All our related research and data

• Eradication of Diseases
• Our history is a battle against the microbes: we lost terribly before science, public health, and vaccines allowed us to protect ourselves
• Polio
• We need more testing to eradicate polio worldwide
• What makes a disease eradicable?

Charts

• Difference between reported and estimated cases of polio
• Polio case and death rates in the United States
• Polio: Rate of cases vs. vaccination coverage
• Progress towards polio eradication
• Rate of acute flaccid paralysis from non-polio causes
• Reported cases of paralytic polio
• Reported cases of paralytic polio by world region
• Reported cases of paralytic polio from vaccine-derived virusesMap
• Reported cases of paralytic polio from vaccine-derived virusesLine chart
• Reported cases of paralytic polio from wild polioviruses
• Reported paralytic polio cases and deaths
• Reported paralytic polio cases per million
• Share of one-year-olds who are vaccinated against polio
• Share of potential polio cases with adequate stool collection
• The decade of the last recorded wild paralytic polio case
• Where are we falling behind on screening and testing for polio?