The emergence of a suburban penalty during the 1918/19 influenza pandemic in Malta: The role of a marketplace, railway, and measles

ABSTRACT: The Malta 1918/19 influenza experience adds to our understanding of the pandemic by illustrating the importance of suburban populations, their vulnerabilities, and elevated mortality rates. Studies on the socio-geographical variation in the 1918/19 influenza mortality has largely overlooked the suburban experience, and thus the often-hidden heterogeneity of the disease experience is missing. A comparison of mortality rates across the three settlement types (urban, suburban, and rural) for the second wave of the pandemic revealed that there were significant differences across the settlement types (x2 = 22.67, 2df, p <0.0001). There was a statistically significant divide between suburban settlement type versus urban and rural communities. Further, the geographical division of the central sub

SUBMITTER: Tripp L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10473495 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature