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. 2014 Dec;73(12):376–381.

Table 1.

Reported Incidence of Vaccine Preventable Diseases in the United States and Japan in 2011.

Disease United States Japan
2011 reported casesa Incidence/100,000 populationb 2011 reported cases31 Incidence/100,000 populationb
Measles 220 0.06 434 0.34
Diphtheria 0 0 0 0
Pertussis 18,719 6 4,395 3.44
Rubella 4 0.0013 369c 0.29
Polio (paralytic) 0 0 0 0
Tetanus 36 0.012 116 0.091
Mumps 404 0.13 137,060 107
a

Adams DA, Gallagher KM, Jajosky RA, et al. Summary of Notifiable Diseases - United States, 2011. MMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. Rep. 2013;60(53):1–117.

b

Projections for 2011, estimated using US Census* and Japan National Institute of Population and Social Security Research.**

c

This number does not reflect the ongoing rubella epidemic in Japan. There were 3,936 laboratory confirmed cases of rubella in January–May 2013 in Japan including 10 cases of congenital rubella syndrome.6

*

Population Clock. Available at: http://www.census.gov/popclock/. Accessed February 10, 2014.

**

Department of Population Dynamics Research. Population Projections for Japan (January 2012): 2011 to 2060. National Institute of Population and Social Security Research; 2012:45. Available at: http://www.ipss.go.jp/site-ad/index_english/esuikei/ppfj2012.pdf. Accessed February 10, 2014.