Table 1:
Annual number of smallpox cases by continent, 1959–66. **
| Continent | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 16 307 | 16 823 | 26 060 | 24 329 | 16 863 | 12 506 | 16 784 | 14 127 | 9 554 |
| Asia | 71 309 | 39 843 | 53 957 | 63 616 | 98 784 | 43 537 | 39 145 | 50 494 | 50 958 |
| Europe | 26 | 47 | 24 | 136 | 129 | – | 1 | 71 | 3 |
| North America | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| South America | 5 490 | 7 931 | 9 026 | 9 718 | 7 151 | 3 398 | 3 515 | 3 092 | 426 |
| Oceania | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total → | 93 132 | 64 645 | 89 067 | 97 800 | 122 927 | 54 441 | 59 445 | 67 784 | 60 1941 |
*
Until 15 July 1967.
**
Consolidated data compiled by WHO from various sources
Source: Smallpox Eradication – Report of a WHO Scientific Group: World Health Organization Technical Report Series, No. 393 (Geneva: WHO, 1968), 7, Official Publications Room, University of Cambridge Library, Cambridge, UK.