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  1. 1997
    Diabetes called greatest threat to American Indians since TB
    Congress creates the Special Diabetes Program for Indians, due to the disease’s emergence as one of ...
  2. 1979
    Diabetes at epidemic numbers in American Indian communities
    Nearly 17 percent of American Indians and Alaska Natives have diabetes—the highest age-adjusted prevalence ...
  3. 1951
    No tuberculosis deaths reported in Hawai‘i
    For the first time since tuberculosis was diagnosed in the Hawaiian Islands, no deaths are reported ...
  4. 1946
    Antibiotics treat leprosy
    The first antibiotics to treat leprosy become available. Called sulfones, in pill form they are well ...
  5. 1936
    Measles strikes Hawaiian Islands again
    Historically, measles devastated the Native Hawaiian population, reducing it from 300,000 in 1778, to ...
  6. 1930s
    Heart disease, cancer replace infectious diseases as leading causes of death in Hawai‘i
    Heart disease and cancer begin to replace tuberculosis, pneumonia, and gastrointestinal illnesses as ...
  7. 1923
    Tuberculosis identical among patients of different races
    The National Tuberculosis Association issues a paper stating that “tuberculosis attacks without racial ...
  8. 1918–19
    ‘Spanish Influenza’ claims millions of lives
    American Indians and Alaska Natives are among the tens of millions who die in the Spanish Influenza ...
  9. 1903
    Hawai‘i suffers first dengue epidemic
    An epidemic of dengue fever kills 30,000 people living on the islands. The disease is caused by any ...
  10. 1901
    Tuberculosis hospital established in Honolulu
    In Hawai‘i, Le‘ahi Hospital is opened on O‘ahu, primarily for tuberculosis care. ... Epidemics ... Hawai‘i ... Le‘ahi ...
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