Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Malaria Statistics

Sobering statistics:
  • 300-500 million malaria infections each year
  • More than 1 million deaths each year related to malaria
  • Nearly 40% of the world's population lives in affected regions.
  • Malaria causes 1 in 5 of all childhood deaths in Africa
  • African children have between 1.6 and 5.4 episodes of malarial fever each year.


Malaria Cases
2006 Estimates


Data provided by Globalhealthfacts.org

Sources:
Global Health Facts. "Malaria Cases". Retreived 24 June 2009.

Seattle Biomedical Research Institute (SBRI). "Diseases: Malaria". Retreatived 24 June 2009.

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