Table 1. Summary and segmentation of registered malaria cases in Colombia between the years 2007 and 2015.

Although distribution of sexes among the Colombian population is almost equal, registered malaria cases are predominantly men. Plasmodium vivax has a similar ethnic distribution to the Colombian population and as for Plasmodium falciparum, the predominant cases are of afro denomination. [76]

Attribute		Total Cases	Percentage (%)
Sex	Male	228075	63.33
	Female	132075	36.67
Ethnicity	Afro	110333	30.63
	Indigenous	38199	10.60
	Other	211618	58.75
Type of Malaria	Plasmodium falciparum	115260	32.00
	Plasmodium vivax	244890	67.99
Total		360150