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Table 8 Age distribution of deaths and deaths attributable to malaria

From: Nationwide evaluation of malaria infections, morbidity, mortality, and coverage of malaria control interventions in Madagascar

Age at death

Total N

Attributable to malaria

N 1stcause

N 2ndcause

CSMF (% [95% CI])

<1 year

8

0

0

0.0 [0.0-40.2]

1-4 years

11

6

1

61.7 [30.1-86.5]

5-14 years

4

2

0

48.8 [13.8-85.0]

15-60 years

34

3

1

8.7 [2.2-24.6]

≥60 years

29

1

0

2.6 [0.1-18.5]

Total

86

12

2

14.0 [7.7-23.5]

  1. Total number of deaths, number of deaths for which malaria was attributed as first and second cause of death by InterVA-4 software, and CSMF proportional to likelihood, per age group and overall.