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WELC OME то ST CENTURY HEALTH Four Reasons Americans Can Be Grateful for Their Health INCREASED LIFE EXPECTANCY NO. OF DEATHS in 100,000's 1900 2010 100 200 US Average Life Expectancy PNEUMONIA OR INFLUENZA TUBERCULOSIS GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTIONS O Male HEART DISEASE Female 80.6 CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE NEPHROPATHIES 75.7 ACCIDENTS 62 CANCER 58 SENILITY 48.3 DIPHTHERIA 46.3 NONINFECTIOUS AIRWAYS DISEASES ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE ACCIDENTS DIABETES SUICIDE 1900 1930 2009 ACCES S TO ANTIBIOTICS 90% THEN 1920's Maju Acompishments of children with bacterial 1941 meningitis died. Survivors had severe and lasting disabilities, including deafness to mental retardation 150 MILLION British scientist Alexander Researchers learned that low MON antibiotic prescriptions are written in the United States each year Fleming accidentally discovered penicillin levels of penicillin cured serious infections VACCI NES Occurrence of diseases in the United BEFORE VACCINE States in the years just before the vaccine was licensed and in 2000 2000 1,314 26 175,885 503,282 20,000 167 Tetanus 4 Haemorphilus Influenzae Type B 48,164 ,81 147,271 Diphtheria 6,755 Smallpox 152,207 16,316 Measles 47,745 323 Pertussis 823 Polio 152 Congenital Rubella Syndrome Mumps Rubella DECR EASED INFANT MORTALITY THEN 10% 1912 Maju Acompisments infants died before the 1930's age of 1 at the beginning of the 20th century NOW 90% Mortality rates declined thanks to the use of antimicrobial agents, electrolyte replacement therapy The Children's Bureau was formed to advocate maternal and infant welfare services and safe blood transfusions decrease since 1900 MATE RNAL HEALTH 1930's and 40's THEN . 40% of maternal deaths were caused by infection NOW 99% Majr Acompishments Antibiotics, oxytocin to induce labor, safe blood transfusions and better management of hypertensive conditions during pregnancy. The proportion of infants born in hospitals increased from 55% to 90% decrease in maternal mortality between 1900 and 1990 Sources: TOPMASTERSINPUBLICHEALTH.COM https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2102rank.html http://demog.berkeley.edu/-andrew/1918/figure2.html http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/06/chart-what-killed-us-then-and-now/258872/ http://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/treatments/pages/The-History-of-Antibiotics.aspx DEVELOPED BY http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih9/bioethics/guide/teacher/Mod2_disease-occurrence.pdf N NOWSOURCING http://padendds.com/blog/dentistry-in-the-mid-20th-century http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00056796htm http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4838a2.htm http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/living-well/articles/2011/03/17/health-buzz-us-life-expectancy-hits-all-time-high gor 184