Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-22
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS G. CAFES.
WHERE TO DINE.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
tuberculosis and Pneumonia the
Chief Diseases.

The leading causes OF death in the United
states. according To a special report on
statistics of mortality just Issued by the
census bureau were tuberculosis OF the
lungs and pneumonia. The report covers
only what is termed the registration area.
including those cities and states which have
laws requiring the registration of deaths.
and possess satisfactory records for secur-
ing comparable data The figures are for
the year 1904
Eleven states and pa cities which had at
least a population Of 5000 In 1900 are In
cluded. and the total population of the
area Is y. toU9Sg. a triie more than two
htths of the estimated population of the
country In this area the death rate per
thousand In 1894 WAS 1G7 which was less
than any foreign country except Norway
and Sweden.
The report has this to say on the sub
leCt Of tuberculosis
The average annual mortality from tu-
herculosis Of the lungs, or consumption,
1900 TO 1894 was 1925 per 100000 Of pOpu-
lation 1t is gratifying TO note that the
rate has shown a marked decline since
1890 when II was 24J.4. This indicates that
the warfare against the white plague IS
meeting with success. The mortality from
this disease in the registration area in the
United states is lower than 1t is in Ireland
Germany, Norway, Spain and Switzerland
hut higher than in England and Wales,
Italy.
"Of the whole number of deaths from
tuberculosis OF the lungs 53.G per cent. or
more than half, occurred between the ages
Of twenty and forty. The majority of the
deaths were among the males. the proper
tlOn being 90 males 70 I6l females. The
number of deaths was greatest in March
and April. and least IN September.
In the registration states the mortality
from tuberculosis of the lungs was much
greater In the cities than in the rural dis
tricts. Taking each registration state as
"a unit. the mortality from this disease was
highest in Rhode Island New York and
New Jersey, and lowest IN Michigan Yer
mont and New Hampshire.
The average annual mortality from con-
sumption 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 in the later
stages OF the disease, hoping to be bene-
flied by the favorable climatic conditions
Excluding Denver, the rates were highest
In New Orleans. San Francisco. Washing
ton, Newark, Jersey City, Baltimore and
Cincinnati, and lowest in st. Joseph, Mo-;
Scranton, Omaha. Detroit, St. Paul. Buff
falO and Minneapolis
The next leading causes Of death are Civ
en- as dtarrhOea ana enteritiS. the average
annual mortality being ll3l per 100000. of
which ~ per cent was made UP of children
under 1--WE years Of age. and over d per
cent of children under one year OF age
The three next highest causes OF death
are stated TO be heart disease cancer and
typhoid fever. in the order named. The
average annual death rate from the lat-
ter disease In the registration area was
33.S per 10000 of population. Among the
large cities the greatest mortality from
this cause occurred in Pittsburg Pa the
rate being more than 30 each year The
next highest rate was in the adjoining
city OF Allegheny The rate also was ex-
Cessively high in Cleveland, Cincinnati, CO.
lumbus. Louisville and Washington The
mortality IS stated to have been greater
in many OF the smaller cities and in the
rural district OF certain counties in the
registration states than in the larger cities