Private practitioners who treat malaria are not required to report to any public health agency. As a result, statistics on the incidence of Malaria are sparse. Although Plasmodium Vivax is the predominant species of parasite causing human malaria in India, infections with Plasmodium Falciparum , or cerebral malaria, also occur in all parts of the country. The incidence of P. Falciparum is not very well known. Chloroquine-resistant strains of P. Falciparum have been documented throughout the Indian subcontinent.
Figures refer to all of India.