How many cases of Polio have been confirmed since 1955?

How many cases of Polio have been confirmed since 1955?I'm doing an assignment and I'm having some trouble finding information. I'm looking for the number of confirmed cases of Polio in the regions of Africa, South East Asia, Europe, Western Pacific Region, East Mediterranean region, and the Americas. I found one site that only goes back to 1996 but I'm hoping to get a little more info then that. If possible I was also looking for approximate # of vaccines given in each region yearly. This assignment is due soon and I'm getting frustrated! Any help would be appreciated!

J B
You could go to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) website and probably get this information or go to the World Health Organization (WHO) website. Both of these organizations probably keep statistics on polio but you may not be able to find any statistics dating back to 1955

microbioasturias
Tons of info here that can help you get great data from.

[1] Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables
Weekly
December 3, 2010 / 59(47);1558-1571
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5947md.htm?s_cid=mm5947md_w

[2] Outbreaks Following Wild Poliovirus Importations --- Europe, Africa, and Asia, January 2009--September 2010
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5943a1.htm?s_cid=mm5943a1_w

[3] Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication --- Nigeria, January 2009--June 2010
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5926a2.htm?s_cid=mm5926a2_w

[4] Vaccine Policy Changes and Epidemiology of Poliomyelitis in the United States
JAMA. 2004;292(14):1696-1701.
http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/292/14/1696.full.pdf+html

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