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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
by 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 agoMost malaria victims are children, 57% of deaths are children under 5 years old https://ourworldindata.org/malaria https://ourworldindata.org/malaria
- cardmagic 6y agoMalaria 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.