Some information on TB and the 1918 flu

On this page I provide data and some other information on my research on the 1918 influenza epidemic/pandemic. My personal homepage is also available.

GENERAL

With Michel Garenne (CEPED), I published an article in PDR on the demography of the 1918 "Spanish" influenza epidemic. Abstract.

The full text of the article is available right here. Click icon to dowload paper.
It is in PDF format.

DATA

Figures in the PDR paper:

Figure 1: Age-specific death rates for influenza, 1917 and 1918. RAW DATA or PDF Click to dowload PDF image of figure 1.

Figure 2: Life expectancy in the USA, males and females, 1900-98. RAW DATA or PDF Click to dowload PDF image of figure 2.

Figure 3: Age-standardized death rate (ASDR) for all causes, USA, males and females, 1900-98. RAW DATA or PDF Click to dowload PDF image of figure 3.

Figure 4: Sex difference in mortality (life expectancy, ASDR), USA, 1900-98. RAW DATA or PDF Click to dowload PDF image of figure 4.

Figure 5: Age-standardized death rate (ASDR) for tuberculosis, USA, males and females, 1900-98. RAW DATA or PDF Click to dowload PDF image of figure 5.

Figure 6: Male minus female difference in the Age-standardized death rate (ASDR) for tuberculosis (TB, all forms). USA, 1900-60. RAW DATA or PDF Click to dowload PDF image of figure 6.

Figure 7: Male minus female age-specific death rates for tuberculosis (all forms) 1900-53. RAW DATA or PDF Click to dowload PDF image of figure 7.

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Here are some death counts from TB from the USA, 1913-25.

More data coming.
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