KINE 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Pertussis, 1918 Flu Pandemic, Yellow Fever
2 Mar 2017
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From 1900 to 1980 infectious disease mortality in u. s. drops from 797 per 100,000 to 36 per. In the us, in 1900 there was a 10% change of dying between the ages of 1 and 4 years old due to infectious disease, In the 1980s and early 1990s a spike in deaths caused by infectious diseases among young adults mainly attributed to hiv/aids outbreak (has leveled since then) Also increased between 1918 1919 spanish influenza -- target population = Between 1700 and 1900 life expectancy in britain increased from 17 to 52 years; death rate from tuberculosis had decreased by 80% Lifestyle and environmental changes better nutrition, cleaner housing, safer food and water & better hygiene, better sanitation. By end of 20th century, shift to 3 chronic diseases (heart disease, cancer, stroke) that account for. Today, even in a developed world, seeing an increase rate of diseases.
