Table 1.

Comparison of malaria incidence between Republic of Korea and Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1999–2008

Year	Republic of Korea			Democratic People's Republic of Korea			Incidence (95% confidence interval)
	Population (×1,000)	No. of cases	Incidence (/100,000)	Population (×1,000)	No. of cases	Incidence (/100,000)
1999	46,617	3,674	7.88	22,082	7,980	36.14	4.6	(4.4–4.8)
2000	47,008	4,183	8.90	22,175	73,742	332.55	37.4	(36.2–38.6)
2001	47,357	2,556	5.40	22,253	296,540	1,332.58	246.9	(237.5–256.7)
2002	47,622	1,799	3.78	22,369	241,190	1,078.23	285.4	(272.5–299.0)
2003	47,859	1,171	2.45	22,522	60,559	268.89	109.9	(103.7–116.4)
2004	48,039	864	1.80	22,709	33,803	148.85	82.8	(77.4–88.5)
2005	48,138	1,369	2.84	22,928	11,507	50.19	17.6	(16.7–18.7)
2006	48,297	2,051	4.25	23,079	9,353	40.53	9.5	(9.1–10.0)
2007	48,456	2,227	4.60	23,200	7,436	32.05	7.0	(6.7–7.3)
2008	48,607	1,052	2.16	23,298	23,409	100.48	46.4	(43.6–49.4)