Information on the nationality of patients that are diagnosed with or died from malaria are not collected. However, the Health Protection Agency does publish an annual table of imported malaria cases and deaths, shown in the following table.
The information is available on the Health Protection Agency website at:
www.hpa.org.uk/infection/topics_az/malaria/cases_deaths.htm
Total (number of cases) Deaths 2006 1,758 8 2005 1,754 11 2004 1,660 5 2003 1,722 16 2002 1,945 9 2001 2,050 9