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

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

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