Statistics for 10 Deadliest Epidemics

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Hint	Disease	% Correct
This 14th century scourge is considered the first pandemic on earth.	Bubonic Plague	91%
This disease killed 90 million Native Americans when it was brought to the New World.	Smallpox	82%
Emerging in 1918, it is considered one of the deadliest outbreaks in history.	Influenza / Spanish Flu	81%
Emerging in the 1980’s, it has killed more than 25 million people worldwide.	AIDS	79%
Mostly targeting children, this disease affects the legs and can lead to paralysis.	Polio	65%
This lung disease traces back to the DNA of Egyptian mummies.	Tuberculosis	65%
This mosquito-born illness is epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa.	Malaria	54%
Like malaria, this disease spreads from person to person through infected mosquitoes.	Yellow Fever	41%
This disease was common in India before spreading worldwide in the 19th century.	Cholera	37%
Spread during the Thirty Years War in the 1600s, this scourge claimed over 10 million lives.	Typhus	9%