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Measles cases in the US from 1938 to 2019. Before the vaccine was available in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that about three to four million were infected each year, of which approx. 500,000 were reported, with 400 to 500 people dying and 48,000 being hospitalized as a result.
Death from measles was reported in approximately 0.2% of the cases in the United States from 1985 through 1992. [8] In populations with high levels of malnutrition and a lack of adequate healthcare, mortality can be as high as 10%. [9] Increased immunization has led to an estimated 78% drop in measles deaths among UN member states. [10] [11]
A measles outbreak also happened among the Malaysian Orang Asli sub-group of Batek people in the state of Kelantan from May 2019, causing the deaths of 15 from the tribe. [ 157 ] [ 158 ] In 2024, a measles outbreak was declared in the Bangsamoro region in the Philippines with at least 592 cases and 3 deaths.
The CDC said the most recently reported number of measles cases in the United States (64) has already surpassed 2023's grand total (58). ... "Measles vaccination averted 56 million deaths being ...
There have already been more reported measles cases in 2024 than there were in all of 2023, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
There was a “staggering” annual rise in measles cases and deaths in 2022, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
In the United States, the number of measles cases was set to reach a 25-year high by the middle of the year, [3] beginning with a large concentration of cases in the Pacific Northwest followed by another in New York, [4] as well in the U.S. state of California with two quarantines ordered at two colleges in Los Angeles on April 28, 2019. [5]
That trend is continuing this year, threatening to reverse an impressive 73% drop in measles deaths worldwide from 2000 to 2018. Cases in the U.S. are climbing, too.