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The number of infections from eradicable diseases, World, 1920 to 2017

This includes the number of smallpox infections, a disease which was declared eradicated in 1980. More infectious diseases exist but they are not considered
eradicable in the near future.

192020171940196019802000Paralytic polioSmallpoxYawsRabiesGuinea worm

Source: WHO (2018), Tebbens et al. (2011), IHME (2016)

Note: No data exists on Rinderpest, a non-human disease that was eradicated in 2011.