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This analysis aims to describe the incidence, mortality and case fatality rate of malaria caused by all <jats:italic>Plasmodium<\/jats:italic> species between Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak) over a 5-year period (2013\u20132017).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>This is a secondary data review of all diagnosed and reported malaria confirmed cases notified to the Ministry of Health, Malaysia between January 2013 and December 2017.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>From 2013 to 2017, a total of 16,500 malaria cases were notified in Malaysia. The cases were mainly contributed from Sabah (7150; 43.3%) and Sarawak (5684; 34.4%). Majority of the patients were male (13,552; 82.1%). The most common age group in Peninsular Malaysia was 20 to 29\u00a0years (1286; 35.1%), while Sabah and Sarawak reported highest number of malaria cases in age group of 30 to 39\u00a0years (2776; 21.6%). The top two races with malaria in Sabah and Sarawak were Bumiputera Sabah (5613; 43.7%) and Bumiputera Sarawak (4512; 35.1%), whereas other ethnic group (1232; 33.6%) and Malays (1025; 28.0%) were the two most common races in Peninsular Malaysia. <jats:italic>Plasmodium knowlesi<\/jats:italic> was the commonest species in Sabah and Sarawak (9902; 77.1%), while there were more <jats:italic>Plasmodium vivax<\/jats:italic> cases (1548; 42.2%) in Peninsular Malaysia. The overall average incidence rate, mortality rate and case fatality rates for malaria from 2013 to 2017 in Malaysia were 0.106\/1000, 0.030\/100,000 and 0.27%, respectively. Sarawak reported the highest average incidence rate of 0.420\/1000 population followed by Sabah (0.383\/1000). Other states in Peninsular Malaysia reported below the national average incidence rate with less than 0.100\/1000.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>There were different trends and characteristics of notified malaria cases in Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah and Sarawak. 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