As of 2011, in those less than five, there were about 1.7 billion cases resulting in 0.7 million deaths, with most of these occurring in the world's poorest nations.
Število obolenj z gastroenteritisom cenijo na tri do pet milijard letno, kar ima za posledico letno po celem svetu 1,4 milijona smrti, katere žrtve so predvsem otroci in ljudje v nerazvitem svetu.