3.5 | Cholera Outbreaks
From 1826, cholera started in cities in North America and Europe. After that, it spread globally, with each outbreak killing thousands. Children and the impoverished were disproportionately hit by cholera. Table 4 presents estimates of worldwide death due to cholera pandemic during 1817-1920. Over the period, cholera killed more than 19 million people, 8 million within India itself and, over 11 million worldwide. Millions of lives were lost in Russia owing to the disease. As a percentage of its population, Egypt may have suffered the most from cholera.