Every year as many as 70 cases of tetanus causing about 15 deaths are reported. In 2005, 27 cases of tetanus were reported in the United States. This statistic is from a web page from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Mostly the people who die are elderly with other problems.
What is the estimated number of victims of Tetanus?
UNICEF reported in 2001 that deaths in 2000 were 200,000 down 15,000 from 1999.
The World Health Organization estimates that about 280,000 people die of tetanus each year.
2 people
about 5 million each year many people get infected
About 3000 people in the United States are affected each year.
Either can be given to a 3 year old. The anti tetanus serum should be given if there is reason to believe the child has not been immunized against tetanus before and has been exposed. If the child has been immunized, and there is reason to believe that they have been infected, the toxoid should be administered.
700,000
Anywhere from 3000 to 47,000.
Clostridium tetani or tetanus bacteria are usually found in soil, dust, and manure. Tetanus bacteria claims over one million people each year.
There were over 1.2 million cases of chlamydia reported in the US in 2009. Since many people are infected without knowing, it's likely that even more were infected that year.
Zero
Between 10,000 and 15,000 GAS infections occur in the United States every year.
33.2 million(the most approximate estimate as of now)