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Rank Territory Value1 Nigeria 772 Sudan 243 Yemen 224 India 145 Pakistan 76 Ethiopia 57 Indonesia 48 Cameroon 18 Niger 1

HIGHEST POLIO PREVALENCE

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new polio cases per 100,000 persons 2000-2005

Rank Territory Value1 Cape Verde 11.22 Nigeria 1.83 Chad 1.34 Congo 1.35 Dem Republic Congo 1.26 Somalia 1.17 Niger 0.98 Central African Republic 0.99 Angola 0.910 Sierra Leone 0.7

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Polio Cases

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Produced by the SASI group (Sheffield) and Mark Newman (Michigan)

“[the] Democratoc Republic of Congo ... could compromise the certification of global eradication of poliomyelitis,because of the economic and social crises that have prevailed ... since the early 1990s”

In the past 20 years the number ofpolio cases in the world have decreasedsignificantly. Between 2000 and 2005the worldwide number of new poliocases fell from 2971 to 155. In 2005,polio was detected in just 9 territories.

India and Nigeria recorded the mostcases of polio between the years 2000and 2005. Over this period there were2508 cases in India and 2120 in Nigeria.Most territories had no new cases sothey cannot be seen on the map.

Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a virus whichcan permanently paralyse groups ofmuscles. The disease cannot be cured,it is possible to vaccinate against it.Polio usually affects children under 5years old.

• Data are from World Health Organization, 2004,Human Resources for Health.

• *In 2005, 9 territories reported polio cases.• Note: the number of polio cases reported fell

from 2971 in 2000, to 1922 in 2002, and to1271 in 2004.

• See website for further information.

Territory size shows the proportion of worldwide poliocases that were recorded there between 2000 and 2005.

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