The numbers behind the worst Ebola outbreak in history.
Ebola by the numbers
The worst Ebola outbreak ever
People infected with Ebola in the 2014 outbreak: 8,914
People infected in the second deadliest (and first recorded) Ebola outbreak in 1976: 318
Average death for Ebola Zaire, the strain that’s circulating this year: 68%
Deaths per week from Ebola in West Africa (as of October 7th): 91
Deaths per week from HIV: 4,795
Deaths per week from diarrhea: 2,828
Projected Ebola deaths per week by December, according to the WHO: 10,000
Countries most affected by Ebola: West Africa’s Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone
Ebola deaths in West Africa this year: 4,400+
How Ebola has spread
Number of countries that diagnosed Ebola cases in 2014: 6
Ebola deaths in the US: 1
Ebola cases diagnosed in the US: 3
How many people get Ebola from one infected person: 1.5-2
For every four known Ebola cases, the number of cases that go unreported: 6
Doctors per 100,000 population in the US: 245
In Liberia: 1.4
In Guinea: 10
In Sierra Leone: 2.2
Health spending per-person per-year in the US (2012): $8,895
In Liberia: $65
In Guinea: $32
In Sierra Leone: $96
The toll on health workers
Health workers who have died from Ebola (as of October 8): 233
Health workers who have been infected: 400+
Dallas nurses infected with Ebola: 2
Dallas health-care workers currently being followed by the CDC: 50
Of the 17 Ebola patients treated outside of West Africa, number who were health workers: 9
