It is estimated that three to five billion cases of gastroenteritis resulting in 1.4 million deaths occur globally on an annual basis, with children and those in the developing world being primarily affected.
==Epidemiologija==[[Image:Diarrhoeal diseases world map - DALY - WHO2004.svg_thumb_invalidnosti prilagojena leta življenja driske na 100.000 prebivalcev v letu 2004.