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CASES AFTER VACCINE AVAILABILITY** 1 CASES BEFORE VACCINE AVAILABILITY* IN THE FIGHT TO ELIMINATE OR CONTROL INFECTIOUS DISEASE, VACCINES HAVE REDUCED ILLNESS AND SAVED COUNTLESS LIVES DIPHTHERIA DECREASE % VACCINES: PUBLIC HEALTH SUPERHEROES 99% 61,370 752 MEASLES 99% 43,671 274 MUMPS 97% 19,878 695 WHOOPING COUGH 97% 5,384 0 POLIO 100% 37,917 1 GERMAN MEASLES 99% 25 2 TETANUS 29 1 CONGENITAL GERMAN MEASLES 12,283 324 HEPATITIS A 5,988 3,160 HEPATITIS B 47% 3,328 0 SMALLPOX 100% 72,343 2,049 CHICKENPOX 9,010 97% 97% 97% 92% * Highest number of cases in a single year in the five years preceeding vaccine introduction. ** Data for measles and rubella from the Canadian Measles and Rubella Surveillance System (CMRSS). All other data are from the Canadian Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (CNDSS). Most recent report of cases in Canada in 2011. 2011 is the most recent validated data availble for publication.
