Table 2.
Annual malaria data and indicators in Afghanistan from 2012 to 2019
| Year | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2012–15 | 2016–19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 25,427,322 | 25,740,700 | 26,588,632 | 27,101,365 | 27,657,145 | 28,227,323 | 30,075,018 | 31,575,018 | 26,214,505 | 29,383,626 |
| Microscopy and rapid tests done for Malaria diagnosis | 511,408 | 507,145 | 670,385 | 676,815 | 860,575 | 1,040,539 | 1,184,227 | 1,012,559 | 2,365,753 | 4,097,900 |
| Rapid diagnostic tests done for Malaria | NA | NA | NA | NA | 262,019 | 431,157 | 519,360 | 451,505 | NA | 1,664,041 |
| Plasmodium vivax (PV) Malaria cases | 53,609 | 43,842 | 77,937 | 98,357 | 180,729 | 216,064 | 239,762 | 170,746 | 273,745 | 807,301 |
| Plasmodium falciparum (PF) Malaria cases | 1231 | 2272 | 5983 | 5020 | 9430 | 10,111 | 8927 | 3113 | 14,506 | 31,581 |
| Confirmed Malaria cases | 54,840 | 46,114 | 83,920 | 103,377 | 190,159 | 226,175 | 248,689 | 173,859 | 288,251 | 838,882 |
| Clinical Malaria cases | 336,525 | 273,628 | 211,130 | 263,149 | 194,784 | 100,450 | 51,174 | 1,034 | 1,084,432 | 347,442 |
| Reported malaria cases (clinical and confirmed) | 391,365 | 319,742 | 295,050 | 366,526 | 384,943 | 326,625 | 299,863 | 174,893 | 1,372,683 | 1,186,324 |
| Malaria Deaths | 36 | 24 | 32 | 49 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 141 | 58 |
| Indicators of malaria | ||||||||||
| PV incidence rate per 1000 persons per year | 2.11 | 1.7 | 2.93 | 3.63 | 6.53 | 7.65 | 7.97 | 5.41 | 2.61 | 6.87 |
| PF incidence rate per 1000 persons per year | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.23 | 0.19 | 0.34 | 0.36 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.14 | 0.27 |
| Malaria incidence rate (per 1000 persons per year) | 15.4 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 13.5 | 13.9 | 11.6 | 10.0 | 5.5 | 13.1 | 10.1 |
| Confirmed malaria incidence rates (per 1000 persons per year) | 2.2 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 6.9 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 5.5 | 2.7 | 7.1 |
| Malaria death rate (per 100,000 persons per year) | 0.1416 | 0.0932 | 0.1204 | 0.1808 | 0.1699 | 0.0354 | 0.0033 | 0 | 0.1345 | 0.0493 |
| Malaria test positivity rate (per 100 malaria tests per year) | 10.7 | 9.1 | 12.5 | 15.3 | 22.1 | 21.7 | 21 | 17.2 | 12.2 | 20.5 |
| Malaria confirmation rate (per 100 reported cases per year) | 14 | 14 | 28 | 28 | 49 | 69 | 83 | 99 | 0.21 | 0.71 |
| Annual blood examination rate (per 100 population per year) | 2 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 3.5 |
| Malaria reporting completeness (%) | 93.4 | 90.1 | 86.0 | 92.3 | 92.0 | 92.6 | 89.1 | 89.3 | 90.4 | 90.8 |
Gy lines: Years of expansion of rapid diagnostic test for malaria