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Case fatality rate: malaria

DefinitionNumber of deaths divided by number of cases expressed as a percentage.

The national target is to maintain a CFR below 0.5%.
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Indicator Type: -> Health Status -> Infectious Disease -> Malaria

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ECFSGPKZNLPMPNCNWWCZA
Case fatality rate: malaria [Definition]
1999 ---[1] 0.8[2] 1.1[3] 0.6---[4] 0.8
2000 ---[5] 0.8[6] 0.7[7] 0.4---[8] 0.7
2001 ---[9] 0.5[10] 0.8[11] 0.1---[12] 0.4
2002 ---0.70.90.4---[13] 0.6
2004 ---0.51.00.4---[14] 0.7
2005 ---1.40.90.5---[15] 0.8
2006 ---0.90.90.5---[16] 0.7
2007 ---0.91.00.8---[17] 0.9
EC: Eastern Cape  FS: Free State  GP: Gauteng  KZN: KwaZulu-Natal  LP: Limpopo  MP: Mpumalanga  NC: Northern Cape  NW: North West  WC: Western Cape  ZA: South Africa  

Notes and References

  1. Number of deaths: 214
  2. Number of deaths: 122
  3. Number of deaths: 67
  4. DoH Malaria Statistics: Malaria Cases per Year. Department of Health. http://www.doh.gov.za/issues/malaria/statistics.html
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/DoH/malaria_March2008.7z
    Number of deaths: 402. Note that 3 deaths occurred in provinces other than KZN, LP or MP.
  5. Number of deaths: 340
  6. Number of deaths: 68
  7. Number of deaths: 45
  8. DoH Malaria Statistics: Malaria Cases per Year. Department of Health. http://www.doh.gov.za/issues/malaria/statistics.html
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/DoH/malaria_March2008.7z
    Number of deaths: 423
  9. Number of deaths: 47
  10. Number of deaths: 61
  11. Number of deaths: 6
  12. DoH Malaria Statistics: Malaria Cases per Year. Department of Health. http://www.doh.gov.za/issues/malaria/statistics.html
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/DoH/malaria_March2008.7z
    Number of deaths: 119. Note that 5 deaths occurred in provinces other than KZN, LP or MP.
  13. DoH Malaria Statistics: Malaria Cases per Year. Department of Health. http://www.doh.gov.za/issues/malaria/statistics.html
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/DoH/malaria_March2008.7z
    Last downloaded 2003-11-21. http://www.doh.gov.za/issues/malaria/data08_2003.pdf
  14. DoH Malaria Statistics: Malaria Cases per Year. Department of Health. http://www.doh.gov.za/issues/malaria/statistics.html
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/DoH/malaria_March2008.7z
    Calculated from reported deaths from malaria and StatsSA mid-year population estimates for 2004. http://www.doh.gov.za/issues/malaria/year99-04.pdf - downloaded 23 May 2005. . Updated from DoH Strategic Plan 2006/07-2008/09.
  15. DoH Malaria Statistics: Malaria Cases per Year. Department of Health. http://www.doh.gov.za/issues/malaria/statistics.html
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/DoH/malaria_March2008.7z
    Annualdata file downloaded from DoH web site 2007-04-26.
  16. DoH Malaria Statistics: Malaria Cases per Year. Department of Health. http://www.doh.gov.za/issues/malaria/statistics.html
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/DoH/malaria_March2008.7z
    Annualdata file downloaded from DoH web site 2007-04-26.
  17. DoH Malaria Statistics: Malaria Cases per Year. Department of Health. http://www.doh.gov.za/issues/malaria/statistics.html
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/DoH/malaria_March2008.7z
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