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Got that stat from UNICEF: https://www.unicef.org/media/files/MALARIAFACTSHEETAFRICA.pdf https://www.unicef.org/media/files/MALARIAFACTSHEETAFRICA.pd...

by nate 6y ago

jairajs89 6y ago
UNICEF seems to contradict themselves here then https://data.unicef.org/topic/child-health/malaria/ https://data.unicef.org/topic/child-health/malaria/
- ghaff 6y ago
  Those stats are for children under 5. So the total for children more broadly defined is likely to be higher.
  - jairajs89 6y ago
    From the page > In 2017, there were 219 million malaria cases that led to 435,000 deaths. Of these 61 per cent (266,000) were children under 5 years of age.
    - quietbritishjim 6y ago
      And per day that translates to: 435,000 / 365 = 1,192 266,000 / 365 = 729
randomchars 6y ago
The numbers are a bit weird: > Malaria kills one child every 30 seconds, about 3000 children every day. > Over one million people die from malaria each year 3000 deaths per day * 365 days in a year = 1 095 000 deaths per year So basically no adults die from malaria?
- pizza 6y ago
  Most malaria victims are children, 57% of deaths are children under 5 years old https://ourworldindata.org/malaria https://ourworldindata.org/malaria
  - cardmagic 6y ago
    Malaria is just as deadly to adults who have never been exposed to it as it is to children under 5 years old. However the more times you catch it, the more immunity you build to it. An adult who has caught malaria multiples times is not likely to die from it. An adult tourist catching it for the first time can be in trouble.
juki 6y ago
That documents lacks a date, but it seems to be old information. Based on [1] and [2] it seems that the numbers given in that document are from around 2005 or before, but there has been a lot of progress since then. [1]: https://www.unicef.org/media/files/MalariaFactSheet.pdf https://www.unicef.org/media/files/MalariaFactSheet.pdf [2]: https://endmalaria.org/sites/default/files/RBM https://endmalaria.org/sites/default/files/RBM Annual Report 2018_EN.pdf (page 6)

Got that stat from UNICEF: https://www.unicef.org/media/files/MALARIAFACTSHEETAFRICA.pdf https://www.unicef.org/media/files/MALARIAFACTSHEETAFRICA.pd...

by nate 6y ago

Got that stat from UNICEF: https://www.unicef.org/media/files/MALARIAFACTSHEETAFRICA.pdf https://www.unicef.org/media/files/MALARIAFACTSHEETAFRICA.pd...

jairajs89 6y ago

UNICEF seems to contradict themselves here then https://data.unicef.org/topic/child-health/malaria/ https://data.unicef.org/topic/child-health/malaria/

ghaff 6y ago
Those stats are for children under 5. So the total for children more broadly defined is likely to be higher.
- jairajs89 6y ago
  From the page > In 2017, there were 219 million malaria cases that led to 435,000 deaths. Of these 61 per cent (266,000) were children under 5 years of age.
  - quietbritishjim 6y ago
    And per day that translates to: 435,000 / 365 = 1,192 266,000 / 365 = 729

randomchars 6y ago

The numbers are a bit weird: > Malaria kills one child every 30 seconds, about 3000 children every day. > Over one million people die from malaria each year 3000 deaths per day * 365 days in a year = 1 095 000 deaths per year So basically no adults die from malaria?

pizza 6y ago
Most malaria victims are children, 57% of deaths are children under 5 years old https://ourworldindata.org/malaria https://ourworldindata.org/malaria
- cardmagic 6y ago
  Malaria is just as deadly to adults who have never been exposed to it as it is to children under 5 years old. However the more times you catch it, the more immunity you build to it. An adult who has caught malaria multiples times is not likely to die from it. An adult tourist catching it for the first time can be in trouble.

juki 6y ago

That documents lacks a date, but it seems to be old information. Based on [1] and [2] it seems that the numbers given in that document are from around 2005 or before, but there has been a lot of progress since then. [1]: https://www.unicef.org/media/files/MalariaFactSheet.pdf https://www.unicef.org/media/files/MalariaFactSheet.pdf [2]: https://endmalaria.org/sites/default/files/RBM https://endmalaria.org/sites/default/files/RBM Annual Report 2018_EN.pdf (page 6)