Disease | Death Rate Estimate | US deaths estimate | Statistic Used for Calculation |
| Common Cold | N/A | N/A | No information |
| Flu | unavailable | No information | |
| Upper Respiratory Infection | N/A | N/A | No information |
| meningitis | unavailable | No information | |
| Bacterial meningitis | N/A | N/A | No information |
| Mononucleosis | N/A | N/A | No information |
| Epstein-Barr virus | N/A | N/A | as many as 20% of people carry the virus in their throats |
| Cold sores | N/A | N/A | estimated 50 to 80% of Americans have HSV-1 |
| Cytomegalovirus | N/A | N/A | 50% approximately; almost half of young adults (NIAID) |
| Molluscum contagiosum | N/A | N/A | Common. |
| Hepatitis B | N/A | N/A | estimated 1.5 million HBV carriers in the U.S. (NWHIC); 417,000 people currently infected (CDC 2001) |
| Chronic Hepatitis B | N/A | N/A | 750,000 people in the United States (NIAID) |
| Polio | unavailable | No information |
For more information about types of Diseases contagious from saliva, refer to our section on types of Diseases contagious from saliva. See also more information on death information for Diseases contagious from saliva.
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