[Impact of the flu pandemic of 1918-1919 on the general mortality profile in Boyacá, Colombia].
OBJECTIVE
To describe the epidemiological and social impact of the flu pandemic of 1918-1919 in 41 municipalities of Boyacá, Colombia.


METHODS
Descriptive, analytical-empiric, historic study with an epidemiological focus. The volume and structure of the population is established and determines the mortality rates for the variables of time, person and place.


RESULTS
The pandemic began in October 1918 in Bogotá and reached Boyacá by road. The three chronological waves found in the literature were not identified. We found a significant difference in the behavior of the flu pandemic in the departmnent of Boyacá with that described in Europe and North America by the specialized literature.
Ospina Díaz
Juan Manuel
JM
Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Museo de Historia de la Medicina y la Salud, Antiguo Hospital San Rafael, Tunja, Boyacá, Colombia. duendex56@yahoo.com
Martínez Martín
Abel Fernando
AF
Herrán Falla
Oscar Fernando
OF
D002423:Cause of Death; D002980:Climate; D003105:Colombia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003710:Demography; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000266:history* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000266:history* / Q000401:mortality; D009524:Newspapers as Topic / Q000266:history; D013029:Space-Time Clustering