How Effective Have Vaccines for Serious Diseases Been in the United States?

If vaccine didn’t exist, we might be looking at much different world than we’re even experiencing right now. But just how effective has different vaccines been over time?

From the research team at Wristband.com is this infographic which looks at just how much different vaccines have worked to fight various diseases in the United States. The infographic includes several different diseases like measles, rubella, the flu, tetanis, whooping cough and hepatitis b.

Here are the 14 diseases included on this infographic, along with when the vaccines were made available to the public in the United States.

1. Chickenpox: The chickenpox vaccine became available in 1996.
2. Diphteria: The diphteria vaccine became available in the 1940s.
3. Hepatitis A: The hepatitis A vaccine became available in 1995.
4. Hepatitis B: The hepatitis B vaccine became available in 1986.
5. Hib: The hib vaccine became available in 1985.
6. Flu: The flu vaccine became available in 1938.
7. Measles: The measles vaccine became available in 1963.
8. Mumps: The mumps vaccine became available in 1967.
9. Pneumococcal Diseases: The pneumococcal disease vaccine became available in 1977.
10. Polio: The polio vaccine became available in 1955.
11. Rotavirus: The current rotavirus became available in 2006.
12. Rubella: The rubella vaccine became available in 1969.
13. Tetanus: The tetanus vaccine became available in 1938.
14. Whooping Cough: The pertussis vaccine became available in the late 1940s.