TABLE 1.
World statistics of cholera cases and deaths in the last 3 yearsa
| Location | 2000
|
2001
|
2002b
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of cases | No. of deaths | No. of cases | No. of deaths | No. of cases | No. of deaths | |
| Africa | 118,932 | 4,610 | 173,359 | 2,590 | 121,568 | 3,753 |
| Americac | 3,101 (715) | 40 (17) | 535 (7) | 0 (0) | 3 | 0 |
| Asia | 11,246 | 232 | 10,340 | 138 | 2,408 | 10 |
| Europe | 35 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Oceania | 3,757 | 26 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 137,071 | 4,908 | 184,311 | 2,728 | 123,983 | 3,763 |
a
Data from World Health Organization (http://www.who.int/en/).
b
Data for the year 2002 are incomplete.
c
Numbers in parentheses indicate the numbers of cases and deaths in Brazil.