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Incidence Rates of Poliomyelitis in England
Incidence Rates of Poliomyelitis in Other Countries In the US
PHI thanks The British Polio Fellowship for obtaining the following records.
Acute Poliomyelitis became notifiable in 1912.
*Deaths include late effects.
Source: Annual Reports of the Registrar General. Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London, England.
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YEAR
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NOTIFICATIONS
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Acute Poliomyelitis
(paralytic) |
Acute polio-encephalitis
(non-paralytic) |
Total Poliomyelitis
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Deaths*
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1912
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839
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--
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839
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--
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1913
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745
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--
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745
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--
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1914
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509
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--
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509
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177
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1915
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517
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--
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517
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172
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1916
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688
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--
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688
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190
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1917
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354
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--
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354
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168
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1918
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228
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--
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228
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237
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1919
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553
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82
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615
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179
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1920
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293
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38
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329
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134
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1921
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488
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51
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539
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169
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1922
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355
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31
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386
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136
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1923
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587
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57
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644
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119
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1924
|
777
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83
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860
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157
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1925
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371
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51
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422
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156
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1926
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1158
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138
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1296
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235
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1927
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801
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94
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895
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182
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1928
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452
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89
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541
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167
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1929
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531
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91
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622
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140
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1930
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506
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85
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591
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164
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1931
|
339
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55
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394
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98
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1932
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656
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94
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750
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178
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1933
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711
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83
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794
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202
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1934
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589
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81
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670
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135
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1935
|
630
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67
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697
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145
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1936
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528
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52
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580
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102
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1937
|
758
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95
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853
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152
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1938
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1485
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96
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1581
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254
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1939
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732
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87
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819
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142
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1940
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938
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128
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1066
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159
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1941
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861
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79
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940
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155
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1942
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545
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91
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636
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123
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1943
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398
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46
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444
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88
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1944
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438
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57
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495
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97
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1945
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748
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73
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821
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126
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1946
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600
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55
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655
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116
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1947
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7095
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551
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7646
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688
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1948
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1674
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155
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1829
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239
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1949
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5439
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479
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5918
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657
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1950
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5565
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2195
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7760
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755
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Source: Communicable Statistics Series MB3
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YEAR
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Notifications
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Deaths
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Acute Poliomyelitis
(paralytic) |
Acute polio-encephalitis
(non-paralytic) |
Total Poliomyelitis
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Total Deaths
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Excluding Late Effects
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1951
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1529
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1085
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2514
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217
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191
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1952
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2747
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1163
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3910
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295
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275
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1953
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2976
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1571
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4547
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338
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320
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1954
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1319
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641
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1960
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134
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112
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1955
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3712
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2619
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6331
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270
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241
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1956
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1717
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1483
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3200
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137
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114
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1957
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3177
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1667
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4844
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255
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226
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1958
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1419
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575
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1994
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154
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129
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1959
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739
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289
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1028
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87
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68
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1960
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257
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121
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378
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46
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23
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1961
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707
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169
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876
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79
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59
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1962
|
212
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59
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271
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45
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18
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1963
|
39
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12
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51
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38
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35
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1964
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29
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8
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37
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29
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4
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1965
|
55
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36
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91
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19
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3
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1966
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19
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4
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23
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22
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1
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1967
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16
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3
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19
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15
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0
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1968
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19
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5
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24
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15
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0
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1969
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9
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1
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10
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10
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0
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1970
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6
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0
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6
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19
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0
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1971
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6
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1
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7
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23
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0
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1972
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3
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2
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5
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15
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0
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1973
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4
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1
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5
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17
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3
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1974
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5
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1
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6
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23
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0
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1975
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2
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1
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3
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17
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0
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1976
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10
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3
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13
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25
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1
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1977
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15
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1
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16
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15
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0
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1978
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3
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0
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3
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18
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0
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1979
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6
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2
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8
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20
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0
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1980
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2
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1
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3
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21
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0
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1981
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2
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0
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2
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24
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0
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1982
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2
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0
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2
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19
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0
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1983
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4
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0
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4
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21
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0
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1984
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0
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0
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0
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38
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0
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1985
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3
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1
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4
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29
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0
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1986
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2
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1
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3
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34
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1
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1987
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3
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0
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3
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21
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0
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1988
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1
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1
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2
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27
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3
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1989
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1
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0
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1
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29
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0
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1990
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1
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0
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1
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1
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1991
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2
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2
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4
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0
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1992
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2
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1
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3
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0
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1993
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1
|
0
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1
|
0
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1994
|
0
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0
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0
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1
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1995
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1
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0
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1
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1
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1996
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0
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1
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1
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1
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1997
|
2
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0
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2
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n/a
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1998
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2
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1999
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0
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2000
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0
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Totals
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62,264
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17,038
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