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The global distribution of the disease burden. This map shows the annual rate of DALYs per 100,000 people in the population. It is thereby measuring the distribution of the burden of both mortality and morbidity around the world. In some regions with the best health, the rate of DALYs was under 20,000 per 100,000 people in 2019.
Jan 25, 2022 · 1909-10 – Polio first appears in Canada. Its cause was unknown and people weren’t sure at first whether or not it was contagious. Toronto isolated patients in a room. Only Ontario and BC made polio a reportable disease by 1911, but a survey of physicians showed 658 cases and 46 deaths between Nov 1909 and Oct 1910.
The finding of smallpox-like rashes on Egyptian mummies suggests that smallpox has existed for at least 3,000 years. The earliest written description of a disease like smallpox appeared in China in the 4 th century CE (Common Era). Early written descriptions also appeared in India in the 7 th century and in Asia Minor in the 10 th century.
High quality images of maps. A map of Europe in 1900 [1,837 x 1,655]. We sure love our lakes. The map reminds me of central Canada and north Minnesota. I'm not surprised so many people from Finland emigrated to familiar landscapes.
Oct 26, 2018 · Throughout the late 19th century, a large part of his work uncovered the lifestyle of the city's tenement slums. Here, an Italian immigrant rag-picker is seen with her baby in a small run-down ...
Jun 27, 1999 · In 1900, 30.4% of all deaths occurred among children aged <5 years; in 1997, that percentage was only 1.4%. In 1900, the three leading causes of death were pneumonia, tuberculosis. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES. 621Control of Infectious Diseases. 629Meningococcal Disease — New England, 1993–1998.
In 1900, 30.4% of all deaths occurred among children aged less than 5 years; in 1997, that percentage was only 1.4%. In 1900, the three leading causes of death were pneumonia, tuberculosis (TB), and diarrhea and enteritis, which (together with diphtheria) caused one third of all deaths . Of these deaths, 40% were among children aged less than 5 ...
