Skip to main content

Table 2 Annual average malaria mortality among refugees, 2008-2009

From: The burden of malaria in post-emergency refugee sites: A retrospective study

 

Malaria Mortality

Crude Mortality

Malaria Mortality

Malaria Case Fatality Ratio**

(95% CI)

Deaths Attributed to Malaria

(percent, 95% CI)

N

Mortality Rate (95% CI)*

n

Mortality Rate (95% CI)*

  

Total Population

Burundi

44

2.5 (1.8-3.4)

5

0.3 (0.0-0.7)

4.2 (1.4-9.8)

11% (4-25)

Cameroon

9

2.5 (1.1-4.7)

1

0.3 (0.0-1.5)

1.6 (0.0-9.0)

11% (3-48)

Chad

762

3.0 (2.8-3.2)

43

0.2 (0.1-0.2)

2.7 (1.9-3.6)

6% (4-8)

Ethiopia

85

1.3 (1.0-1.6)

2

0.0 (0.0-0.1)

1.0 (0.1-3.6)

2% (0-8)

Kenya

655

2.3 (2.1-2.4)

54

0.2 (0.1-0.2)

8.7 (6.6-11.4)

8% (6-11)

Sudan

355

3.6 (3.2-4.0)

87

0.9 (0.7-1.1)

12.1 (9.7-14.9)

25% (20-29)

Tanzania

430

2.9 (2.7-3.2)

99

0.7 (0.6-0.8)

1.7 (1.4-2.1)

23% (19-27)

Thailand

527

3.6 (3.3-3.9)

5

0.0 (0.0-0.1)

0.4 (0.2-1.1)

1% (0-2)

Uganda

453

3.0 (2.7-3.3)

113

0.7 (0.6-0.9)

11.9 (9.9-14.4)

25% (21-29)

Total

3,319

2.8 (2.7-2.9)

408

0.3 (0.3-0.4)

3.7 (3.3-4.0)

12% (11-13)

Children Under Five Years of Age

Burundi

21

6.0 (3.7-9.2)

4

1.1 (0.3-2.9)

8.3 (2.3-21.1)

19% (5-42)

Cameroon

3

4.7 (0.9-13.6)

1

1.6 (0.0-8.6)

5.5 (0.1-30.4)

33% (1-91)

Chad

404

8.6 (7.8-9.4)

33

0.7 (0.5-1.0)

3.6 (2.5-5.1)

8% (6-11)

Ethiopia

34

2.7 (1.9-3.8)

1

0.0 (0.0-0.4)

1.6 (0.0-9.1)

3% (0-15)

Kenya

307

6.7 (6.0-7.5)

30

0.7 (0.4-0.9)

25.5 (17.3-36.2)

10% (7-14)

Sudan

144

15.8 (13.4-18.6)

37

4.1 (2.9-5.6)

15.0 (10.6-20.6)

26% (19-34)

Tanzania

231

7.9 (6.9-9.0)

59

2.0 (1.5-2.6)

2.8 (2.1-3.6)

26% (20-32)

Thailand

104

5.6 (4.6-6.8)

0

0.0 (0.0-0.2)

0.0 (0.0-4.1)

0% (0-4)

Uganda

219

8.4 (7.3-9.5)

67

2.6 (2.0-3.3)

15.7 (12.2-20.0)

31% (25-37)

Total

1,465

7.6 (7.2-8.0)

231

1.2 (1.1-1.4)

5.7 (5.0-6.5)

16% (14-18)

  1. *annual mortality rates expressed as deaths per 1000 persons
  2. ** case fatality rates expressed as deaths per 1000 confirmed cases