The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-07
DEATH RATE AND DISEASE
tuberculosis and Pneumonia at
Top ofList Of Fatal Affections.
Army of Cancer Victims Growing
Disease Takes Seventh Place i'm
United States-Mortality Table.

Washington, d. C.-Out of only
two-fifths of the population of the
United States more than half a million
lives were offered up in 1905 as a
sacrifices to disease. Startling as
this death rate may seem it was less
than that for the preceding year, but
was in excess of the number of
deaths registered for any other
The death rate from nephritis and
Br1ght's disease, apoplexy, cancer,
diabetes and appendicitis is ~increas-
ing, while that from old age. bron-
chitis, commissions, peritonitis and
scarlet fever lis decreasing.
The greatest death rate recorded
for any one disease in 1906 was that
from Observation-Disclosures, amount
ing to 56,770, while pneumonia fol-
lows closely with a death rate of So
O68, exclusive Of neutrality-suspicious..
The much dreaded cancer shows a
steadily growing death rate, the
figures being 24,S30. IN.
The above are the more interesting
facts brought out in a. report issued
by the Census Bureau, giving the sta
tisties of mortality for 1905. The
statistics in this report are restricted
ito States in which the laWs9reuuirinc
the registration of deaths have been
accepted as giving practically COM
pIete mortality returns and to cities
in non-registration States in which
satisfactory returns are required by
the local authorities. T., ~
This registration area in 1905 con-
sisted of ten registration States, the
District of Columbia and 1913 regis
tratfon cities in non-registration.
States-The ten registration States
We're Connecticut, Indiana, Maine.
Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hamp-
shire. New Jersey, New York, Rhode
Island n Vermont. The population
of the entire area in 1900 was 3d.
765.618, representing 40.5 per cent.
of the total population OF the United
States. 4
i The total number of deaths report
ed from the various kinds of diseases
in 1905 aggregated 545,533, and
those flor the preceding year amount
ed to J561,354. On a percentage ba-
sis the death rate was in 1905 1872
in each 1000 OF population. The fol-
lowing figures show the death rates
per 1000 of the registration States
for 1905: -
Connecticut, 16.5; District of Co.
lumbia, 20.5; Indiana, 1913; Maine,
16.2; Massachusetts,, 1913; Michigan,
1875; New Hamshipre, II; New Jer-
ssey, 16.S; New York, IT; Rhode ISL
and, I'll, and Vermont, II.
The causes, with their rates, to
which twenty OIL more deaths per
100,Q geo Of population were attributed
in 1905, ranked. according to num-
Der OF deaths per 100, 900, are as fol-
lows: Tuberculosis of lungs, 1852;
pneumonia, 1901; heart disease,
1875; diarrheoa and enteritis, 1857;
nephritis and Bright's disease, 114.3;
apoplexy, 72.2; cancer, 72.1; acciden-
tai traumatisms, 42.1; old age, 1854;
meningitis, 34.5; bronchitis, 1916;
premature birth, 32.9: c~ongenital de-
bility. 31.5; typhoid fever, ISL, and
diphtheria and Group, 23.S.
Cancer ranks seventh among the
various use of death. Of the "a
$50 deaths from this disease, 9189
were of males, while 1914 were Of
females.