Table 1.

Components of the Cost of Malaria

Group	Fraction of Births	Death Rate from Malaria or Sickle Cell Disease	Fraction of all Children who Die in Category
Non-Carriers (AA)	${\left(1-\frac{\pi }{2}\right)}^2$	MAA	${\left(1-\frac{\pi }{2}\right)}^2{M}^{AA}$
Carriers (AS)	$\pi \left(1-\frac{\pi }{2}\right)$	MAS	$\pi \left(1-\frac{\pi }{2}\right)M^{AS}$
Sickle Cell Disease (SS)	${\left(\frac{\pi }{2}\right)}^2$	1	${\left(\frac{\pi }{2}\right)}^2$