Statistics for Deadliest Diseases

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Clue	Disease	% Correct
Since its discovery AIDS has caused over 30 million deaths	HIV	96%
Misquito born infectious disease	Malaria	88%
First found in Republic of the Congo	Ebola	76%
Commonly known as the flu	Influenza	63%
Was declared as officialy over	Influenza A-H1N1	63%
Can be caused by smoking	Lung Cancer	52%
Has claimed numerous lives	Smallpox	48%
Large outbreaks in Asia and Africa	Avian Influenza	42%
Caused by drinking water or eating food	Cholera	42%
Usually attacking the lungs	Tuberculosis	37%
Covers the brain and spinal cord	Meningitis	35%
Outbreak occured of June, 2003	SARS	32%
Also known as "Pertussis"	Whooping Cough	30%
Contagious of roughly 90%	Measles	28%
Known as a zoonotic disease	Bubonic Plague	27%
Often involves a cut or deep puncture wound	Tetanus	23%
A fancy way of saying heart attack	Ischemic Heart Disease	20%
Huge outbreak in 1793 and 1873	Yellow Fever	20%
Eats away through your skin	Leprosy	14%
Caused by noxious particles or gas	Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11%
Second most common cause of death worldwide	Diarrhea	7%
A fancy way of saying stroke	Cerebrovascular Disease	6%
Includes Rashes and Heart Problems	Syphilis	5%
Two Types-Bronchitis and Pneumonia	Lower Respiratory Infections	4%
Pregnancy and child birth	Perinatal Complications	2%