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Malaria mortality rates in The Gambia for children under five from DSS based studies |
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| Rates per 1,000 PY 2 |
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| Study area |
N1 |
Year(s) of study |
IMR |
CMR |
U5MR |
Reference |
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| Farafenni area |
3398 |
1981–83 |
6.3 |
10.7 |
8.5 |
[39] |
| 2505 |
1982–83 |
13.6 |
9.9 |
[58] |
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| 768 |
1990–91 |
18.2 |
[69] |
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| 651 |
1991 |
7.9 |
3.5 |
[68] |
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| 173 |
1993–94 |
18.5 |
[70] |
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| 487 |
1999 |
12.5 |
[61] |
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| 1364 |
1999 |
11.8 |
[60] |
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| Banjul area |
9584 |
1988–90 |
14.5 4 |
[67] |
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| 576 |
1992–94 |
12.6 4 |
[23] |
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| Upper River Division |
2393 |
1982–83 |
9.6 |
[63] |
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| 931 |
1986–87 |
5.1 |
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| 389 |
1985 |
13.0 |
[64] |
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| 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 |
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| 5256 |
1991 |
14.1 |
9.6 |
10.6 |
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| 5324 |
1992 |
5.3 |
4.6 |
4.8 |
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| 5781 |
1993 |
8.8 |
9.1 |
9.0 |
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| 624 |
1992–94 |
15.6 |
[71] |
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| Lower River Division (South Bank) |
200003 |
1988–89 |
13.0 |
16.7 |
15.8 |
[21] |
| 1538 |
1988 |
2.8 |
11.1 |
6.9 |
[66] |
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| 1592 |
1989 |
2.8 |
11.3 |
7.1 |
[31] |
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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 |
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