Pinks Disease

pink disease, acrodynia, mercury poisoning in infants,was only 1 death.Table 2 shows that, of all the deaths in 1923-47, about 61% were in childrenunder 1 year. 38% in ages 1-4 years and less than 1% at 5 years of age or over.There was no significant difference in age distribution between the sexes.TABLE 2Age Male Female Both sexes0- 357 342 699 (61.4%)1- 198 233 431 (37.8%)5- 5 4 9 (0.8%)Allages56049.2%57950.8%1139 (100%)TABLE 3under 1 yearAgeunder4 weeks4 weeksto 3 months3-6months6-12monthsTotalunder1 year# ofdeaths% oftotal2 4 26 184 2160.9 1.9 12 85.2 100under 5 years# ofdeaths% oftotal216 113 3 3 0 34063.5 33.2 2.4 0.9 0 100http://www.users.bigpond.com/difarnsworth/pink65.htm (5 of 8) [05/28/2000 1:43:26 AM]