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–11 CDC WONDER. Search for ICD-8 code 055 (measles),[1] 1978. 5-5-2019 search.

US death rate 0.005 per 100K; population base 222,282,083

Georgia 2 death rate 0.038

Indiana 2 death rate 0.037

Iowa 1 death rate 0.034

Michigan 1 death rate 0.011

New Jersey 1 death rate 0.014

New York 1 death rate 0.006

Ohio 1 death rate 0.009

Texas 1 death rate 0.007

Virginia 1 death rate 0.019

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.)

Rosaler: “Measles…is caused by a virus – an extremely tiny organism that can only reproduce itself by residing within living cells. Humans are the only living creatures who can develop measles, and they can only get it if they are exposed to the measles virus. The most common way that people get infected with the disease is by breathing in tiny droplets of water vapor containing the measles virus. An uninfected person can get measles just by breathing the air in a room that was previously occupied by an infected person….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. Measles (1978). Compressed Mortality File 1968-1978; CDC WONDER On-line Database, 2000. Accessed 5-5-2019 at: http://wonder.cdc.gov/

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. Measles. NY: Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., 2005.

[1] International Code of Diseases, 8^th revision. Code 055 is for Measles.