Infectious disease mortality trends in the United States, 1980-2014
Methods| Using International Classification of Diseases codes, overall and infectious
disease mortality data were extracted, based on underlying causes of death, from the
National Office of Vital Statistics reports from 1900 through 1967 and from the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) WONDER database from 1968 through 2014. 2 The
University of Arizona determined the study was exempt from review. Crude mortality rates for
infectious and noninfectious causes (per 100 000 population) from 1900 through 2014 were …
disease mortality data were extracted, based on underlying causes of death, from the
National Office of Vital Statistics reports from 1900 through 1967 and from the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) WONDER database from 1968 through 2014. 2 The
University of Arizona determined the study was exempt from review. Crude mortality rates for
infectious and noninfectious causes (per 100 000 population) from 1900 through 2014 were …
