Top 10 Most Deadly Diseases of All Time

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The Black Death
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Polio
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Smallpox
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Cholera
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Ebola
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Malaria
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Bubonic Plague
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Spanish Flu
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Influenza
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AIDS
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Level 70
Jul 28, 2014
I typed "Black Death" and it wouldn't accept it without "The". Please allow.
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Level 85
Jul 28, 2014
Wikipedia says: "Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of deaths worldwide".
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Level 70
Jul 29, 2014
Should probably clarify that you are asking for the 10 deadliest TRANSMITTABLE diseases of all time.
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Level 67
Jul 29, 2014
The Black Death is not a single disease, but rather an epidemic event.
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Level 56
Feb 13, 2017
Bubonic plague and The Black Death are the same disease, caused by Yersinia pestis. The Black Death refers to the pandemic OF bubonic plague in the Middle Ages.
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Level 26
Feb 15, 2017
Bubonic plague and "the black death" are the same. Influenza and Spanish flu are both influenza.

Also, it's unclear if "most deadly" means highest mortality rate or highest all time death toll.

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Level 43
Feb 28, 2017
Malaria has killed nearly 30 billion people throughout all of human history, there have been a little over 100 billion people ever.
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Level 26
Dec 23, 2017
black death and bubonic plague are the same thing
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Level 16
Apr 26, 2018
small pox is deadlist it killed 300 - 500 million
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Level 52
Jun 9, 2020
no its influenza
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Level 65
Dec 13, 2019
I put Black Plague