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  2. List of epidemics and pandemics - Wikipedia

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    For a given epidemic or pandemic, the average of its estimated death toll range is used for ranking. If the death toll averages of two or more epidemics or pandemics are equal, then the smaller the range, the higher the rank. For the historical records of major changes in the world population, see world population. [3]

  3. 9 of the worst epidemics and pandemics in history - AOL

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    The worst epidemics and pandemics have ravaged humanity throughout its existence, but which were the deadliest? Some of the worst epidemics and pandemics in history have doomed whole civilizations ...

  4. The top 5 deadliest pandemics - AOL

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    During World War II. By now, we have all heard about the severe and fatal nature of Ebola but the pandemic isn't the most catastrophic in history. Over the last couple of centuries deadly ...

  5. Portal:Pandemics - Wikipedia

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    The first plague pandemic was the first historically recorded Old World pandemic of plague, the contagious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Also called the early medieval pandemic, it began with the Plague of Justinian in 541 and continued until 750 or 767. At least fifteen to eighteen major waves of plague following the ...

  6. List of human disease case fatality rates - Wikipedia

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    Human infectious diseases may be characterized by their case fatality rate (CFR), the proportion of people diagnosed with a disease who die from it (cf. mortality rate).It should not be confused with the infection fatality rate (IFR), the estimated proportion of people infected by a disease-causing agent, including asymptomatic and undiagnosed infections, who die from the disease.

  7. Here's a look at some of history's worst pandemics - AOL

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  8. Category:Pandemics - Wikipedia

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  9. The 9 Worst Years in History to be Alive - AOL

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    The Spanish Flu, the second deadliest pandemic in history after the bubonic plague, along with the aftermath of World War I and ensuing political and social chaos, made 1918 a tough time to be alive.