FIGURE 1-2. Influenza and pneumonia mortality by age, United States.

FIGURE 1-2

Influenza and pneumonia mortality by age, United States. Influenza and pneumonia specific mortality by age, including an average of the interpandemic years 1911–1915 (dashed line), and the pandemic year 1918 (solid line). Specific death rate is per 100,000 of the population in each age division.

SOURCES: U.S. Department of Commerce (1976); Grove and Hetzel (1968); Linder and Grove (1943).

From: 1, The Story of Influenza

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The Threat of Pandemic Influenza: Are We Ready? Workshop Summary.
Institute of Medicine (US) Forum on Microbial Threats; Knobler SL, Mack A, Mahmoud A, et al., editors.
Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2005.
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