Ko da yake meningitis ya haifar da mutuwar mutane 303,000 a shekarar 2013 <unk> ya sauko daga mutuwar mutane 464,000 a shekarar 1990. A shekara ta 2010 an kiyasta cewa meningitis ya haifar da mutuwar mutane 420,000, ban da meningitis na cryptococcal.Bacterial meningitis yana faruwa ne a kusan mutane 3 a kowace shekara 100,000 a kasashen Yammacin Turai. Nazarin da aka yi a duk faɗin jama'a ya nuna cewa meningitis na kwayar cutar ya fi yawa, a 10.9 a kowace 100,000, kuma yana faruwa sau da yawa a lokacin rani. A Brazil, yawan ƙwayar cuta na ƙwayar cuta ya fi girma, a 45.8 a kowace 100,000 a kowace shekara. Kasashen Saharar Afirka sun sha wahala daga manyan cututtukan meningococcal meningitis na fiye da ƙarni, ana kiransa "mazaunin maza".
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