Liste over epidemier

En tysk "pestplatte" fra 1600-tallet, der afbilder dødes triumf. Paneler som disser blev placeret på huse, for at advare imod pest. En pestepidemi hærgede i Augsburg, Bayern, mellem 1632 og 1635.

Dette er en liste af de største kendte epidemier og pandemier, der er forårsaget af infektioner. Almindelige ikke-smitsomme sygdomme som hjerte-kar-sygdomme og kræft er ikke inkluderet. En epidemi er en hurtig spredning af en sygdom til et stort antal personer i en given population inden for en kort periode; for meningokokker, vil en smitterate, der overstiger 15 ud af 100.000 personer i to på hinanden følgende uger bliver betragtet som en epidemi.[1]

Som følge af de lange periode som den første pestpandemi (500-700) og den anden pestpandemi (1300 til begyndelsen af 1800-tallet) strækker sig over, så bliver de vist som individuelle udbrud, som den justinianske pest (første pandemi) og den sorte død (anden pandemi).

Epidemier efter dødstal

Igangværende pandemier er skrevet med fed. For en given epidemi bliver det gennemsnitlige antal døde brugt til rangeringen. Hvis dødstallet for to epidemier er det samme, vil den med den laveste afvigelse rangere højest. For historiske optegnelser af verdensbefolkningen se Verdens befolkning.[2][3]

Epidemier og pandemier med minst 1 millioner dødsfald
Rank Epidemi/pandemi Sygdom Dødstal Andel af den globale befolkning tabt Andel af den regionale befolkning tabt Tidspunkt Sted
1 Den sorte død Byldepest 75–200 millioner 17–54%[a] 30–60% af Europas befolkning[4] 1346–1353 Europa, Asien og Nordafrika
2 Den spanske syge Influenza A/H1N1 17–100 millioner 1–5.4%[5][6] – 1918–1920 Hele verden
3 Den justinianske pest Byldepest 15–100 millioner 7–56%[a] 25–60% af Europas befolkning[7] 541–549 Europa og Vestasien
4 HIV/AIDS global epidemi AIDS 43 millioner (pr. 2024) [b] – 1981–nu Hele verden
5 Tredje pestpandemi Byldepest 12–15 million [b] – 1855–1960 Hele verden
6 Coronaviruspandemien COVID-19 7–35 millioner (pr. 2024)[c] 0,07–0,25%[2] – 2019[d]–nutiden Hele verden
7 Cocoliztliepidemien 1545–1548 Cocoliztli 5–15 millioner 1–3%[a] 27–80% af Mexicos befolkning[13] 1545–1548 Mexico
8 den Antoninske pest Kopper eller mæslinger 5–10 millioner 3–6%[3] 25–33% af den romerske befolkning[14] 165–180 (måske op til 190) Romerriget
9 Koppeepidemien i 1520 i Mexico Kopper 5–8 millioner 1–2%[a] 23–37% af Mexicos befolkning[13] 1519–1520 Mexico
10 Tyfusepidemien i Rusland i 1918–1922 Tyfus 2–3 millioner 0,1–0,16%[6][e] 1–1,6% af Ruslands befolkning[15] 1918–1922 Rusland
11 Influenzapandemien 1957–1958 Influenza A/H2N2 1–4 millioner 0,03–0,1%[2] – 1957–1958 Hele verden
12 Hong Kongsygen Influenza A/H3N2 1–4 millioner 0,03–0,1%[2] – 1968–1969 Hele verden
13 Cocoliztliepidemien i 1576 Cocoliztli 2–2,5 millioner 0,4–0,5%[3] 50% a Mexicos befolkning[13] 1576–1580 Mexico
14 Koppeepidemien i Japan 735–737 Kopper 2 millioner 1%[3] 33% af Japans befolkning[16][17] 735–737 Japan
15 Den persiske pest 1772–1773 Byldepest 2 millioner 0,2–0,3%[3] [f] 1772–1773 Persien
16 Napolipesten Pest 1,25 millioner 0,2%[3] [f] 1656–1658 Syditalien
17 Kolerapandemien 1846–1860 Kolera 1 million+ 0,08%[3] – 1846–1860 Hele verden
18 Den italienske pest 1629–1631 Byldepest 1 million 0,2%[3] [f] 1629–1631 Italien
19 1889-1890-pandemien Influenza (omstridt)[18][19] 1 million 0,07%[3] – 1889–1890 Hele verden

Fodnoter

  1. ^ a b c d The estimates of global population at the time vary non-trivially (no consensus). The current estimates are based on the available population data from estimates of historical world population.[2][3]
  2. ^ a b Global population changed significantly (not due to the epidemic) during the period of this epidemic.
  3. ^ The governmental report of COVID-19 deaths is likely an undercount and is treated as the lower bound.[8] The academic upper bound is provided by Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, which agrees with the estimate of the World Health Organization on 21 May 2021 that the governmental number "would truly be two to three times higher."[9][10] In addition, the Economist keeps a daily estimate of the total excess deaths due to the pandemic (10–19 million as of 14 October 2021), including diseases other than COVID-19.[11]
  4. ^ The COVID-19 pandemic started as a regional outbreak/epidemic of COVID-19 in China in late 2019. The World Health Organization declared it as a "pandemic" on 11 March 2020.[12] The starting time of this epidemic is thus 2019, regardless of the time when it was formally recognized as a pandemic.
  5. ^ Epidemic typhus was not limited to Russia and several million citizens died in Poland and Romania. However, due to lack of exact data, only the Russian epidemic is included.
  6. ^ a b c No accurate data about the local population at the time of this epidemic.

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