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Trends in Infectious Disease Mortality in the United States During the 20th Century

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Figure 4. Crude Mortality Rates for 10 Infectious Diseases

The inset in Figure 4A shows the pneumonia and influenza mortality rate from 1970 to 1996. Statistics for poliomyelitis were not listed separately on mortality charts until 1909 (Figure 4C). AIDS indicates acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

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  1. JAMA. 1999;281(1):61-66. doi: 10.1001/jama.281.1.61

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