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Table 1 Summary of number of dams, area and population living close to large dams in stable, unstable and no malaria areas in sub-Saharan Africa

From: Malaria around large dams in Africa: effect of environmental and transmission endemicity factors

Year

Stable

Unstable

No malaria

Total

2000

 No. dams (%)

264 (29.9)

199 (22.5)

421 (47.6)

884 (100)

 Area (km2)

13,617, 900

5,682,270

14,138,000

33,438,170

 No. population (%)

7,964,430 (55.3)

2,588,419 (17.9)

3,870,794 (26.8)

14,423,643 (100)

2005

 No. dams (%)

258 (28.9)

214 (24.0)

420 (47.1)

892 (100)

 Area (km2)

12,503,300

6,800,650

14,134,400

33,438,170

 No. population (%)

8,228,448 (52.4)

3,292,887 (21.0)

3,870,794 (26.8)

14,423,643 (100)

2010

 No. dams (%)

249 (27.5)

238 (26.2)

420 (46.3)

907 (100)

 Area (km2)

9,428,080

9,875,990

14,134,300

33,438,170

 No. population (%)

9,757,276 (53.4)

4,044,075 (22.1)

4,475,911 (24.5)

18,277,262 (100)

2015

 No. dams (%)

234 (25.5)

265 (28.8)

420 (45.7)

919 (100)

 Area (km2)

8,504,050

10,800,100

14,134,300

33,438,170

 No. population (%)

8,302,235 (44.4)

5,652,124 (30.2)

4,762,324 (25.4)

18,716,683 (100)