How Much Does Unsanitary Water Affect People?

Shanel Perry 

Global access to safe water, adequate sanitation, and proper hygiene education can reduce illness and death from disease leading to improved health.  Worldwide, 780 million people do not have access to an improved water source and about 2.5 billion people lack access to improved sanitation. An estimated 801,000 children younger than 5 years old die from diarrhea each year, mostly in developing countries.  That’s 2,200 children every day.  Water, sanitation and hygiene has the potential to prevent at least 9.1% of the global disease and 6.3% of all deaths.

Source: http://www.cdc.gov/environmental/