Deaths Associated with Influenza Pandemic of 1918–19, Japan
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Deaths Associated with Influenza Pandemic of 1918–19, Japan

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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.
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    • Source:
      Emerg Infect Dis. 19(4):616-622.
    • Document Type:
      Journal Article
    • Name as Subject:
      Influenza Pandemic, 1918-1919
    • Genre:
      Historical Article
    • Place as Subject:
      Japan
    • Collection(s):
      Emerging Infectious Diseases
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