In the US, infections causing gastroenteritis are the second most common infection (after the common cold), and they result in between 200 and 375 million cases of acute diarrhea and approximately ten thousand deaths annually, with 150 to 300 of these deaths in children less than five years of age.
Leta 1980 je gastroenteritis (skupno, vsi povzročitelji) povzročil 4,6 milijona smrti pri otrocih, večinoma v državah v razvoju.