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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Chandra, Siddharth
Description:
Current estimates of deaths from the influenza pandemic of 1918-19 in Japan are based on vital records and range from 257,000 to 481,000. The resulting crude death rate range of 0.47%-0.88% is considerably lower than parallel and conservative worldwide estimates of 1.66%-2.77%. Because the accuracy of vital registration records for early 20th century Asia is questionable, to calculate the percentage of the population who died from the pandemic, we used alternative prefecture-level population count data for Japan in combination with estimation methods for panel data that were not available to earlier demographers. Our population loss estimates of 1.97-2.02 million are appreciably higher than the standing estimates, and they yield a crude rate of population loss of 3.62%-3.71%. This rate resolves a major puzzle about the pandemic by indicating that the experience of Japan was similar to that of other parts of Asia.
Subjects:
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History, 20Th Century Humans Influenza, Human Models, Statistical Orthomyxoviridae Pandemics Research Design Survival Rate
Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 19(4):616-622.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Name as Subject:
Influenza Pandemic, 1918-1919 ; Influenza Pandemic, 1918-1919
Influenza Pandemic, 1918-1919 ; Influenza Pandemic, 1918-1919 Less -
Genre:
Historical Article
Place as Subject:
Japan
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:453597ac45ffbc11ebd98cfdf1c29f4a6921b2f422ef6a7f70c1e1b0ed2fb1b2
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18735/cdc_18735_DS1.pdf
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