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. 2009 Jul-Aug;1(4):215–219. doi: 10.4161/derm.1.4.9063

Table 1.

Cities included in the 1918–1919 influenza pandemic study, case-fatality rates and percentage of cases who developed pneumonia24

City and state No. of influenza cases No. of pneumonia cases Influenza case-fatality rate (deaths per 100 cases) Pneumonia complications* (%) July UVB dose (kJ/m2) Latitude (° N)
New London, CT 1466 136 3.14 9.3 4.7 40.6
Charles County, MD 6546 2.25 5.3 38.5
San Francisco, CA 4021 321 2.24 8.0 6.5 37.6
Baltimore, MD 8199 599 2.10 7.3 5.0 39.3
Minor MD towns 5060 322 1.66 6.4 5.1 39.2
Des Moines, IA 1353 138 1.63 10.2 4.8 41.6
Macon, GA 1681 103 1.49 6.1 7.5 32.8
Louisville, KY 1797 111 1.39 6.2 6.0 38.1
Augusta, GA 1405 63 1.28 4.5 7.3 33.5
Little Rock, AR 3565 159 1.09 4.5 7.1 34.8
Spartanburg, SC 1126 35 0.89 3.1 7.0 35.0
San Antonio, TX 6701 303 0.78 4.5 8.2 31.6
Total 42,920 2290

*Incidence of pneumonia in influenza cases.