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–621 48 States, DC, Territories of Alaska and Hawaii
–618 States. US PHS Vital Statistics of the US 1952: Vol. II . … Table 53, p. 370.
— 1 AK. US PHS Vital Statistics of the US 1952: Vol. I. …Tables for Alaska, Hawaii…, p. 30.
— 2 HI. US PHS Vital Statistics of the US 1952: Vol. I. …Tables for Alaska, Hawaii…, p. 34.

Alabama (Tied 3rd high) 40 Montana 4
Alaska 1 Nebraska 2
Arizona 10 Nevada 1
Arkansas 4 New Hampshire 2
California 15 New Jersey 14
Colorado 13 New Mexico 11
Connecticut 6 New York 48 2nd highest US state loss.
Delaware 5 North Carolina 21 10th highest US state loss.
District of Columbia 1 North Dakota 2
Florida 10 Ohio 22 8th highest US state loss
Georgia (7th highest) 23 Oklahoma 3
Hawaii 2 Oregon 3
Idaho 2 Pennsylvania 49 Highest state loss.
Illinois (5th high) 25 Rhode Island 2
Indiana (Tied 4th high) 31 South Carolina 13
Iowa 7 South Dakota 4
Kansas 5 Tennessee 40 Tied with AL with 3rd highest loss.
Kentucky (Tied 4th high) 31 Texas 20
Louisiana 9 Utah 3
Maine 8 Vermont 2
Maryland 10 Virginia 24 6th highest US state loss.
Massachusetts 19 Washington 4
Michigan 17 West Virginia 12
Minnesota 5 Wisconsin 7
Mississippi 10 Wyoming 2
Missouri 7

Narrative Information

CDC: “Measles is a highly contagious virus that lives in the nose and throat mucus of an infected person. It can spread to others through coughing and sneezing. Also, measles virus can live for up to two hours in an airspace where the infected person coughed or sneezed. If other people breathe the contaminated air or touch the infected surface, then touch their eyes, noses, or mouths, they can become infected. Measles is so contagious that if one person has it, up to 90% of the people close to that person who are not immune will also become infected. Infected people can spread measles to others from four days before through four days after the rash appears. Measles is a disease of humans; measles virus is not spread by any other animal species.” (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Transmission of Measles. 2-5-2018 last review.

Measles: “The measles virus can live in the air for two hours after an infected persons leaves the room. People can also get measles if they have direct contact with fluid from the nose or mouth of an infected person. Once introduced into a person’s respiratory system, the measles virus proceeds to attach itself to the lining of the airways. Drawing energy from this new host, the virus begins to multiply and spread throughout the body.” (Rosaler, Maxine. Measles. NY: Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., 2005, pp. 7-8.)

Sources

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Transmission of Measles. 2-5-2018 last review. Accessed 4-12-2019 at: https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/transmission.html

Public Health Service. U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare. Vital Statistics of the US 1952: Vol. I. Introduction and Summary Tables for Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands. Marriage, Divorce, Natality, Fetal Mortality and Infant Mortality Data. U.S. GPO, 1955. Accessed 6-15-2023 at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsus/VSUS_1952_1.pdf

Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Vital Statistics of the United States 1952, Volume II, Mortality Data. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1955. Accessed 6-15-2023 at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsus/VSUS_1952_2.pdf

Rosaler, Maxine. Epidemics: Deadly Diseases Throughout History – Measles. NY Rosen Publishing Group, 2005. Preview Google digitized at: http://books.google.com/books?id=4hQwgOcKEBUC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false