990. i roto i te 2010 i whakaarohia e meningitis hua i roto i 420,000 mate, kahore meningitis cryptococcal. meningitis huakita puta i roto i e pā ana ki 3 iwi ia 100,000 tau i roto i te whenua Western. kua whakaaturia Studies-whānui taupori e he meningitis wheori atu noa, i runga i 10.9 ia 100,000, ka puta i te nuinga o te wā i roto i te raumati. i roto i Brazil, te auau o meningitis huakita he teitei, i 45.8 ia 100,000 tau. kua whakaekehia Sub-Saharan Africa e mate nui o meningitis meningococcal mo neke atu i te rau tau, ki te mea i huaina "te tangata whitiki".
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