I, ____________________________________________ am the Statistician on the

__________________Team

Questions to answer: Write/type out all answers in complete sentences. Indicate the source of your information for each question

1. What is an epidemic? Give some examples

2. How does it compare to an outbreak? to a pandemic? Give some examples.

3. When was there a serious epidemic of smallpox in Europe? in the United States?

4. What diseases are creating epidemics today? Where?

5. How many deaths from smallpox were recorded in the 13th Century through the 20th Century worldwide?

6. When was the last case of smallpox recorded in the United States?

7. What countries were the last few to eradicate smallpox? When was the last case of smallpox recorded in the world?

8. What organization set out to establish global vaccinations for smallpox? Tell us about that organization.

9. In what year was the world declared free of smallpox? What organization made that declaration? Have there been any new outbreaks since then?

10. Where are the surviving samples of the smallpox virus today? Why were they saved?

Visual Presentation: Using a poster, represent some statistics you have uncovered about smallpox or epidemics in general. Present your information as graph(s).