100 Years of Infectious Disease Deaths in US: Study Shows What's Changed

We've come a long way in treating infectious diseases over the last century, but in recent decades, the rates of death from some infectious diseases have actually increased, according to a new study. The researchers analyzed information on deaths from infectious diseases in the United States from 1900 to 2014. Overall, the death rate from infectious diseases dropped from about 800 deaths per 100,000 people in 1900 to 46 deaths per 100,000 people in 2014, the study found.