Killer Diseases Through Time

Posted on Friday 24 October 2003 to Story So Far

istoric Pandemics
Cases
Deaths
Justinian Plague, 6th Century
China Plague (Bubonic)
*142 million
~100 million
"Third Pandemic"
1896-1930
30 million
12 million
Spanish Flu Pandemic
1918-1919
1 billion
21 million

Sources: WHO, CDC
*Based on estimated historic mortality rate of 70%

Pandemics Today
 
 
 
Per Year
Per Year
Malaria
300-500 million
1 million
Tuberculosis
8 million
2 million
AIDS
6 million
3 million
Source: The New York Times

Recent Outbreaks
 
 
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever
in the Republic of Congo,
from 2000 to May 6, 2003
143
128
Meningococcal Disease
in Burkina Faso,
from Jan. to April 20, 2003
7146
1058
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Worldwide, as of May 20
7919
662
Source: WHO

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