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The rate in 1900 was about 10% of newborns died--in some cities as many as 30%. [51] [52] [53] Infectious diseases: The death rate from infectious diseases--especially tuberculosis, influenza and pneumonia-- fell by 90% from 1900 to 1950. By the late 1940s, Penicillin was the major drug in use. [54]
Deaths from pneumonia in New York (state) (1 C, 164 P) Deaths from pneumonia in North Carolina (21 P) Deaths from pneumonia in North Dakota (2 P) O.
Deaths from pneumonia in the United States by state or territory (50 C) Deaths from pneumonia in Washington, D.C. (64 P) P. Deaths from pneumonia in Puerto Rico (4 P) U.
Deaths from pneumonia in the United Arab Emirates (1 P) Deaths from pneumonia in the United Kingdom (3 C, 39 P) Deaths from pneumonia in the United States (4 C, 51 P)
Deaths from pneumonia by country (106 C) Deaths from pneumonia by country subdivision (5 C) B. Deaths from bronchopneumonia (103 P) Pages in category "Deaths from ...
1900–1904 San Francisco plague epidemic; 1916 New York City polio epidemic; 1918–1930 Encephalitis lethargica epidemic; 1924 Los Angeles pneumonic plague outbreak; 1924–1925 Minnesota smallpox epidemic; 1947 New York City smallpox outbreak; 1962-1965 rubella epidemic [2] 1976 Philadelphia Legionnaires' disease outbreak; 1976 swine flu ...
Pneumonia is a common respiratory infection, [2] affecting approximately 450 million people a year and occurring in all parts of the world. [3] It is a major cause of death among all age groups, resulting in 1.4 million deaths in 2010 (7% of the world's yearly total) and 3.0 million deaths in 2016 (the 4th leading cause of death in the world).
In 1900, the leading cause of death in the United States was influenza with 202.2 deaths per 100,000 people followed by tuberculosis with 194.4, which is a curable illness today. In the middle of 20th century America, the leading cause of death was heart disease with 355.5 deaths per 100,000 followed by cancer at 139.8 deaths per 100,000 ...