vs.
> in the US
Speaking of incomparable scales...
627,000 malaria deaths * 90% in sub-Saharan Africa[1] = 564,000 malaria deaths in sub-Saharan Africa.
564,000 deaths / population of Africa (~815 million) = 69.2 African malaria deaths per 100,000 people.
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About 32,743 U.S. flu deaths per year, recently.[2]
32,742 deaths / population of U.S. (~316 million) = 10.4 U.S. flu deaths per 100,000 people.
It looks like, by these numbers, that malaria in Africa is about 6.7 times as deadly as the flu in America.
[1] http://www.who.int/malaria/media/world_malaria_report_2013/e...
[2] http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2010/08/26/129456941/annual-...
627,000 malaria deaths * 90% in sub-Saharan Africa[1] = 564,000 malaria deaths in sub-Saharan Africa.
564,000 deaths / population of Africa (~815 million) = 69.2 African malaria deaths per 100,000 people.
--
About 32,743 U.S. flu deaths per year, recently.[2]
32,742 deaths / population of U.S. (~316 million) = 10.4 U.S. flu deaths per 100,000 people.
--
It looks like, by these numbers, that malaria in Africa is about 6.7 times as deadly as the flu in America.
[1] http://www.who.int/malaria/media/world_malaria_report_2013/e...
[2] http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2010/08/26/129456941/annual-...