The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-05-01
S8ltsre11nent&s.
VITAL STATISTICS,
THE oHIOANs WHO HAVE DIED,
AND WHY THEY DIED.
me Farmers in the MOJOrlly-OhiO the AOS'
HealthTul State in the Union

Secretary of States report which con-
tains the vital statistics Of the States
have lust been issued from the press.
DEATHS IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OHIO.
During the past year Cuyahoga county
has had ], ,llS deaths of which 6S4 were
males and 484 females. Ashtabula has
had 2SS deaths; Ashland, 2O4; Colum'
biana, 542; Crawford, 2S6; Erie, 2O4;
Geauga, ll7;- Guernsey, 1914; Hardin,
2l4; Hancock, 2l9; Henry, lS9; Holmes,
2s7; Huron, 1872; Knox, 2lS; Lake, III;
Licking, 1892; Lorain, 300; Lucas, 6l9;
Mahoning, $780, Marion, ia; Medina,
lsl; Morrow, 1876; Portage, 2O5; Rich
land, 23O; sandusdy, 1856; Seneca, SO6;
Stark, 423; Summit, 203; Trumbull, 87l
Tuscarawas, $50; Wayne, 2S6; Wyan'
dot, 14S.
The total number of deaths in Ohio
during the past year was 25,44O, and OF
this number Is 3S7 we're males and H.
sI4 we're females. Of these males 7,478
were leading lives of single blessedness,
4 1888 of these were married, and l,O4o
we're widowers. Of the females, 6.466
were single, 343l were married, and
l l,470 were widows. Thus it will be seen
that nearly twice as many unmarried
persons have died during the past year
as of those who are married, and that
more widowers have died than widows.
Married life seems to be the healthiest.
AGES OF THOSE DYING.
OF these 25, ,440 deaths, 26S males and
l66 females were still-born 1884 males
and 2,OS2 died under one year of age; ;
1884 males and 6S5 females died between
one and two years of age ; between two
and three years of age, Az males and 495
females; between three and four years,
1867 males and 3l2 females; between four
and five years, 273 males and 262 fe'
males from five to ten years Of age, 723
males and $40 females; from ten to tif
teen years, 1926 males and 969 females;
froM fifteen to twenty years, 4S4 males
aud 526 females, and from twenty years
of age to twenty-five years, 561 males
have died to 7l5 females. There were
AIS male deaths and 592 female deaths
between the ages of 25 and 80; between
30 and IS there were 439 male deaths
and 476 female deaths; between 30 and
40 there were 424 males and 430 females;
between 40 and 45 there were 434 males
and 1857 females; between 45 and 80
there were AIS males and 402 females
between so and 55 there were 400 males
and 1856 females between 55 and go
there were $50 males and 374 females;
between 80 and 65 there were 672 males
and 426 females; between 65 and 70
years of age, 5SS males and 494 females
between 20 and rs years, 675 males and
474 females; and between rs and 80
years of age, Gil males and 462 females
have died with the past year.
DIFFERENT OCCUPATIONS VS.. DEATH,
Among those who died there were l5
artists, q bakers, Is bankers, l24 black
smiths, 6S brick layers. II book binders,
PIG carpenters, 1872 clerks, 45 Clergymen,
SO doctors, and one editor.
There were 8 571 farmers, 1868 house
keepers, 295 house servants, 48 lawyers,
81 machinists, 81 Miners painters, %
plumbers, 23 printers 32 proprietors of
manufactures, 26 public officers, ITO
shoemakers, 203 tailors or seamstresses,
81 teachers, 20 TIMERS, 1926 laborers and
1,l5l of other occupations, while 4,695
had no occupations at all.
DEATHS MONTHLY.
As to the number of deaths during the
several months they rank as follows:
January, 2 $50 deaths; February, g..
488; March, 1882; April, l77S; May,
1851; June, ,64S; July, 1852; August,
1887; September, 2 295; October 2,l49;
November, 900; December, 1874.
THE CAUSE OF DEATHS.
The great majority of these deaths are
found in the many diseases common to
man, but many of them come under the
class of violent deaths, such as suicides
murders, accidents, etCetera. Of this
class 723 were caused by accident or neg.
ligence, and embraces cases of poisoning,
suffocation, burns, fractures or drowning
There were four deaths from battles
or riots, q homicides, 99 suicides, 3
hangings and 3,l20 violent and sudden
deaths, Of which the causes are un.
known.
HEALTHY OHIO.
After giving the various vital statistics
of the State the Secretary has appended
to this part of the volume valuable con.
tribution on the subject from DR.. D. N.
Kinsman. He shows that a smaller
number of infants die in Ohio yearly in
proportion to its population than in any |
other country in the world, and that
whereas the value of infant life increases
with intelligence, thrift, industry and the
success of the community in which the
children are born, Ohio is therefore the
most thrifty, intelligent, Industrious and
successful country in the United States
or the world.
Inc causes OF this healthy condition
in Ohio, he states, come from the follow
ing facts;
Males are in excess Of females in this
State, and the wealth and power of any
country or State depend upon her active 4
laborers. The greater the number OIL
"bread winners" the better is the pro-
vision for those who must be sustained.
2. The uniform distribution of wealth.
The per capita distribution for the larg-
est portion of Ohio is from $3.50 to 81 300
Only in the extreme northwest, in the
comparatively recently-settled portion
Of the State, and in the southeast section
does the per capita fall below $3.50, and
such are the physical conditions of these
portions Of the State that they are capa.
ole Of development to place them on a
Iooting equal to the remainder of the
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