Vaccines work! CDC statistics demonstrate dramatic declines in vaccine-preventable diseases when compared with the pre-vaccine era
www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4037.pdf Item #P4037 (12/13)
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DiseasePre-Vaccine Era
Estimated Annual Morbidity*
Percent Decrease
Diphtheria 21,053 1 >99%
H. influenzae (invasive, 99%
Hepatitis A 117,333 2,890 98%
Hepatitis B (acute) 66,232 18,800 72%
Measles 530,217 55 >99%
Mumps 162,344 229 >99%
Pertussis 200,752 48,277 76%
Pneumococcal disease (invasive,
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