Table 1

Annual percentage of growth in malaria incidence over the years 2001 to 2004 as compared to the years 2004 – 2005, absolute case numbers in 2005 and population projection in districts in Sri Lanka, and their geographic position.
District
 Position
 Annual percent growth of incidence 2001–2004
 Annual percent growth of incidence 2004–2005
 Difference
 Absolute cases 2005
 Projected population mid 2005
Ampara
 East coast
 -18
 -83
 -65
 126
 612696
Anuradhapura
 Inland
 -50
 -30
 20
 448
 780900
Badulla
 Inland
 -65
 -94
 -30
 3
 829245
Batticaloa
 East coast
 -59
 -80
 -22
 84
 540535
Colombo
 West coast
 -61
 179
 240
 17
 2382298
Galle
 South coast
 NA*
 NA*
 NA*
 0
 1028690
Gampaha
 West coast
 -63
 50
 113
 56
 2112382
Hambantota
 South coast
 -65
 -84
 -18
 6
 536952
Jaffna
 North coast
 -70
 -50
 19
 24
 653466
Kalutara
 West coast
 -52
 -43
 8
 4
 1092711
Kandy
 Inland
 -59
 29
 88
 17
 1345092
Kegalle
 Inland
 -65
 -46
 19
 6
 798845
Kilinochchi
 West coast
 -89
 -60
 29
 16
 147603
Kurunegala
 Inland
 -61
 -50
 11
 258
 1503423
Mannar
 West coast
 -37
 -93
 -56
 4
 100181
Matale
 Inland
 -50
 -77
 -27
 18
 462498
Matara
 South coast
 -47
 -55
 -9
 10
 799400
Moneragala
 Inland
 -64
 -89
 -25
 17
 413301
Mullaitivu
 East coast
 -88
 -43
 45
 5
 122942
Nuwara Eliya
 Inland
 -55
 -100
 -45
 0
 728166
Polonnaruwa
 Inland
 -41
 -90
 -49
 37
 378379
Puttalam
 West coast
 -69
 159
 228
 102
 738475
Ratnapura
 Inland
 -74
 -68
 6
 22
 1068896
Trincomalee
 East coast
 -37
 -4
 33
 286
 355573
Vavuniya
 Inland
 -73
 45
 118
 62
 155650

* In Galle District, only 2 malaria cases were reported in 2001 and none thereafter. (NA = Not Available)

Briët et al. Malaria Journal 2006 5:42   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-5-42

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