Table 1.

Incidence rate of imported severe Malaria in Sri Lanka 2013–2023

Year	Total number of imported malaria/P.falciparum cases	Number of severe malaria cases	Severe malaria cases as a proportion (%) of all malaria/of P.falciparum cases
2013	95/42	12	12.6/28.5
2014	49/20	4	8.1/20.0
2015	36/17	6	16.6/35.3
2016	41/18	9	21.9/50.0
2017	57/26	3	5.2/11.5
2018	47/15	4*	8.5/20.0
2019	53/24	0	0
2020	30/9	1	3.3/11.1
2021	25/12	1	4.0/8.3
2022	37/27	2	5.4/7.4
2023	62/46	4**	6.5/8.7
TOTAL	532/256	46	8.6/17.6

^*Includes a case of P.vivax malaria acquired in Madagascar

^** Includes a fatal case of P.falciparum severe malaria acquired in Tanzania