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Prevalence of Malaria

May 21, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION

how many people are affected by malaria in a year?

ANSWER

In the last year for which data have been analyzed (2010), there were an estimated 216 million cases of malaria throughout the world. Of these cases, there were approximately 655,000 deaths, the majority of which were children under the age of five in sub-Saharan Africa.

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: children under five, mortality, number of cases, Sub-Saharan Africa

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