A Federal Trade Commission report issued in 1958 attempted to quantify the effect of antibiotic development on American public health. The report found that over the period 1946-1955, there was a 42% drop in the incidence of diseases for which antibiotics were effective and only a 20% drop in those for which antibiotics were not effective. The report concluded that "it appears that the use of antibiotics, early diagnosis, and other factors have limited the epidemic spread and thus the number of these diseases which have occurred". The study further examined mortality rates for eight common diseases for which antibiotics offered effective therapy (syphilis, tuberculosis, dysentery, scarlet fever, whooping cough, meningococcal infections, and pneumonia), and found a 56% decline over the same period. Notable among these was a 75% decline in deaths due to tuberculosis. COUNT 9
QSN1 What disease had the biggest decline of deaths? ANS1 tuberculosis QSN2 What was responsible for the decline in spreading diseases? ANS2 use of antibiotics, early diagnosis, and other factors QSN3 What period was the report issued in 1958 cover? ANS3 1946-1955 QSN4 Who issued the report in 1958? ANS4 Federal Trade Commission QSN5 What were eight diseases examined for? ANS5 mortality rates QSN6 How much did the mortality rate of common bacterial infections decline between 1946-1955? ANS6 56% QSN7 How much did the mortality rate of tuberculosis drop between 1946-1955? ANS7 75% QSN8 Who issued a report describing the effects of antibiotic developments? ANS8 Federal Trade Commission QSN9 In what year was the FTC's report issued? ANS9 1958