Is anything worse than usual in Upper Kurram right now?

Yes. Pneumonia in under-fives is above usual: 1.9× its usual for these weeks. One more is above usual: non-cholera diarrhoea.

23 pneumonia in under-fives cases a week, against a usual 12.

• Pneumonia in under-fives ›1.9×
• Non-cholera diarrhoea ›1.5×
• Dog bite ›1.2×
• Flu-like illness ›0.5×
• Typhoid ›0.5×
• Malaria ›0.5×
• Bloody diarrhoea ›0.4×
• Severe chest infection ›0.1×

⅛×usual8×

How this is worked out. The last four weeks against the same four weeks of the two years before, for this district alone. Illnesses with fewer than 5 cases a week here are left out: too few to compare.

What makes the most people ill here?

Non-cholera diarrhoea and flu-like illness: 76 of every 100 reports here this year.

• Non-cholera diarrhoea52 in 100
• Flu-like illness24 in 100
• Severe chest infection6 in 100
• Bloody diarrhoea5 in 100
• Dog bite5 in 100
• 6 others8 in 100

12,059 reports from Upper Kurram so far in 2026.

Which illnesses are coming into season here?

Too few weeks of reports, or too few cases, to show a season in Upper Kurram yet.

How does Upper Kurram compare with the rest of Pakistan?

Upper Kurram is 5th of the 68 districts with enough pneumonia in under-fives to compare, each against its own usual.

Across Pakistan as a whole, pneumonia in under-fives is at 0.9× its usual; here it is 1.9×.

Why each district against itself. A large district always has more cases than a small one. Each dot is a district against its own usual, so size drops out.

Can we trust this week's numbers for Upper Kurram?

Yes, for this week. Upper Kurram sent figures in 40 of the last 52 weekly reports.