Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-05-02
Vital Statistics of the Ninth Census.

THE second volume of the report of the
ninth census presents many interesting
facts regarding death from disease and the
portions of the country in which special
diseases prevail.
In the especial Tables of MOrtality,''
the deaths from twelve classes or groups
of disease are given, and are so arranged
as to compare each class with the number
of deaths in each 100000 of population
from all other causes, and also the rate
from each disease in each 100000
The following shows the highest and
| lowest rates in the States and Territories
from the principal diseases, viz:
Cholera infantum.-Total number deaths
| in 1870, 20,255 In Utah the proportion of
| deaths from this cause to the total from all
| causes, was 1 in g. New Mexico, 1 in
| 1912; while in Arkansas it was but 1 in
1869.
Consumption. - Greatest proportion,
Maine, 1 in 80, followed closely by New
Hampshire, 1 in As, and Rhode Island
and Vermont each in 5; while the low
est is found in Arizona, where the rate is
but in 252.
Croup.-Total deaths 10,692. Greatest
proportion in Tennessee, in 21.8, and
least in Montana Territory, 1 in 1856, fol
lowed by New Hampshire, in 143.
Whooping Cough-Total deaths, 9,009
Greatest proportion in Nebraska, in 81,
and least in Utah, where it is but in
1865.
Measles.-Total deaths, 9,S37. Greatest
proportion found in Utah Territory, 1 in
| 159 and least in Colorado Territory, in
| 375
Pneumonia. - Total deaths, 40,042.
Greatest proportion found in Arkansas, 1
in 81. followed closely by Arizona Terri
tory, 1 in 6, and by Alabama, in 70,
while the lowest is in Montana Territory,
which is in 61.7.
Small pox-While deaths from this
cause cannot probably be accounted for by
climatic influences, it is placed in the
twelve principal diseases, or classes Of dis
eases. In Delaware and in Dakota, Wash
ington and Wyoming Territories, there
were no deaths. In the United States, the
total deaths from this cause were
1907 Greatest proportion in Arizona
Territory, 1 in 81, and lowest in Virginia,
| in 1913. In Virginia, Florida and
| death each from this disease.
Diphtheria and scarlet fever are classed
| together and from these combined causes
| 6,3G3 were from diphtheria, and 90, 800 were
| from scarlet fever. The greatest proper
| ton of deaths from these causes was in
Nevada where the rate was 1 in Al; the
deaths being $50, al of which were from
scarlet fever, and 8 from diphtheria. The
| lowest proportion is found in Georgia,
| where, the deaths being 81 from diphtheria
and 10 from scarlet fever produce ratio
of death In 1864 from both causes.
Intermittent and remittent fevers are
classed together, and the total deaths from
them was II ,423, being 7,142 from inter-
mittent and 1881 from remittent fevers.
The greatest proportion of deaths from
these causes was in Florida, the ratio be-
ing in 1916, while the least number was
in Massachusetts, the ratio being / in
410.5.
From cancer the deaths We're 6,244 the
greatest rate shown was 1879 in Georgia,
and though there were none in Arizona or
Montana Territories, the lowest rate
shown was in Nevada, where it was 1 in
615.
Six hundred and fity-one deaths from
cerebro-spinal 3d. 1877 from enteritis and
ITO from typhus fevers are grouped in
one class, making a total of 24,6OS, of
which the greatest ratio was in Oregon,
being one in 11.3, and the lowest after
Idaho Territory, which had none, was
Wyoming Territory, which had 1 in "a.
Diarrhea, dysentery and enteritis are
grouped in one class; also the deaths be-
ing distributed: diarrhea, 14,195; dysen-
terry, 1912, and enteritis, 9,046, making a
total of 81, 153. In Wyoming there was no
death in 1870 from either of these causes.
The lowest ratio where such did occur was
in Washington Territory, being in 372,
while the highest was in Utah Territory,
where it was in 81. The total number
of deaths in the United States was 492, 1868,
from the following causes, viz:
General diseases fever rheumatism etc 1873 683