From Infographic: Then and now
Sources:
- Diet then: Series C 128-155—Nutrition—Foods, Apparent Civilian Per Capita Consumption: 1849-1945. Historical Statistics of the United States, 1789-1945. Bureau of the Census. US Dept of Commerce. 1949, pp. 53. Retriueved from http://www2.census.gov/prod2/statcomp/documents/HistoricalStatisticsoftheUnitedStates1789-1945.pdf and now: Health and Nutrition. Table 217. Per Capita Consumption of Major Food Commodities: 1980-2009. US. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2012, pp. 141. Retrieved from http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/cats/health_nutrition.html
- Smoking then and now: Trends in Tobacco Use. American Lung Association Research and Program Services, Epidemiology and Statistics Unit. July 2011. Retrieved from http://www.lung.org/finding-cures/our-research/trend-reports/Tobacco-Trend-Report.pdf
- Hospital beds then: Series C 92-103—Health—Hospital Facilities By Type of Service: 1909 to 1945. Historical Statistics of the United States, 1789-1945. Bureau of the Census. US Department of Commerce. 1949. Retrieved from http://www2.census.gov/prod2/statcomp/documents/HistoricalStatisticsoftheUnitedStates1789-1945.pdf and now: Fast Facts on US Hospitals. Health Forum, LLC, American Hospital Association. January 3, 2013. Retrieved from http://www.aha.org/research/rc/stat-studies/fast-facts.shtml