The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-07-04

ANY OTHER DISEASE.

ANY OTHER DISEASE,
Pneumonia Comes Next in the Unite
States, but Heart Disease is
! Steadily on the Increase. The
Census Report Covers
Five Years.
The bureau OF the census has JUS
published q report presenting mortal
ity statistics for the United States
for the fye calendar years 1900 tc
1904. This report was prepared under
the supervision Of the late William A
King, chief statistician for vital stat
istics.
The annual compilation of statis'
tics Of mortality was authorized BY
the act o; Congress esta blishing the
permanent census Office. TIE statis.
tics, however, do not cover the entire
country, but, In accordance with the
provisions Of this act, are restricted
to what IL; termed the Registration
area" This area comprises those
States and cities which have laws re-
quiring the regis ration OF death and
possess records aft Jrdirg satisfactory
and CON parable data. In 1904 it in.
clu6lng II States and 334 cities which
aad at least 5000 population in 1900
The II registration States are Con.
necticut, District OF Colu nbia, In.
diana, NJ line, Massachusetts, Michi
gan, New Hampshire, New jersey,
New York, Rhode Island, and Yer
mont; the 334 registration cities in
clude, in addition to the cities In the
IL registration States, considerable
number which are in non-registration
State.
these Ststes and cities, composing
the registration area, included in 1904
a population OF 81 s96 eSe, or only 3
trife more than two.ftths OF the ssti
mated population Of the United States
For the remainder OF the United
States we have at present no mortsli-
Gy statistics which are sufficiently re.
liable and complete to be included tn
this report. The registration area,
however, is gradually increasing in ex-
tent, as the various States aod cities
;ome to realiza the Importance OF haV.
ing adequate registration laws and OF
sff, csively enforcing them.
The number Of deatLl reported in
the registration area in 1900 was 539,-
939, and the death rate per | 900 OF
population was l76 In 1901 the rate
declined to l6 and in 1902 the rate
declined to l6. The rate Increased in
1908 20 16 and in 1904 20 l6 I. The
average annual rate for the five years
was l6 6 per l. 900.
The average annual death rate in
the registration States was lis per
!, 900 In the cities OF 5000 OF more
population in 1900 and l4.3 per 1000
in rural districts, which as the term
IS here used, includes everything out
side these cities. Rhode Island is the
only registration State In which the
rate was as high In the rural districts
IS In the cities. But in Massachusetts,.
Connecticut and New Hampshire the
urban rate exceeded the rural by less
than l per / 900. The excess was
greatest IN New jersey, New York
and Maine.
The higher mortality for cities is
due largely to the fact that residents
Of rural districts when critically Ill re
sort to the hospitals and institutions
in the cities for treatment, and that
5he deaths occurring in such cases are
registered in the cities, thus jncreaS
ing the urban mortality.
The average annual rates were low
est in St. Joseph, Mo. (7.6); OHosso,
Mich. Q0.D; Lincoln, Neo., G0.O;
and St. Paul, MINI, 60 81, and high
es5 in Charleston, S. c., (31.3); Will
mington, N c., esq.,; and Jackson.
vile, Fla, ESD
There we're Al cities In which the
average annual death rate for the five
years was 20 or more per 1000. Nine
teen OF these cities are located in the
Southern Sat and contain larg
proportion OF cclored population. the
death rate for which in general large
ly excseds that for the whites.
tuberculosis Of the lungs and pneu-
monia Here bY far the leading causes
OF death.
The average annual mortality from
tube. culosis OF the lungs OF consump
ticn, 1900 to 1904, was l72.6 per 100,
OOO OF population. 1t is gratifying to
Dote that the rate has shown mark
ed decline since 1890, when it Has
245 4. This indicates thai the war,
fare against the white plague is meet
ing with SUCCESS. The mortalit.e g com
this disease in the registration e. In
the United States is lower than it Is
in Ireland, Germany, Norway, Spain
snd Switzerland, but higher than IN
England and Wales, Scotland, the
Netherlans, Belgium and Italy.
The average annual mortality from
consumption was higher in Denver
than in any other registration city.
This fact is easily explained by the
deaths Of non-residents who resort to
that locality 10 the later stages OF the
disease hoping to 6e benefited by the
favorable climatic conditions. Exclud-
ing Denver, the rates were highest In
New Orleans, San Francisco, Wash
ington, Newark, Jersey City, Balti
more srd Cincinnati; and lowest In
St. Joseph, Mo-, Scranton, Omaha,
Detroit, St. Paul, Buffalo and Min.
neSplh5.
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