USA deaths statistics
USA deaths

Year

Measles

Typhoid

Scarlet Fever

Whooping Cough

Diphtheria

Influenza and Pneumonia

Cancer

1900

13.3

31.3

9.6

12.2

40.3

202.2

1901

7.4

27.6

13.6

8.7

33.5

197.2

1902

9.3

26.4

11.9

12.4

29.8

161.3

1903

8.8

24.6

12.3

14.3

31.1

169.3

1904

11.3

23.9

11.6

5.8

29.3

192.1

1905

7.4

22.4

6.8

8.9

23.5

169.3

1906

12.9

30.9

7.3

16.1

26.3

156.3

1907

9.6

28.2

9.3

11.3

24.2

180

1908

10.6

23.4

12.4

10.7

21.9

150.9

1909

10

20.2

11.1

10

19.9

148.1

1910

12.3

23.5

11.6

11.4

21.4

162.1

76.2

1911

10

21

8.9

11.3

18.9

149.6

74.4

1912

7

16.5

6.7

9.3

18.2

142.7

77.1

1913

12.8

17.9

8.7

10

18.9

144.8

79

1914

6.8

15.5

6.6

10.4

17.9

136.4

79.6

1915

5.4

12.4

3.6

8.1

15.7

149.1

81.4

1916

11.1

13.3

3.3

10.2

14.5

164.5

82.1

1917

14.3

13.5

4.2

10.5

16.6

167.8

82

1918

10.8

12.6

3

16.9

13.9

587

80.3

1919

3.9

9.2

2.8

5.5

14.7

222.3

80.5

1920

8.8

7.8

4.6

12.5

15.3

208

83.2

1921

4.3

9

5.3

9.1

17.6

99.3

85.6

1922

4.3

7.4

3.5

5.6

14.6

132.6

86.2

1923

10.7

6.8

3.5

9.7

12

152.4

88.7

1924

8.5

6.7

3.1

8.2

9.3

116.7

91.1

1925

2.3

8

2.7

6.7

7.8

123.4

92.8

1926

8.2

6.5

2.5

8.9

7.5

145.5

95.1

1927

4.1

5.5

2.3

6.9

7.8

105.2

95.7

1928

5.4

4.9

2

5.5

7.2

145.5

96.1

1929

2.5

4.2

2.1

6.3

6.6

147.2

95.9

1930

3.2

4.8

1.9

4.8

4.9

102.7

97.3

1931

3

4.5

2.2

3.9

4.8

107.7

98.9

1932

1.6

3.7

2.1

4.5

4.5

107.7

102

1933

2.2

3.6

2

3.5

3.9

95.5

102.2

1934

5.5

3.3

2

5.9

3.3

96.7

106.2

1935

3.1

2.8

2.1

3.7

3.1

104

107.9

1936

1

2.5

1.9

2.1

2.4

119.3

111

1937

1.2

2.1

1.4

3.9

2

114.5

112

1938

2.5

1.9

0.9

3.7

2

80.2

114.6

1939

0.9

1.5

2.2

2.3

1.5

70.8

118.3

1940

0.5

1

1.8

2.2

1.1

65.6

120.8

1941

1.6

0.8

1.4

2.8

1

60.6

121

1942

0.9

0.5

1.2

1.9

1

50.5

123.3

1943

0.9

0.5

1.2

2.5

0.9

62.2

125.4

1944

1.4

0.4

1

1.4

0.9

57.6

130

1945

0.2

0.4

0.9

1.3

1.2

47

135.2

1946

0.9

0.2

0.6

0.9

0.9

40.3

131.2

1947

0.3

0.2

0.4

1.4

0.6

38.7

133.6

1948

0.6

0.1

0.4

0.8

0.4

34.2

136.2

1949

0.6

0.1

0.3

0.5

0.4

30

138.9

1950

0.3

0.2

0.7

0.3

31.3

139.8

1951

0.4

0.2

0.6

0.2

31.4

140.5

1952

0.4

0.2

0.3

0.1

29.7

143.3

1953

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.1

33

144.7

1954

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.1

25.4

145.6

1955

0.2

0.1

0.3

0.1

27.1

146.5

1956

0.3

0.1

0.2

0.1

28.2

147.9

1957

0.2

0.1

0.1

0

35.8

148.7

1958

0.3

0.1

0.1

0

33.2

146.9

1959

0.2

0.1

0.2

0

31.2

147.3

1960

0.2

0.1

0.1

0

37.3

149.2

1961

0.2

0.1

0

0

30.1

149.4

1962

0.2

0.1

0

0

32.3

149.9

1963

0.2

0.1

0.1

0

37.5

151.3

1964

0.2

0

0

0

31.1

151.3

1965

0.1

0

0

0

31.9

153.5

1966

0.1

0

0

0

32.5

155.1

1967

0

0

0

0

28.8

157.2

1968

0

0

0

36.9

159.8

1969

0

0

0

33.9

160.4

1970

0

0

0

30.9

162.8

1971

0

0

0

27.7

163.6

1972

0

0

0

30.1

166

1973

0

0

0

29.8

167.3

1974

0

0

0

25.9

170.5

1975

0

0

0

26.1

171.7

1976

0

0

0

28.8

175.8

1979

0

20.1

179.6

1980

0

24.1

183.9

1981

0

23.4

184

1982

0

21.1

187.2

1983

0

23.9

189.3

1984

0

24.9

191.8

1985

0

28.3

193.3

1986

0

29

194.7

1987

0

28.4

195.9

Note: Deaths are per 100,000

Data was obtained from the following sources:

Vital Statistics of the United States 1937 Part I, U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1939, pp. 11-12

Vital Statistics of the United States 1938 Part I, U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1940, p. 12

Vital Statistics of the United States 1943 Part I, U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1945

Vital Statistics of the United States 1944 Part I, U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1946, p XXII-XXIII

Vital Statistics of the United States 1949 Part I, U.S. Public Health Service, 1951, p. XLIV

Vital Statistics of the United States 1960 Volume II – Mortality Part A, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1963, p. 1-25

Vital Statistics of the United States 1967 Volume II – Mortality Part A, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1969, p. 1-7

Vital Statistics of the United States 1976 Volume II – Mortality Part A, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1980, p. 1-7

Vital Statistics of the United States 1987 Volume II – Mortality Part A, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1990, p. 11

Vital Statistics of the United States 1992 Volume II – Mortality Part A, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1996, p. 12

Historical Statistics of the United States – Colonial Times to 1970 Part 1, Bureau of the Census, p. 58