Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-15

explanation OF this high rate is to
found in the large number Of col
orcd inhabitants OF the state, among
whom consumption is particularly
prevalent and fatal The mortality
rate for the colored in this state was
321.G as compared with 146l for
the white Similar high rates 20.
the colOced are shown for ali cite
with a large. colored population: in
Mobile, Ala. the rate for the colorea
was G25.22. and for the white 226.cc
OF the 36 registration citeies con
tanning over 100000 inhabitants in
1899. &c showed an increased death
rate for 1906 as compared with
1905, and OF these had q higher
rate n the latter year than in any
Of the years from 1902 t. 1906:
Cincinnati, Ohio (o71.D; Newark.
NJ. (254.5); and Allegheny, Pa.
(159.7). Eight cities showed fo-'
the fiv-year period, 1902 to 1905,
the lowest death rate IN the las.
year, namely, Scranton. Pa. (72.6):
Pittsburg, Pa. I25.4); Fall River.
Mass. CESS; Worcester, Mas
(155.S); Providence. r. l. (162.S-:
Kansas City, Mo. t17O); Boston,
Mass. l99.1), and New Orleans.
La. 2S0.S). OF the larger cities
those with the highest mortality
rates were as follows. Denver, Coo
(454.2); New Orleans, La. (cs0.s>
and Cincinnati, Ohio (271.D. The
rate in the Bronx borough, New
York city, was 1881 as compared
with $50 for 1905.
Cancer.
A generally interesting mortality
rate for cancer is indicated in those
areas in which statistics are ayaila-
bic FOR comparison over a series 81
years, and this is not onyly true oi
this country but also of foreign
countries. OF the 29,O20 deaths
reported from this cause in 1906,
the numebr O. males was 11,166
and the number Of females 1854.
The largest number OF deaths Tor
each Of the five years from 1902 to
1906, inclusive, have been at the
ages OF so to ca years.
In 6 OF the registration states
the death rate from cancer was
higher in 1905 than in any Of the
four preceding years. The rates
for these states were as follows:
For Massachusetts, sos; for New
Hampshire, S9.2; for Connecticut,
sos; for New York, 76.2; for Mich
isa1, SIS; and for New Jersey,
66.1. The highest death rate Of
any state was shown by the new reg
istration state of California (92),
for which no comparisons with pre-
ceding years are available.
The highest death rate from can
Ger for any OF the large cities was
1901 in Boston, Mass, and then,
III order, 96.7 in Syracuse, N. Y;
GAS in Denver, Colo; 93.7 in Roch-
ester, n. Y; and 93.5 in Providence,
Rhode Island.
Typhoid Fever.
For the whole registration ara
the mortality rate for 1906 from
typhoid fever was 32.1 as compared
with the rate for a smaller area in
1905 of 2S.l. Practically all OF
the Increase was due to the inclu-
sion OF new areas with high mortal
lty rates, but in the total registra-
ton cities which underwent little
change during the period so far a.s
aggregate population is concerned,
the rate increased from sol for
1905 to 322 for 1906. The states
with the highest rates were Penn
sylyania (56.5) and Colorado (56)
and those with the lowest rates were
Massachusetts (16.D and Rhode
Island G6.5 OF the larger reg
istration cities, the highest rates
were shown for Pittsburg, Pa.
{ 141.3) and Allegheny, Pa. (136.3).
Meningitis.
Meningitis as a cause of death is
because of the sharp
decline in the death rate from 34.5
for 1905 to 25.6 in 1906. The area
Of registration in the latter year
vas greater by states than in the
former, but the actual number OF
ieaths reported was less. In nearly
al the large cities of the country
where for 1905 this disease attain
I'd epidemic proportions, it showed
/ largely decreased rate for 1906
The only large cities which showed