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Approximately half a million people died of malaria in 2015, and that was after a long trend of decreasing deaths (it used to be much worse)[1]. That's deaths
by beloch 10y ago
Approximately half a million people died of malaria in 2015, and that was after a long trend of decreasing deaths (it used to be much worse)[1]. That's deaths from malaria, not cases of malaria. If we naively assume everyone on Earth has equal odds of dying from malaria, that means sharing our planet with mosquitoes carried a risk of 59.2 micromorts for every human on Earth in 2015. It's probably gone down slightly since then, but it's still a lot worse than sharks or skydiving.
Obviously, your real risk is lower in most places, but dramatically higher if you live in sub-Saharan Africa.
[1]http://www.who.int/gho/malaria/epidemic/deaths/en/ http://www.who.int/gho/malaria/epidemic/deaths/en/
- wapz 10y agoThat's very high for the overall population, but I'm guessing the actual number is close to 0 for say Americans who never left the country (we don't have malaria deaths contracted from inside the states, do we?). If you are someone that surfs 4-5 times/week during the season, I guarantee the odds of you dying from a shark are much higher than dying of malaria.
- wffurr 10y ago>> Now approximately 1,500 malaria cases and five deaths are reported in the United States annually, mostly in returned travelers. https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/resources/pdf/fsp/cdc_malaria_domestic_unit.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/resources/pdf/fsp/cdc_malaria_do...