Malaria mortality in the 20th century. Malaria mortality in the 20th century. The graph shows the total number of deaths due to malaria per year in Europe and North America (⧫—⧫); the Caribbean and Central and South America (▪——▪); sub-Saharan Africa (•——•); China and Northeast Asia (X—X); the Middle East, South Asia, and the Western Pacific (▴——▴); and worldwide (⧫---⧫) (see Appendix and Table 3). Richard Carter, and Kamini N. Mendis Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 2002; doi:10.1128/CMR.15.4.564-594.2002