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. 2013 Dec 27;8(12):e83816. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083816

Table 1. Sensitivity analyses of the predicted number of under-five lives that could be saved with full funding for all LLINs needed versus currently funded LLINs, depending on malaria mortality assumptions.

Predicted no. child lives saved* (lower/upper uncertainty limits)**
2013 2014 2015 2016 2013-16
LLINs required to fully fill estimated needs 253,500 293,997 310,112 322,875 1,180,484
(152,220 – 369,022) (176,162 – 427,878) (185,456 – 451,565) (193,198 – 470,478) (707,036 – 1,718,943)
Currently funded LLINs 249,870 271,754 246,010 170,885 938,519
(150,031 – 363,520) (162,486 – 395,020) (145,954 – 357,548) (100,882 – 248,071) (559,353 – 1,364,159)
Mortality gap 3,630 22,243 64,102 151,990 241,965
(2,189 – 5,502) (13,676 – 32,858) (39,502 – 94,017) (92,316 – 222,407) (147,683 – 354,784)

NOTES: *Baseline mortality impact assumptions: PE of LLIN 0.55; default proportion of post-neonatal deaths due to malaria; **Lower mortality impact assumptions: PE of LLIN 0.49; lower uncertainty limit for proportion of post-neonatal deaths due to malaria. Upper mortality impact assumptions: PE of LLIN 0.60; upper uncertainty limit for proportion of post-neonatal deaths due to malaria.