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Table 1 Malaria-attributable morbidity in the West Garo hill district of Meghalaya, India*

From: Persistent transmission of malaria in Garo hills of Meghalaya bordering Bangladesh, north-east India

Year

Population

No. and (%) of blood-smears

% of positive blood-smears with

P. falciparum

Annual parasite incidence

(no. of cases per 1000

population)

Annual blood examination rate (% of population checked)

Death cases

  

Examined

Positive for malaria parasite

(parasite rate)

Positive for P. falciparum

    

2001

537346

103371

8053 (7.7)

7971

98.9

14.9

19.2

15

2002

550691

110371

7108 (6.4)

7075

99.5

12.9

20.0

21

2003

563120

87753

8910 (10.1)

8862

99.5

15.8

15.5

25

2004

570492

106095

9646 (9.0)

9568

99.1

16.9

18.5

26

2005

574478

92743

8583 (9.2)

8533

99.4

14.9

16.1

20

2006

578683

131449

15203 (11.5)

15091

99.2

26.2

22.7

36

2007

606062

151639

21057 (13.8)

20914

99.3

34.7

25.0

98

2008

630068

160675

23757 (14.7)

23658

99.5

37.7

25.5

31

2009

642139

232318

43879 (18.8)

43694

99.5

68.3

36.1

67

  1. *Source, State Health Directorate of Meghalaya