However, by the early 1960's(before the Measles vaccine was used in the U.S.(1967 I believe) the death rate from measles was about 3 in 100,000 cases. In 1963, there were about 450 deaths from measles.
Your math is faulty. If in 1963 there were 450,000 cases of measles with 450 deaths, how is that 3 in 100,000?
From
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4209.pdf A pro-vaccine source
How common is measles in the United States?
"Before the vaccine was licensed in 1963, there were an estimated 34 million cases each year. In the years following 1963, the number of measles cases dropped dramatically."
So, clearly we have different sources. I did not click on the first Google result like you did. The CDC has the chart you copied( but did not cite). Others sources list different data.
I stand by my figures since they are repeat here:
http://immunizationinfo.com/diseases-prevented-by-vaccines/measles/
"Measles in the USA prior to the measles vaccine was estimated to cause 4,000,000 cases per year (equivalent to the entire birth cohort in the USA); virtually every person had measles virus infection by age 20."
Also, if you read the post, rather than just trying to argue you would see this line
"However, by the early 1960's(before the Measles vaccine was used in the U.S.(1967 I believe) the death rate from measles was about 3 in 100,000 cases. "
There is a little vagary in time and statistics. But thanks for showing your lack of reading comprehension in yet another post. I was commenting to someone other than GunRunner(soi disant expert on all things vaccine related due to his immense Google skills and despite his dearth of any real expertise), so I did not dumb it down enough for you. But now that I see you are jumping in on this thread, I will try to keep it down on your level.
So, to answer your question....I did not say that the death rate in 1963 was 3 in 100,000 cases. Also, I question you 450,000 cases. These would be cases reported to the CDC(your uncited source), not the total number of cases. Other, scientific entities would have tabulated the total number of cases differently. Have a nice day!
Also from the same page as your chart at the CDC site:
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/downloads/meas.pdf
Secular Trends in the United States Before 1963, approximately 500,000 cases and 500 deaths were reported annually, with epidemic cycles every 23 years.
However, the actual number of cases was estimated at 34 million annually.
Perhaps you should read what you Google more closely.