17 — 380

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–380 USPHS. Vital Statistics. “Table 5-10. Deaths From 255 Selected Causes.” P. 5-98.

Alabama 15 page 5-98
Arizona 9 page 1-40
Arkansas 9 page 1-40
California 12 page 5-106
Colorado 5 page 5-106
Connecticut 6 page 1-40
District of Columbia 3 page 1-40
Florida 3 page 5-114
Georgia 13 page 5-114
Hawaii 1 page 1-40
Idaho 1 page 1-40
Illinois 18 page 1-40
Indiana 11 page 5-122
Iowa 2 page 5-122
Kansas 4 page 1-40
Kentucky 8 page 1-40
Louisiana 21 page 1-40
Maine 2 page 5-130
Maryland 6 page 5-130
Massachusetts 7 page 1-40
Michigan 17 page 1-40
Minnesota 5 page 1-40
Mississippi 9 page 5-138
Missouri 3 page 5-138
Montana 1 page 1-40
Nebraska 2 page 1-40
Nevada 1 page 1-40
New Hampshire 1 page 5-146
New Jersey 6 page 5-146
New Mexico 8 page 1-40
New York 31 page 1-40
North Carolina 12 page 1-40
North Dakota 1 page 5-154
Ohio 17 page 5-154
Oklahoma 7 page 1-40
Oregon 2 page 1-40
Pennsylvania 6 page 1-40
South Carolina 7 page 5-162
Tennessee 13 page 1-40
Texas 52 page 1-40 Washington 1 page 1-40
Utah 5 page 5-170 West Virginia 2 page 1-40
Virginia 4 page 1-40 Wisconsin 11 page 5-178
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

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

United States Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Vital Statistics of the United States 1960, Volume II, Mortality, Part A. Washington: GPO, 1963. Accessed at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsus/VSUS_1960_2A.pdf