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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 3.
Published in final edited form as: Trends Parasitol. 2007 Feb 15;23(4):142–148. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2007.02.002

Table 1.

Key indicators of burden for individual malaria epidemic events.

Locality Dates Malaria morbidity
(cases/10000/day)
All-cause crude mortality
(deaths/10000/day)
Malaria mortality (deaths/
10000/day)
Reference
All ages All ages <5s All ages <5s
Kitale, Kenya 1929 4.1 39
Mupumulo, South Africa 1931-1932 5.2 40
Eshowe, South Africa 1931-1932 3.4 40
Mtunzini, South Africa 1931-1932 2.0 40
Nkandah, South Africa 1931-1932 2.5 40
Kericho, Kenya 1942-1947 8.9 41
Lake Tana area (site 1), Ethiopia 1958 61.6 10.3 13
Lake Tana area (site 2), Ethiopia 1958 26.8 1.6 13
Lake Tana area (site 3), Ethiopia 1958 62.8 4.0 13
Lake Haik , Ethiopia 1958 28.2 6.0 13
Ganje District, Ethiopia 1958 8.9 13
Manarintsoa, Madagascar 1988 32.2 3.9 42
Balcad 1988 3.8 43
Ziway, Ethiopia 1992 2.7 4.3 9
Wajir, Kenya 1998 9.4 28.4 44
Nshamba, Tanzania 1998 1.4 4.2 10
Karuzi 2000 0.9 3.1 11
Kayanza, Burundi 2000-2001 35.3 1.0 3.6 0.8 2.3 11
Karuzi 2001 107.3 1.1 3.0 0.6 1.6 11
Ngozi 2000-2001 32.9 1.8 5.0 1.0 2.6 11
Damot Gale 2003-2004 2.1 3.4 1.5 2.8 11

Median 32.2 2.3 3.6 1.6 2.6
Interquartile range 17.8-48.4 1.6-3.5 3.2-4.7 1.1-5.5 2.3-2.8