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Death Toll from Pandemic FluDeath Toll from Pandemic Flu
1918-19U.S. 675,000
Worldwide 50,000,000+
1957-58U.S. 70,000
Worldwide 1-2,000,000
1968-69U.S. 34,000
Worldwide 700,000+
www.pandemicflu.gov
Influenza Deaths in KansasOctober 1918
Influenza Deaths in KansasOctober 1918
•Massive increase in deaths due to influenza•Similar spikes were repeated all over the country
- Deaths from all causes
- Deaths from influenza
Jeffery K Taubenberger MD PhD
National Institute of Health
The Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918-19, which caused ≈ 50 million deaths worldwide, remains an ominous warning to public health.*
What Experts Say (1)What Experts Say (1)
*1918 - The Mother of All Pandemics, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006
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•675,000 Americans died of the flu in 1918-19•Almost half were healthy young adults•Death tolls especially high in crowded army camps•Today’s schools and campuses pose similar hazards
The 1918 pandemic killed more Americans than all combat deaths in all wars in American history since 1775.*
The 1918 pandemic killed more Americans than all combat deaths in all wars in American history since 1775.*
* Statistical Summary: America's Major Wars, Louisiana State University Libraries.
Every single city, county, and state suffered from a shortage of caskets
Crude Infectious Disease Mortality Rate in the United States from 1900 Through 1996, Armstrong, JAMA 1999
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•Falling mortality from infectious diseases in 20th century
•1918 pandemic overshadowed all other infectious diseases combined
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•3 waves in 18 months•Second wave most severe
Worldwide, the 1918-19 pandemic killed 50-100 million* people in 18 months.
Worldwide, the 1918-19 pandemic killed 50-100 million* people in 18 months.
In comparison, HIV/AIDS ‘only’ killed 25 million in 25 years.
In comparison, HIV/AIDS ‘only’ killed 25 million in 25 years.
* Johnson NP, Updating the accounts: global mortality of the 1918-1920 "Spanish" influenza pandemic, Bulletin of History of Medicine 2002
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Japanese schoolgirls wearing masks, Tokyo 1918
All theaters closed, Seattle
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Spraying the streets with disinfectants
Tent ‘hospitals’
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Flu Orphans, Alaska 1919
In some places, almost all adults died