Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-05-08
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The Ninth Census.

HE NIrM. STATISTICS OF TIE UNITED
STATES.
The second volume of the report of
the Ninth Census presents many inter-
c-ting facts regarding deaths from dis
ease, and the portions of the country in
which special diseases prevail.
In the Special Tables of Mortality
the deaths from twelve classes or groups
OF diseases are given, and are so arrang-
ed a. To compare each class with the
number OF deaths in each l0O, 900 from
all other causes, aud also the rate from
each disease in each 100 900 population.
The following shows the highest aud
lowest rates in the States and Terrific
ric, from the principal diseases, viz:
CHOLERA lNFANTUM.-Total number
OF deaths in 1870. 20,2.IJ. Ia Utah the
proportion OF deaths from this cause to
the total from all causes was | in 9;
New Mexico, | III 1872; Will. IN Arkan-
sas it was but in 1863.
CoSsUMPTIoS.-Grea proportion
Maine, in SO, followed closely by New
Hampshire, in As, and Rhode Island
aud Vermont reach / in ), while the
lowest IS found in Arizona, where the
rate is but in 2j2
CRouP.-IotaI deaths. 10 ,t92. Great
est proportiou-Tcnncssec, in 2l.s,
and least in Montana Territory, in Is
D, followed by New Hampshire, in
l43.
WHoorING CoUGH.-Total deaths. o.
OOS. Greatest proportion in Nebraska.
in p, and least in Utah Territory. | in
iiJ.5.
MEAsLEs.-Total deaths, ,237. Great
est proportion, Utah Territory. in 1919,
and least in Colorado Territory, l in SO.
PSEUMoNIA.-Tota deaths, 40,Ol2.
Greatest proportion found in Arkansas;
i'll 81, followed closely By Arizona
Territory, i'll s, and by Alabama, in
~, while the lowest is in Montan. Ter
ritory, which is in 6l.7.
SNALL-PoX.-Whilcd deaths from thi,
cause cannot probably be accounted Tor
by climatic influences, it is placed in
The twelve principal diseases, or classes
OF diseases. In Delaware and Dakota.
Washington and Wyoming Territories.
there were no deaths. In the United
States the total deaths from this cause
were 1907. Greatest proportion, Ari-
zona Territory, in 2.7, and lowest in
Virginia, In l5,lS3. In Virginia,
Florida and Colorado TERRITORY, there
was but one death each from this cause.
DIrrHERIA AND SCARLEr FEVER are
classed together, and from these COM
bined causes the deaths number %, ,G23,
OF which = 30j were from diptheria. and
2J,32o from scarlet fever. The greatest
proportion of deaths from these causes
was in Nevada, where the rate was in
81; the deaths being 100. l4l OF which
were from scarlet fever, and 8 from
diptheria. The lowest proportion is
found in Georgia, where the deaths be-
ing 81 from diptheria and II from scarlet
fever, produce ratio of deathin 1864
from both causes.
INTERMITTENT AND REMITTENr FEyERs
are classed together, aud the total deaths
from them were 11,423, being 7,142
from intermittent, and 4, ,2S1 from remit.
tent fevers. The greatest proportion of
deaths from these causes was in Florida,
the latio being in 1915, while the least
number was in Massachusetts, in no.
5.
CANCER.-The deaths FROM, cancer
were d, 6,244 the greatest rate shown was
1873 in Georgia, and though there were
ries, the lowest rate shown was in Neya-
da, where it was l in 6l5.
Six hundred and fifty-one deaths
from cerebro-spinal, ~, ,1s7 from enteric,
and ITO from typhus fevers are group
ed in one class, making total of "a sos;
Of which tine great ratio was in Oregon,
being Lin 11.S, and lowest after idaho
Territory, which had none, was w vom-
ing Territory, which had ! in a..
DisrrhGa, dysentery, and enteritis
are grouped in one class also, thedeaths
being Observation-Disclosures, H,l95;
dysentery, 1912; and entsrisis, S,O46;
making . total OF 81, ,153. In wyoming
there wss no death in 1870 from either
Ofthese causess The lowest ratio, where
such did occur, was Washington Terri
tory, being in 37.2; while the highest
was in Utah Territory, where it was
in 81.
The total number of deaths in the
United States In 1870 was 49,, ,263, from
the following causes: ..'.
General diseases (fevers, rheumatism,
0c.) ldS ,(SA