Fig. 2

Global male and female mortality burden for childhood diarrheal diseases attributable to suboptimal breastfeeding. (A) Number of deaths in 2021. (B) ASMR in 2021. (C) AAPC of ASMR from 1990 to 2021. Lower values are represented by greener colors and higher values by redder colors. The data has been divided into eight equal ranges (quantiles) based on their values. ASMR, age-standardized mortality rate; AAPC, average annual percentage change