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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 12.
Published in final edited form as: NBER Macroecon Annu. 2009 Apr;23:157–204. doi: 10.1086/593084

Table 2.

Disease Burden for Females, Sub-Saharan Africa

Age Incidence Rate
(per 100,000)
Prevalence Rate
(per 100,000)
Average Duration
(years)
Death Rate
(per 100,000)
Malaria Episodes
0–4 120,000 1,644 0.01 559
5–14 17,500 240 0.01 42
15–44 17,500 240 0.01 33
45–59 17,500 240 0.01 36

Malaria – Neurological Sequelae
0–4 164 365 37.1 0
5–14 0 701 - -
15–44 0 617 - -
45–59 0 474 - -

Tuberculosis (HIV sero-negative)
0–4 85 108 2.0 42
5–14 135 251 2.0 22
15–44 284 552 2.0 92
45–59 339 670 2.0 182