Table 4

Malaria mortality rates in The Gambia for children under five from DSS based studies




Rates per 1,000 PY 2

Study area
N1
Year(s) of study
IMR
CMR
U5MR
Reference

Farafenni area
3398
1981–83
6.3
10.7
8.5
[39]

2505
1982–83

13.6
9.9
[58]








768
1990–91


18.2
[69]

651
1991

7.9
3.5
[68]








173
1993–94

18.5

[70]

487
1999


12.5
[61]

1364
1999


11.8
[60]







Banjul area
9584
1988–90


14.5 4
[67]

576
1992–94


12.6 4
[23]







Upper River Division
2393
1982–83

9.6

[63]

931
1986–87

5.1



389
1985


13.0
[64]

25670
1988–89
7.8
5.6
6.3
[22]

5414
1989
10.3
6.3
7.3
[29,65]

5119
1990
8.8
7.2
7.6


5256
1991
14.1
9.6
10.6


5324
1992
5.3
4.6
4.8


5781
1993
8.8
9.1
9.0


624
1992–94

15.6

[71]







Lower River Division (South Bank)
200003
1988–89
13.0
16.7
15.8
[21]

1538
1988
2.8
11.1
6.9
[66]

1592
1989
2.8
11.3
7.1
[31]

1 Number of children below five years.

2 IMR, CMR and U5MR are rates per 1,000 person-years. IMR = Infant Mortality Rate(0–1), CMR = Child Mortality Rate(1–4 years), U5MR = Under-five Mortality Rate(0–4). Estimated mortality rates are in italics.

3 Whole population and not under-5 year population.

4 Malaria diagnosis laboratory confirmed.

Ndugwa et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:15   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-15