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Table 1 Malaria cases and deaths by age and sex, Naxalbari, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, April 2005 - March 2006a

From: A malaria outbreak in Naxalbari, Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India, 2005: weaknesses in disease control, important risk factors

Characteristics

Population

Cases

Deaths

Case fatality ratio (%)

Attack rate per 1,000

Age

0 - 4

15,216

509

0

0

33

 

5 - 14

36,084

1,884

8

0.4

52

 

15 - 29

42,605

2,689

3

0.1

63

 

30 - 44

20,868

1,412

1

0.07

68

 

45 - 59

22,317

568

3

0.5

25

 

60+

7,825

241

2

0.8

31

Sex

Male

75,831

3,979

9

0.2

52

 

Female

69,084

3,324

8

0.2

48

Total

 

144,915

7,303

17

0.2

50

  1. a Includes cases detected through active and passive case detection (See text). For a break down of the two case detection strategies, see Figure 1