11 events with tag "mortality"
1725
ID: 466
Edmond Halley creates first actuarial life table using de Moivre's mortality probability formulas
ID: 466
1746
ID: 526
Paris maternity hospital documents over 50% maternal mortality from puerperal fever
ID: 526
1844
ID: 849
Major smallpox epidemic - 1/3 of vaccinated contract mild smallpox, 8% die, more admissions than 1781
ID: 849
1897
ID: 1135
Japan's mortality rate reaches 32% - nearly twice that from smallpox previous to vaccination
ID: 1135
1916
ID: 1241
New York Epidemic: 25% case fatality rate polio (vs <1% natural)
ID: 1241
1920
ID: 1294
New York diphtheria outbreak: 2,773 cases, 274 deaths
ID: 1294
1928
ID: 1354
British Medical Journal: 'The fatality rate among vaccinated cases was just five times as great as among unvaccinated cases'
ID: 1354
1929
ID: 1361
Cod liver oil reduces puerperal fever deaths by 66%
ID: 1361
1932
ID: 1398
Cod liver oil study shows 58% mortality reduction in measles cases
ID: 1398
1935
ID: 1440
Dr. Louis Dublin: 'All of the old menaces like typhoid, smallpox, measles, scarlet fever, whooping cough and diphtheria have become minor causes of death'
ID: 1440
1960
ID: 1765
England/Wales: Measles notification only 2.4%, mortality 0.030%
ID: 1765