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Mortality rates were not appreciably above normal; [2] in the United States ~75,000 flu-related deaths were reported in the first six months of 1918, compared to ~63,000 deaths during the same time period in 1915. [99] In Madrid, Spain, fewer than 1,000 people died from influenza between May and June 1918. [100]
The 1918–1920 flu pandemic is commonly referred to as the Spanish flu, and caused millions of deaths worldwide. To maintain morale, wartime censors minimized early reports of illness and mortality in Germany , the United Kingdom , France , and the United States .
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The known death toll from the coronavirus in the United States will surpass the number of dead from the 1918-19 Spanish Flu within the next day or two, data suggests.
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The Black Death, one of history’s deadliest pandemics, ravaged Europe from 1347 to 1351. ... 4. 1918 – The Spanish Flu Pandemic. ... The year 2001 was a particularly dark one mainly because of ...
Death toll Percentage of population lost Years Location 1 Spanish flu: Influenza A/H1N1: 17–100 million 1–5.4% of global population [4] 1918–1920 Worldwide 2 Plague of Justinian: Bubonic plague 15–100 million 25–60% of European population [5] 541–549 North Africa, Europe, and Western Asia 3 HIV/AIDS pandemic: HIV/AIDS
The COVID-19 pandemic has killed over 1.2 million Americans and over 7 million worldwide. The 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic killed an estimated 675,000 Americans and 40-60 million globally. It’s not ...