Age- and Sex-Specific Mortality Associated With the 1918–1919 Influenza Pandemic in Kentucky

Abstract

The observed mortality breakpoints in male and female cohorts born during 1859-1862, 1892-1894, and 1908-1909 did not coincide with known dates of historical pandemics. The atypical age mortality patterns of the 1918-1919 pandemic cannot be explained by military crowding, war-related factors, or prior immunity alone and likely result from a combination of unknown factors.

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DemographyPandemicInfluenza pandemicExcess mortalityMortality rateCrowdingMedicineYoung adultCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)GerontologyDiseaseBiologyInternal medicineInfectious disease (medical specialty)

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AdolescentAdultAge FactorsAgedAged80 and overChildChildPreschoolFemaleHumansInfantInfantNewbornInfluenzaHumanKentuckyMaleMiddle AgedPandemicsSex FactorsSurvival AnalysisYoung Adult

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Year: 2012
Type: article
Volume: 207
Issue: 5
Pages: 721-729
Citations: 89
Access: Closed

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                                    Cécile Viboud, 
                                
                                    Jana Eisenstein, 
                                
                                    Ann Reid
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2012). 
                            Age- and Sex-Specific Mortality Associated With the 1918–1919 Influenza Pandemic in Kentucky. 
                            The Journal of Infectious Diseases
                            , 207
                            (5)
                            , 721-729.
                            https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jis745
                        

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DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis745
PMID: 23230061
PMCID: PMC3563305

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