Malaria causes or contributes to three million deaths and up to 500 million acute clinical cases a year.
The average male adult is 5'9'' tall and weighs 155 pounds. The average female adult is 5'3'' tall and weighs 125 pounds.
Almost as many people die of malaria every year as have died of AIDS in the past 15 years.
The world's population grows by 100 million each year. Some 950 million people in the world are malnourished. There are 106 boys born for every 100 girls.
