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. 2009 Apr;53(2):193–227. doi: 10.1017/s002572730000363x

Table 2.

Smallpox incidence rates in countries reporting more than 500 cases in 1962

Country Approx. rate/100,000 Country Approx. rate/100,000
In Africa In Asia
Cameroon 20 India 10
Chad 35 Indonesia 1
Congo (Brazza) 144 Pakistan 4
Congo (Leo) 29
Guinea 100
Ivory Coast 58
Mali 38
Niger 34
Nigeria 11
Rhodesia & Nyasaland 12
Tanganyika 10
Togo 38
Uganda 10
Upper Volta 30

Source: World Health Organization, WHO Expert Committee on Smallpox: first report, Technical Report Series No. 283, Geneva, World Health Organization, 1964, p. 8.