The phrase "afflicting over" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It is unclear what context you intend to use it in, as "afflicting" typically requires a direct object to indicate what is being afflicted.
Example: "The disease is afflicting over a thousand people in the region."
Alternatives: "causing suffering to" or "impacting negatively on".
Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia, afflicting over 34 million patients worldwide.
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the least treatable type of brain tumor, afflicting over 15,000 people per year in the United States.
It may have been overshadowed by Zika, the disease du jour, but a dengue outbreak has plagued Hawaii's Big Island since October 2015, afflicting over 250 people with fever, joint aches, and rash — the largest outbreak in the state's recent history.
Iron (Fe) deficiency is the most prevalent nutrient deficiency in the world afflicting over 50% of the world population[1], [2].
MS (multiple sclerosis) is a chronic autoimmune demyelinating and neurodegenerative disorder of the CNS (central nervous system), afflicting over two-and-a-half million people worldwide, with women affected three times more frequently than men.
Their official name is 'Neglected Tropical Diseases' (NTDs), and they are a group of 13 bacterial and parasitic infections that afflict over 1.4 billion people, most of whom live far below the poverty line.
Hypertension afflicts over 65 million Americans and poses an increased risk for cardiovascular morbidity such as stroke, myocardial infarction and end-stage renal disease resulting in significant mortality.
Attitudes appear to be shifting – partly in response to this summer's record temperatures and crop-killing drought, which afflicted over half of the country.
Alzheimer's, which afflicts over 4 million Americans, is ideally suited for advance directives because patients in its early stages can still communicate their wishes.
The Cambodian tribunal is already to set to spend $56m, in a country where 4.5 million people live on less than a dollar a day and malnutrition afflicts over a third of the population.
HF afflicts over 5 million persons in the United States, at a cost of over $30 billion yearly.
