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Measles Deaths Decline
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Published: December 5, 2008
ATLANTA - Measles deaths worldwide declined dramatically to about 200,000 a year, continuing a successful trend, global health authorities reported Thursday.
From 2000 to 2007, annual measles deaths dropped about 74 percent, largely because of vaccination campaigns, according to a report from the World Health Organization, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other organizations.
Other figures from the report:
KEY NUMBERS
11 million
Number of deaths estimated to have been avoided in the decline
90 percent
Drop in measles deaths in Africa and Asian countries such as Afghanistan and Pakistan, where the most dramatic improvements were seen
Two-thirds
Fraction of the world's 2007 measles deaths accounted for by India
500
Number of young children, globally, killed by measles each day
135
Measles deaths in the United States this year
The Associated Press
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