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Table 2 Summary of number dams and people living around planned dams in stable, unstable and no malaria zones across sub-Saharan Africa

From: Malaria impact of large dams in sub-Saharan Africa: maps, estimates and predictions

Malaria stability

No. dams (% from total)

No. people within 1 km radius from reservoirs

No. people living between 1 and 2 km from reservoirs

No. people living between 2 and 5 km from the reservoirs

Total population within 5 km of the reservoirs

Stable

9 (11.5)

13,127

49,787

296,913

359,827

Unstable

51 (65.4)

3,610

13,291

65,085

81,986

No malaria

18 (23.1)

8,816

28,842

163,297

200,956

Total

78 (100)

25,553

91,920

525,295

642,769