The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-09
DEATH RATE HIGHER
MORTALITY STATISTICS OF CEN
SUs BUREAU FOR t6 STATES.
Pneumonia a Chief cause-Tuberculo.
sis Fatalities DO Not Increase
with Population--Figures
Given for 1907.

Washington.-The bureau of The
census has Just published its eight
annual report on mortality statistics
| which presents the figures for the cal
endar year 1907, together with com
| parative data for the years 1903 &c
1906 inclusive.
The statistics given In the report dc
not cover the entire country, but only
that portion of the United States
known as the registration area" This
area includes the states I'm which the
laws requiring the registration OF
deaths have been accepted as giving
practically complete mortality returns,
and those cities in non-registration
states in which satisfactory returns
are required by the local authorities.
The registration area in 1907 included
Is states, the District of Columbia and
rs other cities.
The aggregate population Of the reg
istration area for the calendar year
1907 is estimated at 4t.75S ,037, or ass
per cent of total estimated population
of continental United States for that
year
The statistics for 1908 will cover
two new registration states, Washing
ton and Wisconsin, and as a result OF
this addition the registration area will
according to the estimates, include for
the first time a majority (5l6 per
cent? of the total population.
The total number of deaths reported
for the registration area in 1907 was
6S7034, corresponding TO death rate
of 1865 per 1000 OF estimated popula
ton. In 1906 the rate was 1911
Among the foreign countries for which
rates for 1906 are available Australasia
00.6), Denmark G3.5), Norway G3.O
Sweden (14.4l, the Netherlands (14s)
and the United Kingdom (156) had
lower rates than the United States IN
that year; while Belgium (16.D, Prus
STA G7.9), France (199), Italy eos |
Servia CAD, Hungary (24.S) and
Spain (26,2) had higher rates.
The large cities with highest rates
were Denver. Gel. (4S6.6); New Or
leans 1922; Newark, n. ]. (291.6); |
ESQ; Cincinnati t266S); |
Baltimore (2632), and Jersey City N |
]. (2615). The highest rates for cities !
with less than 100000 Inhabitants !
were for San Antonio, Tex. t6332) |
and Colorado Springs, Col (5S0,5), In |
the case of cities, as well as states, the
health resorts are credited with more
than their due share of deaths from
this disease
The high rates In larger cities In |
1907 were for New Orleans, "a; Den !
yer, Col, 23.5; Fall River, Mass, 225
and Washington. 20.3. The low rates
were for St. Joseph. Mo, 80; Mime
apolls. 1O4, and st. Paul, 10.6. in Min
nesota, and Omaha, Neb., 1874
In the case of every registration
state the death rates were larger In
cities than in the rural districts.
The total number of deaths report
ed from all forms Of tuberculosis for
the year 1907 was 1860. an increase
of 1,13s over the number reported for
1906. When the allowance is made
for the increase in population. how
ever, the death rate declined slightly
falling from 1912 per 100000 in 1906
to 1886 in 1907.
There were decreases in the rates OF
six out of the 16 causes listed, the six
being diarrhea and enteritis. diph-
iberia and Group, typhoid fever, old
age. tuberculosis of lungs and con
genital debility. The increases in the
rates for influenza, pneumonia and
heart disease were decided.
OF all the deaths In the registration
area in 1907, 11.2 per cent. were caused
by the various forms Of tuberculosis;
lS per cent by pneumonia tall forms);
sc per cent. by heart disease; 7.6 pei
cent by violence, and IL per cent. by
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