To find the determinants of malaria mortality among displaced people, a cross-sectional descriptive study using verbal autopsy was carried out in 2 camps in Khartoum state, Sudan. The heads of 856 households were interviewed about household characteristics, and malaria knowledge, attitudes and behaviour. They reported 81 malaria deaths during the previous year, 3.5% of all household members; 70 (86.4%) were children. Fever, diarrhoea, vomiting and headache were the most prevalent symptoms before death. Having a malaria death in the household was significantly associated with poor knowledge about malaria and, surprisingly, with better education. Poor treatment-seeking behaviour and poor attitudes towards malaria were not associated with higher mortality. However, mortality was significantly higher among households obtaining water by cart than from a well.

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education educational status household vomiting human Health Behavior Refugees middle aged Malaria Health Surveys Cross-Sectional Studies interview autopsy Humans headache male female Socioeconomic Factors Risk Factors diarrhea prevalence Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Article Questionnaires adult fever major clinical study awareness Food Habits patient attitude age distribution cause of death attitude to health mortality water supply Child Sudan