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1 Vaccines Work! CDC statistics demonstrate dramatic declines in vaccine-preventable diseases when compared with the pre-vaccine era most recent pre-vaccine era reports estimated annual or estimates percent disease morbidity1 of cases decrease Diphtheria 21,053 02 100%. H. influenzae (invasive, <5 years of age) 20,000 332,3 >99%. 4. Hepatitis A 117,333 4,000 95%. 4. Hepatitis B (acute) 66,232 20,900 68%. Measles 530,217 1202 >99%. Meningococcal disease 2,8865 3402 88%. Mumps 162,344 6,1092 96%. Pertussis 200,752 18,9752 91%. Pneumococcal disease (invasive, <5 years of age) 16,069 1,700 6 89%.
2 Polio (paralytic) 16,316 02 100%. Rotavirus (hospitalizations, <3 years of age) 62,5007 30,6258 51%. Rubella 47,745 72 >99%. Congenital Rubella Syndrome 152 52 97%. Smallpox 29,005 02 100%. Tetanus 580 332 94%. 9. Varicella 4,085,120 102,128 98%. 1. CDC. JAMA November 14, 2007; 298(18):2155 63. 5. CDC. MMWR October 6, 1995; 43(53):1 98. 2. CDC. National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System, 6. CDC. Active Bacterial Core Surveillance, 2016 data 2017 Annual Tables of Infectious Disease Data. Avail- (unpublished). able at 7. CDC. MMWR, February 6, 2009; 58(RR-2):1 25.
3 NNDSS finalized annual data as of November 28, 2018. 8. CDC. New Vaccine Surveillance Network, 2017 data 3. An additional 10 cases of Hib are estimated to have (unpublished); rotavirus disease now has a occurred among the 203 reports of Hib (<5 years) with biennial pattern. unknown serotype. 9. CDC. Varicella Program, 2017 data (unpublished). 4. CDC. Viral Hepatitis Surveillance United States, 2016. Technical content reviewed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Saint Paul, Minnesota 651- 647- 9009 Item #P4037 (2/19).
