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Estimated Number of Deaths From Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, 2001
From Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries, 2nd Edition
Disease Total High Income E Asia & Pacific Europe & Central Asia Latin America & Caribbean Middle East & N Africa South Asia Sub-Saharan Africa
Diptheria
    If no Vaccination
    Estimated Deaths
    Deaths Averted
78
5
73		 3
<1
3		 28
1
27		 4
<1
4		 8
<1
8		 5
<1
5		 21
3
18		 10
1
9
Pertusis
    If no Vaccination
    Estimated Deaths
    Deaths Averted
1,343
301
1,042		 7
<1
7		 377
3
374		 4
<1
4		 138
6
132		 93
8
85		 428
108
320		 296
176
120
Tetanus
    If no Vaccination
    Estimated Deaths
    Deaths Averted
936
293
643		 <1
<1
<1		 110
27
83		 <1
<1
<1		 20
1
19		 23
4
19		 543
140
403		 239
21
118
Poliomyelitis
    If no Vaccination
    Estimated Deathsa
    Deaths Averted
52
<1
51		 1
<1
n.a.		 15
<1
15		 1
0
1		 3
0
3		 4
0
4		 17
0
17		 11
0
11
Measles
    If no Vaccination
    Estimated Deathsb
    Deaths Averted
2000
676
1237		 6
<1
5		 301
77
229		 36
4
28		 6
<1
6		 55
7
40		 567
239
351		 1,025
348
578
Hib
    If no Vaccination
    Estimated Deaths
    Deaths Averted
468
463
5		 <1
<1
<1		 28
28
<1		 2
2
<1		 9
5
4		 14
14
<1		 199
199<1		 216
215
1
Hepatitis B
    If no Vaccination
    Estimated Deaths
    Deaths Avertedc
600
600
<1		 34
34
<1		 370
370
<1		 36
36
<1		 11
11
<1		 17
17
<1		 75
75
<1		 58
58
<1
Yellow Fever
    If no Vaccination
    Estimated Deaths
    Deaths Averted
63
30
30		 n.a.
n.a.
n.a.		 n.a.
n.a.
n.a.		 n.a.
n.a.
n.a.		 8
6
2		 n.a.
n.a.
n.a.		 n.a.
n.a.
n.a.		 54
24
30

Source: Mathers and others 2006 and authors’ calculations.
n.a.= not available.
Note: Totals may not add due to rounding.
a. Primarily deaths at older ages caused by delayed effect of poliomyelitis in childhood.
b. See text for discussion of uncertainty regarding measles estimates. The values shown here are an updated version of the 2001 estimates.
c. Deaths averted to date from the use of the hepatitis B vaccine in infant immunization programs are minimal, largely because of the long time period (20 to 40 years) to see mortality effects.