The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-07-06
DEATH RATE.
nj. -.
More People Die from Consump.
ton Than From
ANY OTHER DISEASE.

Pneumonia Comes Next In the United
States, but Heart Disease Is
Steadily on the Increase. The
Census Report Covers
Five Years.
The bureau of the census has just
published q report presenting mortal.
ity statistics for the United States
for the five calendar years 1900 to
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 Of Congress establishing the
permanent census office. The stats.
tics, however, do not cover the entire
country, but, In accordance with the
provisions Of this act, are restricted
to what III termed the "registration
area" This area comprises those
States and cities which have laws re-
outing the regls' ration Of death and
possess records affordirg satisfactory
and comparable data. In 1904 Ii in
Guiding IL States and 334 cities which
had at least 8, 900 population in 1900
The II registration States are Con.
neoticut, DISTRICT Of Columbia, In.
diana, M Aine, Massachusetts, Michi
gan, New Hampshire, New JERSEY,
New York, Rhode Island, and Yer
mont; tho 334 registration cities in,
clude, In addition to the cities In the
ii registration States, a considerable
number which are In non-registration
State.
these States and cities, composing
the registration area, included in 1904
o population OF 80 900 $50. or only q
tri1e more than two. fftbs of the esti
mated population Of the United States
For the remainder Of the United
States we have at present no mortali.
ty statistics which are sufficiently re.
liable and complete to be included In
this report. The registration area,
however, la gradually increasing In ex.
tent, as the various States and cities
como to realize the Importance Of hay,
Ing aeQuaeaxegiStta " aud OF
effeclively enforcing them.
The number Of deaths reported In
the registration area in 1900 was $780,
$40, and the death rate per 1000 OF
population was 17.6 In 1901 the rate
declined to l6 6 and In 1902 che rate
declined to l8. The rate Increased in
1908 to 16.2 and In 1904 to 16 7. The
average annual rate for the five years
was 16. 8 per l. 600.
The average annual death rate in
the registration States was 17.8 per
], 1000 In the cities Of 5000 or 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
as In the cities. But In Massachusetts,,
Connecticut and New Hampshire the
urban rate exceeded the rural by less
than l per l 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
the 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. q. 81; Owosso
Mich, Q0.1); Lincoln, Neb., QO.4)
and st. Paul, Mimi, GO. 81, and high
est in Charleston, S. o., (31. -; vii
mington, N c., (28. 2); and jackson
Vile, Fla, (28. y.
j There were "A cities in which thu
average annual death rate for the iv,
years was 20 or more per 1000. Nine
/, teen Of these cities are located In tn,
Southern Stats and contain o larg
proportion OF colored population, tn,
death rate for which In general large
? ly exceeds that for the whites.
Tuberculosis OF the lungs and pneu
mOnia were bV far the leading cause
Of death.
, The average annual mortality from
/ tubel culosis Of the lungs or consump
q 600 OF population. 1t is gratifying t.
DOuO uIl6U UlO IdUb Lob ollOWu d uQGtk
ed decline since 1890, when 1t wa
q 245 d. This indicates that the wal
r fare against the white plague Is meet
ing with success. The mortaltt,a ron
p this disease In the registration o ca II
the United States is lower than 1t /
Q In Ireland, Germany, Norway, Spail
and Switzerland, but higher than II
3 England and Wales, Scotland, tn
s Netherlans, Belgium and Italy.
r The average annual mortality fror
consumption was higher In Denve
d than In any other registration city
This fact is easily explained by tn
deaths OF non. residents vino resort
that locality In the later stages of tn
disease hoping to be benefited by tn
X favorable climatic conditions. ExcluC
"a ing Denver, the rates were highest |
New Orleans, San Francisco, Wasf
It ington, Newark, Jersey City, Bait
moro and Cinolnnati; and lowest !
b ST. Joseph, Mo-, Scranton, Oman,
ab Detroit, ST. Paul, Buffalo and Mir
ueapolis.
It Pneumonia was second among til
principal causes Of death, tho averal
-, animal ATE HANG I3d u nor 1O0 M