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The death rate for 15 to 34-year-olds of influenza and pneumonia were 20 times higher in 1918 than in previous years (Taubenberger). People were struck with illness on the street and died rapid deaths. One anectode shared of 1918 was of four women playing bridge together late into the night.
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Sanitation, vaccination programs and other public hygiene...
- Bibliography
Collins, S. and J. Lehman, Excess Deaths from Influenza and...
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When influenza appeared in the United States in 1918, Americans responded to the incursion of disease with measures used since Antiquity, such as quarantines and social distancing. ... suffering, and even mortality rates may also be exaggerated by preexisting differences and disparities in underlying conditions both medical and cultural, such ...
1 Απρ 2021 · In October 1918, an estimated 200,000 Americans died from pneumonia and influenza. This worst month of the epidemic recorded an average of more than 6,000 influenza and pneumonia deaths each...
11 Απρ 2024 · The virus infected roughly 500 million people—one-third of the world’s population—and caused 50 million deaths worldwide (double the number of deaths in World War I). In the United States, a quarter of the population caught the virus, 675,000 died, and life expectancy dropped by 12 years.
20 Οκτ 2024 · The influenza pandemic of 1918–1919 resulted in an estimated 25 million deaths, though some researchers have projected that it caused as many as 40–50 million deaths. influenza pandemic of 1918–19 , the most severe influenza outbreak of the 20th century and, in terms of total numbers of deaths, among the most devastating pandemics in ...
Results. An overall and substantial decline in influenza-classed mortality was observed during the 20th century, from an average seasonal rate of 10.2 deaths per 100 000 population in the 1940s to 0.56 per 100 000 by the 1990s. The 1918–1919 pandemic stands out as an exceptional outlier.
Influenza outbreaks peaking in December 1917 and again in April 1918 were of low incidence (~5% of soldiers were clinically ill) and were associated with case fatality ratios fivefold lower than during the true fall pandemic (~1% versus ~5% case fatality ratios).
