Chickenpox Vaccine Saves Lives and Prevents Serious Illness Infographic

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Chickenpox Vaccine Saves Lives and Prevents Serious Illness

[Graph depicts decline in number of deaths per year from more than 120 in 1994 to fewer than 20 in 2010 while vaccination rate increased from around 10% in 1996, the year that U.S. vaccination program began, to 90% in 2010.]
Before U.S. vaccination began

• Chickenpox caused more than 100 deaths every year
• Chickenpox caused more than 10,000 hospitalizations every year
• More than 4 million people got chickenpox every year

Since U.S. vaccination began (after 15 years of vaccination)

• 90% decrease in deaths, meaning fewer than 20 people die from chickenpox every year
• 84% fewer hospitalizations, meaning fewer than 1,700 people are hospitalized for chickenpox every year
• 92% fewer cases means fewer than 350,000 people get chickenpox every year

Two doses of vaccine are needed to protect against chickenpox.

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention