Cases of infectious diseases before and after the use of vaccines U.S. 2017
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Characteristic	Pre-vaccine estimates (1900-1969)	Recent estimates (2017)
Diphtheria	21,053	0
Hepatitis A	117,333	3,365
Hepatitis B	66,232	3,409
Measles	530,217	120
Mumps	162,344	6,109
Pertussis	200,752	18,975
Polio	16,316	0
Rubella	47,745	7
Congenital Rubella	152	5
Smallpox	29,005	0
Tetanus	580	33


Published by John Elflein, Nov 20, 2019
This statistic shows the annual number of cases of select infectious diseases in the U.S. before and after the development and use of vaccinations as of 2017. Before the use of vaccinations there were an estimated 530,217 new cases of measles per year in the U.S., this number dropped to 120 new cases in 2017 due to the development and use of vaccinations.
Annual number of cases of select infectious diseases in the U.S. before and after the development and use of vaccinations as of 2017

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