Table 2 Estimated malaria cases by WHO region, 2017. Estimated cases are shown with 95% upper and lower CI
From: Greater political commitment needed to eliminate malaria
| Â | Number of cases (000) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
African | Americas | Eastern Mediterranean | South-East Asia | Western Pacific | World | |
Lower 95% CI | 184 500 | 880 | 3630 | 8560 | 1395 | 202 800 |
Estimated total | 200 500 | 976 | 4410 | 11 290 | 1857 | 219 000 |
Upper 95% CI | 243 600 | 1128 | 5560 | 14 840 | 2399 | 262 000 |
Estimated Plasmodium vivax | ||||||
Lower 95% CI | 19 | 648 | 1162 | 2881 | 330 | 5720 |
Estimated total | 701 | 723 | 1366 | 4200 | 523 | 7510 |
Upper 95% CI | 2197 | 843 | 1773 | 5900 | 774 | 9900 |
Proportion of P. vivax cases | 0.3% | 74.1% | 31.0% | 37.2% | 28.1% | 3.4% |