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Incidence Rates of Poliomyelitis in Germany
Incidence Rates of Poliomyelitis in Other Countries In the US
PHI thanks Dr. med. K.-J. Rentzsch of Bundesverband Poliomyelitis e.V. Germany for obtaining the following chart of incidence rates of poliomyelitis in Germany.
Source: Hans P. Pöhn, Gernot Rasch (1910-1945), Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, National Reference Center for Poliomyelitis and Enteroviruses, Prof. Schreier, Director, Reference Laboratory.
Zur Häufigkeit des Post-Polio Syndroms (German)
Some Remarks on the Post-Polio Syndrome and Its Frequency (English)
Data show the numbers of paralytic cases and death rates from poliomyelitis between 1910 and 1999. However, they are incomplete or lacking at all for later war yers and the early post-war period (1944-1949) since Eastern Germany started only in 1949 to reassume registration.
|
Year
|
Reported Cases
|
Death Rate
|
|
1910
|
329
|
?
|
|
1911
|
146
|
36
|
|
1912
|
238
|
48
|
|
1913
|
1037
|
82
|
|
1914
|
242
|
48
|
|
1915
|
151
|
65
|
|
1916
|
158
|
58
|
|
1917
|
105
|
57
|
|
1918
|
100
|
60
|
|
1919
|
38
|
?
|
|
1920
|
56
|
42
|
|
1921
|
339
|
84
|
|
1922
|
601
|
87
|
|
1923
|
525
|
88
|
|
1924
|
541
|
103
|
|
1925
|
395
|
88
|
|
1926
|
1592
|
205
|
|
1927
|
2840
|
363
|
|
1928
|
996
|
150
|
|
1929
|
1157
|
174
|
|
1930
|
1363
|
129
|
|
1931
|
1623
|
401
|
|
1932
|
3859
|
401
|
|
1933
|
1318
|
230
|
|
1934
|
1768
|
267
|
|
1935
|
2143
|
280
|
|
1936
|
2241
|
331
|
|
1937
|
2722
|
435
|
|
1938
|
5363
|
696
|
|
1939
|
3703
|
323
|
|
1940
|
1570
|
183
|
|
1941
|
4175
|
474
|
|
1942
|
3422
|
351
|
|
1943
|
2494
|
274
|
|
1944
|
2031
|
?
|
|
1945
|
?
|
?
|
|
1946
|
947
|
?
|
|
1947
|
3296
|
?
|
|
1948
|
5826
|
581
|
|
1949
|
3746
|
323
|
|
1950
|
3369
|
328
|
|
1951
|
2274
|
222
|
|
1952
|
10259
|
819
|
|
1953
|
5081
|
374
|
|
1954
|
3980
|
369
|
|
1955
|
4156
|
346
|
|
1956
|
4913
|
319
|
|
1957
|
3998
|
337
|
|
1958
|
2708
|
228
|
|
1959
|
3072
|
263
|
|
1960
|
4324
|
289
|
|
1961
|
4677
|
305
|
|
1962
|
298
|
31
|
|
1963
|
246
|
17
|
|
1964
|
54
|
5
|
|
1965
|
49
|
6
|
|
1966
|
19
|
0
|
|
1967
|
54
|
4
|
|
1968
|
60
|
1
|
|
1969
|
29
|
0
|
|
1970
|
17
|
1
|
|
1971
|
17
|
1
|
|
1972
|
16
|
2
|
|
1973
|
30
|
1
|
|
1974
|
18
|
0
|
|
1975
|
25
|
0
|
|
1976
|
40
|
9
|
|
1977
|
27
|
0
|
|
1978
|
13
|
1
|
|
1979
|
15
|
0
|
|
1980
|
8
|
0
|
|
1981
|
9
|
0
|
|
1982
|
4
|
0
|
|
1983
|
7
|
2
|
|
1984
|
3
|
0
|
|
1985
|
4
|
0
|
|
1986
|
6
|
0
|
|
1987
|
6
|
0
|
|
1988
|
1
|
0
|
|
1989
|
3
|
0
|
|
1990
|
4
|
0
|
|
1991
|
3
|
0
|
|
1992
|
3
|
0
|
|
1993
|
1
|
0
|
|
1994
|
2
|
0
|
|
1995
|
3
|
0
|
|
1996
|
2
|
0
|
|
1997
|
0
|
0
|
|
1998
|
2
|
0
|
|
1999
|
0
|
0
|
|
2000
|
1
|
0
|
|
2001
|
0
|
0
|