The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-21
MORTALITY OF THE COUNTRY.
Preliminary Statistics Issued by the
Census Bureau.

: Census Bureau.
! W a King, Chief Statistician Of Vita
/ Statistics for the Twelfth Census. has
| completed a bulletin containing the pre-
| iimiEary statistics Of deaths in the State,
| and Territories and the principal regis
> tration cities. during the census year
I ending May g. 1890. The bulletin was
| made public today, and is in part as fol
1 lows
The most important feature of the re-
| suits presented is found In the decrease
( in the general death rate in the regis
/ tration area of Is per 1.0o0 Of population
/ a decrease Of nearly 10 per cent. and the
/ decrease in the rates from the particu-
lar diseases TO which the general de-
/ crease is due.
The effect Of the advances made in
medical science and sanitation ard iu the
preventive and restrictive measures en-
forced by the health authorities is still
more strikiUgly shown in the comparative
rate for the registration cities Of the
country taken together In 1890 the
death rate in 21 registration cities OF g.
90 or more population was p per I.ge,
in 1880 the rate was 1876 per 1000 in 3n
cities Of S.o1G population and upward. "a re-
duct.on Of % per I.0e0. The gross popu-
s5S 254 in 1880. and Z1.550.651 in 1900
The entire significance OF these figures
can be properly weighed only when the
rates for the Individual cities are Consid-
cred in connection with known conditions
Of local Improvement in saniJst N and
health regulations-fact0rs which re not
OF statistical nature and which were not
developed by the inquiries in the sched-
ules
The decrease in the general death rate.
and in the rates Que 10 diseases most fire.
queut in the early years OF life on one
hand. and the increase in the rates due
20 those diseases occurring generally AZ
advanced ages. on the other. mean also
increased longevity.
The acreage age at death in 1880 was
oil years; in 1890 il was 81 years"
The total number Of deaths within the
United States during the census year 1880.
was Io9,694. The total population was
l6.oS5.79f- In 1880 there were S4I.4l9 deaths
and the population was 81 sl7.714 In the
registration areas Of the United States
with a population Of y S07. .369. in 1890. the
total deaths were 5l2.66s at the rate Of rs
per thousand Of population In the non
registration areas. the deaths were 576. 425
in a population Of f7-Z7S.525- In 1890 the
registration areas 20 the population Of
10 659,7if, showed a total OF ss6Zl2 deaths
a rate Of 1876 The population Of the non
registration area was then g. "a and
the total deaths. $500
The mortality statistics for the District
OF Columbia are as follows. In a popula-
tion of 25S.dS there were 6.5C4 deaths dur
ing the census year. The death rate was
in ls0' rs. and in the last census the
rate was 81 OF the deaths during the
census year &-Z13 We're males and s.tsJ fe-
males; $3.50 were white persons. and Of
these 1857 were males ana l.GG were fe-
males 2.sNy were native white persons.
and OF these L5I5 were males and 4I5
females. or those who died. having both
parents alive. the total is 2Igs-I.Is5 male
and J. % females Those having one or
both lreuts foreign were - IN number.
20 being males and Z52 females
The total number OF foreigners who died
in the District Of Columbia during the
census year was 5ls. OF whom 25g were
males and % females OF deaths among
the colOrCd race. the number IS 2754. of
whom 1,2JI were males. and I.5S7 were re-
males
Deaths within the District Of Columbia.
by sex and age, are reported as follows:
Under one year, total. 1896: one wear old.
zre- two years, 11s. three years TO four
years IS, under five years Of axe. 1875.
five 70 nine years of age. IS4. ten 10 four
teen years. 40; hften 20 nineteen. Isg.
twenty 10 twenty-fOUr years. 35S: twenty
five 20 twenty-nine, 81; thirty to thirty
four, Z5sr ,hirty-tive 20 thirty-nine. "a.
forty TO forty-four, 20, forty-fve 90 forty
nine. pa. fifty to hfty-foUr. 80, ffty-fve
to fifry-nine. S55. sixty 70 sixty-four. sf9-
siNty-tive 10 sixty-nine. 34S: seventy 20
seventy-foUr. 313; seveuty-five 70 seventy
nine, 23S; eighty 10 elEhty-four, 49, eieh-
ty-hve 10 eighty-nine, Sc, ninety 20 ninety
four. q, ninety-fve and over. zl- un-
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