Tracking Pandemic Severity Using Data on the Age Structure of Mortality: Lessons From the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in Michigan.
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DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2021.306303
Abstract: Objectives. To test whether distortions in the age structure of mortality during the 1918 influenza pandemic in Michigan tracked the severity of the pandemic. Methods. We calculated monthly excess deaths during the period of 1918… read more here.
Keywords: distribution; distortions age; age; 1918 influenza ... See more keywords