Tuberculosis Death and Survival among Southern California Indians, 1922–44
According to Death Registers kept by agents of the Office of Indian Affairs, between 1922 and 1946, Cahuilla, Kumeyaay, Cupeño, Luiseño, Serrano, and Chemehuevi people of the Mission Indian Agency of Southern California suffered 180 recorded deaths caused by tuberculosis, the leading cause of death...
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crunivtoronpr:10.3138/cbmh.18.1.85 2023-12-31T10:06:56+01:00 Tuberculosis Death and Survival among Southern California Indians, 1922–44 Trafzer, Clifford E 2001 http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/cbmh.18.1.85 https://utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/cbmh.18.1.85 en eng University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) Canadian Bulletin of Medical History volume 18, issue 1, page 85-107 ISSN 0823-2105 2371-0179 General Medicine journal-article 2001 crunivtoronpr https://doi.org/10.3138/cbmh.18.1.85 2023-12-01T08:17:42Z According to Death Registers kept by agents of the Office of Indian Affairs, between 1922 and 1946, Cahuilla, Kumeyaay, Cupeño, Luiseño, Serrano, and Chemehuevi people of the Mission Indian Agency of Southern California suffered 180 recorded deaths caused by tuberculosis, the leading cause of death resulting from infectious disease. Nearly half of those who perished were between the ages of 15 and 39. The leading “occupation” of those who died was “child/student.” Throughout the period under examination, Indians had much higher crude death rates per 100,000 population than did all people in the United States. In 1926, the Native death rate reached its zenith of 661, compared to 86 among all races within the United States. Death rates among First Nations people in Southern California declined during the 1930s and dropped off dramatically during the 1940s due to public health efforts of field nurses and teachers as well as the agency of Indian elders who taught children about the causes, transmissions, treatment, and prevention of tuberculosis. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations University of Toronto Press (U Toronto Press - via Crossref) Canadian Bulletin of Medical History 18 1 85 107 |
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According to Death Registers kept by agents of the Office of Indian Affairs, between 1922 and 1946, Cahuilla, Kumeyaay, Cupeño, Luiseño, Serrano, and Chemehuevi people of the Mission Indian Agency of Southern California suffered 180 recorded deaths caused by tuberculosis, the leading cause of death resulting from infectious disease. Nearly half of those who perished were between the ages of 15 and 39. The leading “occupation” of those who died was “child/student.” Throughout the period under examination, Indians had much higher crude death rates per 100,000 population than did all people in the United States. In 1926, the Native death rate reached its zenith of 661, compared to 86 among all races within the United States. Death rates among First Nations people in Southern California declined during the 1930s and dropped off dramatically during the 1940s due to public health efforts of field nurses and teachers as well as the agency of Indian elders who taught children about the causes, transmissions, treatment, and prevention of tuberculosis. |
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Tuberculosis Death and Survival among Southern California Indians, 1922–44 |
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