[Malaria situation in the People's Republic of China in 1990. Advisory Committee on Parasitic Diseases, MOPH].
According to the case reporting system, there were 117,359 malaria cases in the whole country (not including Taiwan) in 1990, the incidence being 1.056/1000 and 35 cases succumbed to the disease. Comparing with malaria situation in 1989, the case number went down by 20,181 and the incidence declined by 15.92%. Absence of malaria cases or dropping of the incidence to 1/1000 was reported from areas covering 88.5% population of whole nation. In areas covering 9.0% population, the incidence was between 1 to 10/1000, and only in areas with 2.5% population, the incidence exceeded 10/1000. The incidence of Hainan, Yunnan, Guangxi and Guizhou provinces/autonomous region in South China showed an incidence drop by 23.2-40.3%, whereas slight increase was found in Guangdong, Fujian and Sichuan provinces. The case number of the six provinces/autonomous region was 72,830, which accounted for 62.1% of the total malaria cases in the whole country. Focal outbreaks of malaria occurred on 76 spots in 38 counties, including civil-run mines, stoneworks and lumberyard sites, accounting for 140,00 migrants doing temporary work there. The malaria incidence of Anhui, Hubei, Henan and Hunan provinces in the Mid and East China declined to some extent. But in Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and Shanghai provinces/municipality, a little increase was demonstrated. Malaria cases in these 9 provinces/municipality totalled 44,255, or amounted to 37.7% of the whole cases of the nation. Records from 14 provinces/autonomous regions/municipalities situated in the North and Northwest China indicated case number of 274, or 0.2% of the total malaria cases in China.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
D000818:Animals; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D009032:Mosquito Control