how many deaths have been caused by malaria
Home > Saving lives > Evidence for Vector Control > WHO Malaria fact sheet. According to the World Malaria Report 2011, there were 216 million cases of malaria and an estimated 655 000 deaths in 2010. Malaria mortality rates have fallen by more than 25% globally since 2000, and by 33% in the WHO African Region. Most deaths occur among children living in Africa where a child dies every minute of malaria and the disease accounts for approximately 22% of all childhood deaths. Key facts.