Table 3.

Sociodemographic characteristics of malarial cases by Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah and Sarawak from 2013 to 2017

Variable	Peninsular Malaysia		Sabah and Sarawak		Total
	No	%	No	%	No	%
Year
2013	1240	32.2	2610	67.8	3850	100.0
2014	843	21.5	3080	78.5	3923	100.0
2015	394	17.1	1917	82.9	2311	100.0
2016	521	22.6	1781	77.4	2302	100.0
2017	667	16.2	3447	83.8	4114	100.0
Total	3665	22.2	12,835	77.8	16,500	100.0
Gender
Female	605	16.5	2341	18.2	2946	17.8
Male	3058	83.4	10,494	81.8	13,552	82.1
NA	2	0.05	–	–	2	0.01
Age group (year)
0–9	190	5.2	377	2.9	567	3.4
10–19	468	12.8	1470	11.5	1938	11.7
20–29	1286	35.1	2612	20.4	3898	23.6
30–39	904	24.7	2776	21.6	3680	22.3
40–49	439	12.0	2621	20.4	3060	18.5
50–59	245	6.7	1908	14.9	2153	13.0
60–69	87	2.4	722	5.6	809	4.9
70–79	41	1.1	278	2.2	319	1.9
80–89	4	0.1	57	0.4	61	0.4
90+	–	–	14	0.1	14	0.1
NA	1	0.03	–	–	1	0.01
Race
Malay	1025	28.0	225	1.8	1250	7.6
Chinese	133	3.6	594	4.6	727	4.4
Indian	56	1.5	6	0.05	62	0.4
BP Sabah	25	0.7	5613	43.7	5638	34.2
BP Sarawak	25	0.7	4512	35.1	4537	27.5
Indigenousa	549	15.0	1	0.01	550	3.3
Others	1232	33.6	1199	9.3	2431	14.7
Foreigner	620	16.9	685	5.3	1305	7.9
Plasmodium species
P. knowlesi	1478	40.3	9902	77.1	11,380	69.0
P. vivax	1548	42.2	1177	9.2	2725	16.5
P. falciparum	603	16.4	1011	7.9	1614	9.8
P. malariae	7	0.2	542	4.2	549	3.3
P. ovale	9	0.3	62	0.5	71	0.4
Mixed	20	0.5	141	1.1	161	1.0
Case classification
Import A	1698	46.3	1218	9.5	2916	17.7
Indigenous	1905	52.0	11,582	90.2	13,487	81.7
Induced	6	0.2	3	0.02	9	0.05
Introduced	50	1.4	3	0.02	53	0.3
Relapse	6	0.2	29	0.2	35	0.2
Outcome status
Alive	3641	99.4	12,813	99.8	16,454	99.7
Death	24	0.6	22	0.2	46	0.3

NA not available, BP Bumiputera/local Pribumis

^ai.e., Orang Asli