Coughing Blood: Tuberculosis Deaths and Data on the Yakama Indian Reservation, 1911–64
Tuberculosis was the foremost killer of First Nations populations during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. According to data from Death Certificates collected by the Yakima County Health Department and preserved by the Office of Indian Affairs, tuberculosis among the 14 tribes of th...
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crunivtoronpr:10.3138/cbmh.15.2.251 2023-12-31T10:06:55+01:00 Coughing Blood: Tuberculosis Deaths and Data on the Yakama Indian Reservation, 1911–64 Trafzer, Clifford E 1998 http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/cbmh.15.2.251 https://utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/cbmh.15.2.251 en eng University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) Canadian Bulletin of Medical History volume 15, issue 2, page 251-276 ISSN 0823-2105 2371-0179 General Medicine journal-article 1998 crunivtoronpr https://doi.org/10.3138/cbmh.15.2.251 2023-12-01T08:18:26Z Tuberculosis was the foremost killer of First Nations populations during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. According to data from Death Certificates collected by the Yakima County Health Department and preserved by the Office of Indian Affairs, tuberculosis among the 14 tribes of the Yakama Nation took the lives of 619 people between 1911-64. The modal age group was those Yakama between 15-19, with people between 15-39 suffering 329 (53%) deaths. Changes in contact with bacteria, diet, housing, and seasonal rounds resulting from reservation life influenced high tubercular death rates among Yakama when compared to Whites and non-Whites in the US and the population of Washington. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations University of Toronto Press (U Toronto Press - via Crossref) Canadian Bulletin of Medical History 15 2 251 276 |
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Tuberculosis was the foremost killer of First Nations populations during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. According to data from Death Certificates collected by the Yakima County Health Department and preserved by the Office of Indian Affairs, tuberculosis among the 14 tribes of the Yakama Nation took the lives of 619 people between 1911-64. The modal age group was those Yakama between 15-19, with people between 15-39 suffering 329 (53%) deaths. Changes in contact with bacteria, diet, housing, and seasonal rounds resulting from reservation life influenced high tubercular death rates among Yakama when compared to Whites and non-Whites in the US and the population of Washington. |
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Coughing Blood: Tuberculosis Deaths and Data on the Yakama Indian Reservation, 1911–64 |
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Coughing Blood: Tuberculosis Deaths and Data on the Yakama Indian Reservation, 1911–64 |
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Coughing Blood: Tuberculosis Deaths and Data on the Yakama Indian Reservation, 1911–64 |
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