Vaccines against diseases such as measles, mumps, and influenza protect millions of people each year, because these are common infectious diseases that spread easily between people.

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The increasing unpredictability of the monsoon and erratic rainfall patterns have made the region even more flood-prone with millions of people affected each year, mainly during rainy season.

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Ironically, millions of people go to see the Canyon each year, but few really see much more than an broad overview.

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Improved education and a lower birth rate, he argues, would give India a chance to find enough jobs for the tens of millions of young people coming to the labour market each year.

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Yet billions of people lack basic water services, and millions die each year from water-related diseases.

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Only 8, 000 people are served there each year despite millions of requests for a table.

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Millions of people in the UK fill in self-assessment tax forms each year.

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This very magazine creates a list each year of how many tens of millions people get for being able to sing, dance or talk to a TV camera.

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