Doomsday, the ~400 deaths figure did not come from analyzing all death certificates nationwide. That figure is how many of the ~400,000 cases a year that were reported died. If actual cases were more like 3 million, then ~3000 did die every year, and you have no more idea than anyone else what cause of death was listed on their certificates. They may very well have given measles, or complications from measles, as the cause, or as one of the causes; nobody ever looked and there is no national database to consult.
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