Table 1 Summary of number dams and people living around existing dams in stable, unstable and no malaria zones across sub-Saharan Africa
From: Malaria impact of large dams in sub-Saharan Africa: maps, estimates and predictions
Malaria stability | Total population in the region | Total area (sq km) | No. dams (% from total) | No. people within 1Â km radius from reservoirs | No. people living between 1 and 2Â km from reservoirs | No. people living between 2 and 5Â km from the reservoirs | Total population within 5Â km radius from reservoirs | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | % | Area (sq km) | % | ||||||
Stable | 298,682,666 | 30 | 7,086,268 | 30 | 307 (24.2) | 310,216 | 1,128,271 | 4,967,740 | 6,406,226 |
Unstable | 418,451,433 | 42 | 14,459,409 | 61 | 416 (32.8) | 439,921 | 1,409,537 | 6,783,531 | 8,193,239 |
No malaria | 273,355,662 | 28 | 2,042,223 | 9 | 545 (43.0) | 1049 | 819,167 | 4,785,258 | 5,605,474 |
Total | 990,489,781 | 100 | 23,587,900 | 100 | 1,268 (100) | 751,186 | 3,356,975 | 16,536,529 | 20,204,939 |