From 1980 through 1994, 18,739 cases of plague and 1,853 plague-related deaths were reported to the World Health Organization by 24 countries in Africa, the Americas, and Asia.
From 1980 through 1994, 229 cases of plague were reported in the U.S., an average of about 15 per year, with 33 deaths.
Two cases of the plague were reported in the United States in 1996.
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