The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-26

mfts. For the year 1905. The reglstra:
tion States. Il California Colo
RADIO. Eonnecttcn Indiana. Nains
Maryland. Massachusetts. Michigan;
New Hampshire New Jersey, New
York P-ennSyayanfs5 Raode Island.
south Dakota, Vermont, Washington
and Wisconsin.
The OfstrictS0f Coltmbfasamd seven.
tty4our registration cities In non-reg-
I~istration States, together with the reg
istratton States mentioned made up
tine aggregate registration area for
1908, whose total estimated popuEa-
ton for the year was 45,02StT67 or over
,onehaIf (51.S per cent? OF the total
Iestimated population OF the continen-
tai United States, which was S6,9T4.-
900. The addition OF Ohio for the year
1909 has still further increased the
percentage of the population reporting
to $50 per cent. and other e may
be Included for the calendar year 1910,
for which direct comparisons OF t1e
mortality statistics can be made with
the population enumerated by the
Thirteenth Census.
The total number OF deaths return
ell for the year 1903 from the aggre-
gate registration area was 691,574
For the preceding year the number of
deaths vas 6S7,OS4, or only 1910 less
than the 1908 returns, although the
registration area for 1908 was in
creased by Washington and Wiscon-
sin. The year 1908 was one OF re-
markabIy low mortality throughout
the United States so far as can be de-
termined from the available regtstra'
ton records and was marked by a gem
eral absence OF severe eptdemics n
of unusual mortality from other
causes.
err proportion OF the deaths IN 1908
than they did in 1907, but the actual
number of deaths of males registered
for 1908 was less than for 1907. The
l~nercentage OF males fas 54.3 and OF
females 45.7. The figures for age pc
,rfods show a somewhat increased per
cent. of deaths of infants under 1 year
for 1908 but the ratios for each of the
individual years from 1 TOD are iden-
Itical for 1907 and 1908. A close agree
ment pea in the subsequent five
perfods,t although there was a
slightly more favorable showing for
1905 for the age periods from 10 TO ~
years.
that occurred we're those of infants
under one year of age and over one
fourth are of children less than five
years OF age.
cent. of all deaths were those OF white
persons. which shows the unequal d.
vision of the registration area / n this
respect Maryland is the only regis
tration State with a considerable pro
portion (23.6 per cent? of colored
Nearly one-fourth of all deaths reg
istered were those of persons born
outside of the United States. The
states having the largest proportion oil
natiye.born Americans Of native stock,
Dr.. Wilbur states. the ones In
which 1t is the most difficult to Sc
cure the passage of effective registra-
ton laws. Therefore, the actual NOR
tafity of Americans of native paSant-
age is not fully represented In the
registration area. although over two
thirds of the. deaths registered were
of native born persons and one-tnlTd
were of native born VITA native pa
= 1t appear that the month OF maxi
mum mortality in 1908 was January
with. 81, req. deaths and that OF mfnt-
mum mortality was June with 49,70l
deaths.
The death rates of the individual
registration states vary for the year
1908 from 1874 for California to TO-
for South Dakota. DIR: Wilbur points
out that the total variation is less tlan
that among the great towns of Eng
land and that the range pr mortality
is not excessive.
with the exception of South Dako-
ia, all the registration States for
which data are presented for more
than a single year, show lower rates
for 1905 than 1907, and In several IN
stances the rates for 1908 were tlia
lowest on record, at least since fair
" accurate registration has been in
effect. For Massachusetts a compare
son of the rates given in the State re-
ports since 1851 shows that, with t1t
single exception of the rate CG.3) in
1904. the rate (16.5) in 1908 Is the low
est.
Then follow comparisons of the
Heath rates of the cities OF the Uni
ted States with 100000 population or
over in 1900J IOf the thtrty-fve cities
considered, a decreased death rate
was shown in 1908 in all but five IN
stances. The remainder OF the bulle-
tin Is devoted to tIe consideration OF
causes of death, of occupations in re-
lation TO mortality, and contains ire
ofTicial English translation of the re-
yIseE list Of causes of death arranged
for use in mortality tslbaes by inter
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