The Rise of the Current Mortality Pattern of the United States, 1890–1930

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Uses nationwide data to examine patterns and rural/urban differences in mortality from 1890-1930, with a focus on the 1918 influenza pandemic and the shift in leading causes of death from infectious disease to degenerative disease. Includes death rates per 100,000 people, with data broken down by rurality and disease type, including infectious disease, influenza, influenza and pneumonia, and degenerative disease.

Hiroshi Maeda

American Journal of Epidemiology, 187(4), 639-646

04/2018

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Infectious diseases · Mortality · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data