From Infographic: Then and now
Sources:
- Life expectancy then: No. HS-16, Expectation of Life at Birth by Race and Sex: 1900 to 2001. Historical Statistics, 2012 Statistical Abstract. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved from http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/hist_stats.html and now: Murphy, B.S., SL; Xu, M.D., J; and Kochanek, M.A., KD. Expectation of life at birth and at specified ages. Volume 61, Number 4. National Vital Statistics Reports. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2013. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/deaths.htm
- Causes of death then: Death Rates from Certain Important Causes of Death in the Registration Area of the United States for Each of the Years 1900 – 1913. Mortality Statistics 1913. U.S. Bureau of the Census. Retrieved from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsushistorical/mortstatsh_1913.pdf and now: Murphy, B.S., SL; Xu, M.D., J; and Kochanek, M.A., KD. Deaths: Final Data for 2010. Volume 61, Number 4. National Vital Statistics Reports. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2013. Retrieved from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm
- Infant mortality then: Series C 39-44. Vital Statistics—Death Rates, Infant and Maternal Mortality: 1915 to 1945. Historical Statistics of the United States, 1789-1945. Bureau of the Census. U.S. Department of Commerce. 1949. Retrieved from: http://www2.census.gov/prod2/statcomp/documents/HistoricalStatisticsoftheUnitedStates1789-1945.pdf and now: Key Mortality Statistics: Data for United States in 2010. National Vital Statistics System, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/deaths.htm
- Maternal mortality then: Series C 39-44. Vital Statistics—Death Rates, Infant and Maternal Mortality: 1915 to 1945. Historical Statistics of the United States, 1789-1945. Bureau of the Census. U.S. Department of Commerce. 1949. Retrieved from http://www2.census.gov/prod2/statcomp/documents/HistoricalStatisticsoftheUnitedStates1789-1945.pdf and now: Trends in Maternal Mortality: 1990 to 2010. World Health Organization. 2012. Retrieved from http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2012/9789241503631_eng.pdf