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A comparison of global and national rates of the Spanish influenza pandemic (1918-1820)shows significant differences, which have not been closly studied. We belive that this geographic variability in pandemic mortality might be attributed mostly to regional social conditions, since socio-economic aspects of life invitably intermediate between man and disease. Therefore, differences in the level and dynamics of social development should influence epidemiological and demographic diversity of the pandemic, including variability of pandemic mortality rates. Starting from this assumption, we will analyze the role of tuberculosis, a socially indicated disease closly related to social background, on the Spanish influenza mortality rates in Croatia, comparing these results with those of some western European countries and the United States. |
