Table 1.
Estimated numbers of malaria cases (in millions) and deaths (in thousands) by WHO Region, 2008
WHO REGION | CASES | DEATHS | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Point | Lower | Upper | P. falciparum (%) | Point | Lower | Upper | Under 5 (%) | |
AFR | 208 | 155 | 276 | 98 | 767 | 621 | 902 | 88 |
AMR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 30 |
EMR | 9 | 7 | 11 | 75 | 52 | 32 | 73 | 77 |
EUR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
SEAR | 24 | 20 | 29 | 56 | 40 | 27 | 55 | 34 |
WPR | 2 | 1 | 2 | 79 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 41 |
Total | 243 | 190 | 311 | 93 | 863 | 708 | 1003 | 85 |