We all know about the terrible problem of AIDS in Africa. Well, a study shows that in 2019, antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) infections killed more than a million people – twice as many as who died from AIDS.
It used actual records and extrapolated the data across places that are lacking in hard data.
On the basis of our predictive statistical models, there were an estimated 4·95 million (3·62-6·57) deaths associated with bacterial AMR in 2019, including 1·27 million (95% UI 0·911-1·71) deaths attributable to bacterial AMR. At the regional level, we estimated the all-age death rate attributable to resistance to be highest in western sub-Saharan Africa, at 27·3 deaths per 100 000 (20·9-35·3), and lowest in Australasia, at 6·5 deaths (4·3-9·4) per 100 000.
So, even in wealthy countries like Australia, it is also a problem, just not as bad.