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Death from measles was reported in approximately 0.2% of the cases in the United States from 1985 through 1992. [8] In populations with high levels of malnutrition and a lack of adequate healthcare, mortality can be as high as 10%. [9] Increased immunization has led to an estimated 78% drop in measles deaths among UN member states. [10] [11]
Measles cases in the US from 1938 to 2019. Before the vaccine was available in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that about three to four million were infected each year, of which approx. 500,000 were reported, with 400 to 500 people dying and 48,000 being hospitalized as a result.
The CDC said the most recently reported number of measles cases in the United States (64) has already surpassed 2023's grand total (58). ... of measles reported in Kentucky. A total of 58 cases ...
There were a total of 58 reported cases of measles throughout all of last year. So far this year, the CDC said 17 different states reported measles cases, compared to 20 jurisdictions for all of 2023.
In the United States, the number of measles cases was set to reach a 25-year high by the middle of the year, [3] beginning with a large concentration of cases in the Pacific Northwest followed by another in New York, [4] as well in the U.S. state of California with two quarantines ordered at two colleges in Los Angeles on April 28, 2019. [5]
At least 41 measles cases have been reported in 16 states since the start of the year, according to the newest tally by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
That trend is continuing this year, threatening to reverse an impressive 73% drop in measles deaths worldwide from 2000 to 2018. Cases in the U.S. are climbing, too.
Vital Statistics Rates in the United States, 1940-1960, table 65: Death rates for detailed causes, Measles data; Statistics for 1960-1964, document for each year. Statistics for 1965-1979, document for each year. For cases : Data Source for the number of cases ( and not deaths ), the same source as the original graph I am trying to improve or ...