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Figure 1. Crude Infectious Disease Mortality Rate in the United States from 1900 Through 1996
The inset shows the same mortality curve (blue line) with the fitted regression lines for 2 (1900-1937 and 1953-1980) of 4 segments. The boundaries between the segments are indicated by the vertical dotted lines.
