Statistics for Diseases with the highest mortality rates

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Type	Mortality Rate	Answer	% Correct
Viral	[83–90]%	Ebola	74%
Viral	~100%	Rabies	52%
Viral	99%	AIDS	43%
Prion	100%	Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease	43%
Bacterial	~60%	Bubonic plague	39%
Viral	~95%	Smallpox	30%
Parasitic	~100%	African trypanosomiasis	26%
Fungal	> 65%	Cryptococcal meningitis	26%
Bacterial	> 85%	Anthrax	22%
Viral	[40–60]%	Influenza A virus subtype H5N1	22%
Viral	~80%	Macanine alphaherpesvirus 1	17%
Viral	≤ 60%	Marburg virus disease	17%
Bacterial	> 50%	Pneumonic plague	9%
Bacterial	[5–60]%	Tularemia	9%
Parasitic	~100%	Visceral leishmaniasis	9%
Fungal	[50–90]%	Aspergillosis	4%
Bacterial	95%	Glanders	4%
Amoeboflagellate	98-99%	primary amoebic meningoencephalitis	4%
Amoeba	~100%	Balamuthia	0%