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Table 3 Distribution of the global population as of 2013 [33] in hundreds of millions by World Bank income level [34] and polio vaccine use as of October 2012 [16] covering 200 countries with available data (i.e., 99.7 % of the global population) with numbers in parentheses indicating the number of corresponding epidemiological blocks in the global model

From: An economic analysis of poliovirus risk management policy options for 2013–2052

Income level

Polio vaccine use at T0

Total blocks

Unknown

OPV-only

IPV/OPV

IPV-only

Unknown

0.233 (0)

0 (0)

0

0

0

LOW

0 (0)

8.46 (8)

0

0

9

LMI

0 (0)

24.2 (25)

0.67 (0)

0

25

UMI

0 (0)

18.7 (19)

5.31 (7)

0.39 (0)

25

HIGH

0 (0)

0.28 (0)

2.32 (2)

10.21 (10)

12

Total blocks

0

52

9

10

71

  1. Abbreviations: HIGH, high-income; IPV, inactivated poliovirus vaccine; LMI, lower middle-income; LOW, low-income; OPV, oral poliovirus vaccine; T0, beginning of analytical time horizon (i.e., January 1, 2013); UMI, upper middle-income