The charts below display the ages at which polio was contracted for the 3966 polio survivors currently living in Australia who have recorded their details on the Australian Polio Register to date. The data is updated as new registrations are recorded online. Note that 35 people of the total registered do not know exactly when they contracted polio – these survivors are included below in the age zero figures.

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