Polio

Immunization

Polio Disease Statistics

Polio has been eradicated in the United States. The last case of symptomatic polio in Minnesota was reported in 2008. Up to 95% of polio virus infections are not symptomatic. Polio infections without symptoms are not included in the table below. Continued success depends upon maintaining high immunization rates.

Reported Symptomatic Cases of Polio, Minnesota 1992-2012
1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
1*	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

* oral polio vaccine-associated case

Disease Control Newsletter (DCN) annual summary of polio disease in Minnesota.

Note: The DCN annual summary only includes details on diseases that have been reported for each year. The last case of polio in Minnesota was reported in 1992. The DCN archives available on the web include 1998-2011, therefore there are no DCN annual summaries available on the web.