Decrease in infectious disease cases due to vaccinations U.S. 2017

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

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

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Release date

November 2019

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United States

Survey time period

2017

Supplementary notes

Pre-vaccine era estimates range from the years 1900 to 1969.
Recent estimates were taken from the CDC's Health, United States 2018 report.
Recent figures for Congenital Rubella and Tetanus were taken from the CDC's National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System.

Release date represents the date figures were compiled.

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