Table 1.

Trends in reported malaria cases among children under-five from heath facilities in Ghana

	Malaria morbidity (OPD)			In-patient malaria cases			In-patient malaria death
Year	< 5 OPD cases	< 5 malaria casesa	%	< 5 In- patient cases	<  5 in-patient malaria cases	%	< 5 Death	<  5 Malaria deaths	%
2000	1,411,860	516,337	36.57	98,507	27,478	27.89	8872	3952	44.54
2001	1,645,378	684,420	41.60	121,037	43,363	35.83	7804	2717	34.82
2002	1,184,624	518,081	43.73	133,963	42,887	32.01	8713	2914	33.44
2003	1,208,151	483,668	40.03	517,566	131,148	25.34	7636	2195	28.75
2004	1,485,451	513,449	34.57	844,091	196,429	23.27	5727	1380	24.10
2005	1,757,833	562,941	32.02	165,786	38,840	23.43	6610	2026	30.65
2006	1,772,727	579,947	32.71	52,429	10,602	20.22	3305	973	29.44
2007	3,417,098	1,056,331	30.91	113,952	22,019	19.32	5263	1241	23.58
2008	2,852,073	1,472,246	51.62	181,427	99,217	54.69	4901	1697	34.63
2009	3,635,219	1,003,612	27.61	250,796	122,575	48.87	6106	1505	24.65
2010	2,028,508	1,082,673	53.37	222,559	137,319	61.70	5345	1812	33.90
2011	3,130,270	1,709,549	54.61	343,085	129,110	37.63	5225	1539	29.45
2012	5,999,707	3,125,069	52.09	280,762	177,836	63.34	5044	1129	22.38

Source: Authors’ compilation using National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) routine data

^aMalaria cases include clinical and confirmed cases of infection