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Published in final edited form as: Lancet. 2011 Mar 19;377(9770):10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60379-6. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60379-6

Table.

Estimated and probable number of malaria deaths in India on the basis of Medical Certification of Cause of Death in rural and urban hospitals across India under civil registration system in 1997 and 1998

	Total deaths registered	Number of medically certified deaths	Number of certified malaria deaths	Direct estimation of malaria deaths^*	Probable number of malaria deaths^†
1997	2 789 834	419 353 (15%)	3572 (0.85%)	80 919	146 032
1998	3 353 703	498 586 (15%)	4476 (0.89%)	84 550	141 050

In 1997, Bihar, Jharkhand (then part of Bihar), Assam, Gujarat, Mizoram, West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir, and Sikkim did not report. In 1998, Bihar, Assam, Mizoram, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, and Jammu and Kashmir did not report.

Assuming 9.5 million annual deaths in India—ie, crude death at 8.5–9.0% from 1997 to 2000.

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Adjusted by percentage of medically certified malaria deaths to total registered in different states and union territories.