[soperj]

How in any way is that misleading?

The actual numbers are more representative than lethality percentages when we're talking about contribution to society.

[StavrosK]

What's more representative is "life years lost", and malaria wins there (we've lost many more years to it).

[soperj]

How do you calculate that in an area of the world with the highest rate of child mortality?

[StavrosK]

Same as in any other area, assume malaria isn't killing babies and do the math. Your question sounds rhetorical but is too simple to answer, so I'm confused.