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77. Number of Deaths from Measles by Calendar Month in 15 Projects.
Argentina Brazil Colombia United
Wat- Kingsoton. Mon. Callproecadaer
S~er"prol Chile xt dat-M-poetAdeterrey amaica Mexico States fornia
Month Bolvia
n Bolivia Canada
year Chaco Juan San p r tecst l beiro lii- Paulo 83o b,".,pu Call gena rta dellin M paor p Ad d o.
project
ai
Total ....... 53 9 579 397 40 156 1 21 80 105 89 178 9 297 1
1968
June....... .4
July .....
August ..... 11
September. 12
October.....
November...
December...
5
6
-
3
is l
19,
19
37
37
47
28
34
1o
17
21
46
32
44
40
2
7
6
6
3
3
9
3
6
5
6
13
-
-
1
-
-
-
.2
1
-
4
3
5
3
3
5
-
1
-
I
I
I
-
2
1
4
7
9
6
-
1
-
-
-
-
17
14
15
14
0
1989
January..... 5 9 19 33 4 6
1 6 - 6 8 - 8
February .... I 2 5 32 2 8
I 5 - a 16 - 6
March ...... - - 9 19 1 3
1 4 1 3 13 - 25
April ....... - - 4 1 - 6
- 8 - 5 22 1 17
May ........ - - a 14 - 12
2 5 1 7 18 - 8
June ........ - - 2 14 2 8
1 . 3 4 12 - 9 -
July........ I - 8 12 5 15
1 .5 2 3 11 - 12 -
August ..... - - 12 5 - 15
3 a 1 7 3 - 5 -
September.. 2 2 IS 3 1 9
- 3 4 5 - - 5 -
October ..... - - 49 10 - 7
- 4 1 4 I - 8 -
November... 1 2 65 7 1 8
2 2 2 I 3 - 4 -
December... - 2 51 4 1 3 3 4 5 5 5 - 7 -
1070
January ..... I - 40 5 - - - I 1 5 3 3 - 11
February.... I
27 7 - 2 . - - 5 1 4 - 10
March... - - 14 5 I 3 - - 3 16 4 10 - 13
April - 2 9 10 - 3 - 1 2 16 4 8 - 14
MAY....... - I 13 - - 2 1 1 - ls 6 4 6 27
June........­ 5 23 2 I
- 2 2 13 O 5
24
July........ 1 I - 5 16
August .....
1
-
-
-
-
= Indicates a change in sampling which has to lie conkidered in evaluating distribution by months.
again in October-November-December 1969 half were of children too young to have been
and January 1970, which indicated a sea- vaccinated at the time of the campaign.
sonal variation (Figure 74). The coverage The monthly variations in measles deaths
of vaccination in 1969 did not appear to in Sfo Paulo and in the El Salvador project
diminish the seasonal increase,
are shown in Figure 75. El Salvador's sea-
In Recife, however, a seasonal increase sonal fluctuation, with increases in April
did not occur in 1969-1970 (Figure 74). The and May, is similar to that in the United
immunization campaign, which reached States wlile in Sfo Paulo a distinct pattern
80-85 per cent of the susceptible population is not discernible.
in the area of the Investigation, was com- ' Deaths from measles occurred early in life
pleted in November 1969. After that (late (Table 78 and Figure 76). The highest
relatively few deaths occurred and at least rates were either in infancy or among one.