The Portland daily press., 1894-08-22
LIFE AND DEATH In MAINE.
Interesting and Important Statistics
from Secretary Young's Report.

Maine Makes Good Record as Regards
Zymotic Diseases, but the Grip Fit
This State Harder than Any Other in
New England Whooping Cough
Caused More Deaths in 1892 than Scar
let Fever-Pneumonia Was Very De-
structive
The first annual report upon births,
marriages, divorces and deaths in the
State of Maine for the year ending De-
Gem Der 81, 1892, is almost ready for dis
tribution. This report is made by A. &C.
Young, Md. registrar of vital statis-
tics under the law of the last legisla-
ture. The work comprises 23S pages,
much of it being tabular, a vast amount
of data for comparison having been
collected.
BIRTH RATE.
The birth rate for the State was 21.21
for each 1000 of population.
The birth rate of the different counties
varied widely. 1t was the highest in
Aroostook, 49, 46, and the lowest in Wal
do. SIS. In five counties, Aroostook,
Cumberland, Piscataquis, Washington
and York, the birth rate was above that
of the whole State.
For the purpose of comparison it may
be stated that the birth rate of Massa-
chusetts was 277 in 1892; Rhode Island
PAT in 1890; Connecticut, 1873 in 1890;
England and Wales, 31.2 (1ss7-9D; Ire
y.
Germany >. 1858 (1ss7-91); Norway, S0.5
1Ss7-91); Holland, 80. Qss7-9r; Italy,
s7.6 dss7-9f)s Hungary, 451ss7-9O.)
Of the total births in the State, 61.9
per cent. were of native parents; 846
per cent. were of foreign parentage; SOB
per cent. were OF parents one of which
was foreign; while of 6. 81 per cent, the
nationality was not stated.
Lincoln county had the largest per-
centage of native born parents, to wit,
49, per cent.
Waldo was very close second with
1910 per cent? native parentage, and
only 1.27 per cent. in which both par
ents were foreign born.
In Hancock county in S7.97 per cent.
of the births the parents were native
born.
In Franklin the percenta1e was s463,
and in Oxford $50. q
Low percentages of native born parents
are shown in Andoscoggin county.
where, In 3d. per cent. of the births,
the parents were native born, and 49, 80
per cent.were foreign born, and in
Aroostook county with 49 per cent, and
in York county with 50.6 per cent. of the
parents native born.
Comparing the parentage of the births
in our twenty cities with that of the
rest of the State we find that in the
cities 40. ga per cent. of the births were
of American parentage, while in the
rural parts of the State the percentage
of American born children was 71.84.
The largest per cent. OF foreign born
parents was in Lewiston, 68.03, and in
Blddeford, 65. 81 per cent.
The lowest percentage of foreign born
parents was in Belfast, where no birth
were foreign, in Rockladn with 7.S4 per
cent. and in Ellsworth, with 10 per
cent. of the births with parents both for
eign.
Comparing the statistics of the other
New England States with our 81. "a per
cent. of American born parents we find
that in New Hampshire QS9O) 50.07 per
parentage; in Massachusetts, (892) SO. II
per cent; in Rhode Island (1ss0) 47.02
per cent; in Connecticut 1892 42.2
per cent; in Vermont G892 )77.61 per
cent. of the parents were American born.
In 1892 1873 twin births occurred In
43 instances the twins were both boys;
in AZ both girls; in As boy and a girl
In rs cases the parentage was American:
in 36 foreign; and in 10 instances the
parentage was mixed. Of the 276 child
rem 80 were still boIn.
OF the 270 still born children 1916 were
males and 96 females. In % the sex was
not stated. With the exception of ID
still births, as to which the nativity of
the mother was not stated, $50 were of
American mothers and 81 were of for
eign mothers.
he largest number of still births, 80
was returned in January. that month
in which the smallest number of living
children were born.
MARRIAGES.
There were 5,726 marriages registered