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50,000 people died of polio.
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The majority of people in Jamaica have houses!
Although it does not receive much attention today, the most well-known epidemic of the 1950s was Polio. It affected many people as it swept across America. The polio epidemic reached its peak in the 1950s. The cases of Paralytic Polio went from 33,000 in 1950 to 59,000 in 1952. In 1950, 34,000 people died of tuberculosis, and in 1957, 62,000 people died from influenza.
At itâ??s time (prior to 1955), Polio was a major childhood disease and a major killer and crippler of young people. In 1950 alone ,3,145 deaths were reported with more than 57,628 cases reported. Although the virus had been extant for millennia, it only reached epidemic stages in the 20th century.
An average of 2,709,300 people live in Jamaica as of 2011.
all the people in Jamaica that own cars
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A polio vaccine was invented in 1954. Each year after that, the number of polio cases decreased. By 1974, only 5 cases occurred. These were all people who were linked to the polio vaccine.
Many peope in Jamaica swim Play and dance.
It is estimated the about 500 children got polio in Afghanistan in the year of 2012. More and more children get polio every year. And many people are trying to help the children of Afghanistan.
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