The Influence of External Factors on the Mortality from Pneumonia in Childhood and Later Adult Life
- 1 March 1927
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Epidemiology and Infection
- Vol. 26 (1) , 36-43
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022172400008901
Abstract
Pneumonia in well known to be extremely fatal at both extremes of life. In 1923 it was the cause of 3671 deaths per million living at ages under 5 years; between ages 5–24 the death-rate fell to 177 and rose to 376 at ages 25–44. after 45 the increase was rapid and the death-ate reached 2279 per million living for the ago group 65–74 and 4100 for all ages over 75 years.Keywords
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