The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-08

by careful Investigators that the dis
ease was entirely absent before the
advent Of the whites In America
Cancer affecting tho various organs
and parts OF the body caused 30.514
deaths In the registration area during
the year 1907. or 1,4s4 more deaths
than were reported for the same cauBc
in 1905. The death rate for this dis
case rose from 7o.s per 100000 OF
population In 1905 to 73,1 IN 1907. or
the Is registration states. IL showed
increased death rates from cancer for
1907 as compared with the previous
year. and s-Connecticut Michigan,
and New Jcrsey-showed slightly re-
duced rates for this disease.
OF the various forms of this disease.
cancer of the stomach and liver was
the mogt important, being responsible
for nearly out Of every deaths
from cancer.
There were 12.67o deuths from ty-
phoId fever In the registration area
during the year 1907. the death rate
from this disease being 30.S per 1oo,-
900 of population In that year as CON-
pared with 32.1 for 1906.
The rate Of mortality from typhoid
fever was less for 1907 than for 1905
in every registration state except Colo
RADIO New Jersey. and New York. The
states with the highest death rates in
1907 were Colorado (6s.O and Penn
sylvania (50.3); those with the low
est were Vermont 10.S). Rhode Is-
land CID. and New Hampshire (11.9).
Among the large cities, showed
death rates of over so per 100000 Of
population. These were Pittsburg, Pa.
(130S); Allegheny. Pa. (96.s); Scran-
ton, Pa. (75S); Louisville. KY. (679);
Denver, Colo. (67.D: Philadelphia, Pa.
(6o.), and New Orleans. La. $3.50
Twenty-one Of the large cities showed
uGCI cd6Gu liOLn tuic hioOooO
In 1907 as compared with 1906.
Under meningitis 11.100 deaths were
reported for 1907, this being at the
rate of 26.e per 100000 OF population.
The highest rates for the registration
states were those for New Hampshire
(37.S) and Massachusetts (37D. The
highest rates for the large cities were
those for Denver, Colo. (63.2) and
Memphis, Tenn. (629).
Whooping cough showed a marked
decrease in mortality, the number OF
deaths falling from 1924 in 1906 to
1856 in 1907 and the death rate de-
clining from 15.4 to 11.6 per 100000
OF population The United States oc-
cupies a somewhat favorable position
among the nations with respect to
It's death rate from this disease,
In four out Of the five years from
1908 to 1907, whooping cough caused
more deaths In the registration area
Of the United States than either scar
let fever or measles, and yet II is very
seldom that active measures are taken
against It's spread.
The total number Of doaths from
all forms of violence in the registra-
tion area during the year 1907 was
52,54S, an increase of 1895 over the
number for the previous year. The
death rate rose from 1209 9 per 100000
OF population for 1906 to 1858 for
1907,
or the deaths from violence, 4S,v94
were accidental, 6,745 were suicides,
and 2.70e were homicides Deaths
from railroad accidents and injuries
numbered 1876. and deaths from auto
mobile accidents 294
The death rate from suicide rose
from 143 per 100000 of population
in 1906 to 1862 In 1907 This appar-
ent increase may be duo In part to
more accurate returns in the latter
year