The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-27
FIGURES COMPILED BY
U. 5. CENSUS BUREAU
Probably Is The Lowest Death
Rate In The History Of The
United States

Washington, D. G., Sept. 27.-The
death rate In the death registration
cities and states OF the United States
dropped to 10 per thousand OF prov
iIonaliy estimated population last
year, according TO the forthcoming
United States census bureaus bulle-
tin on mortality statistics for 1909.
which has been submitted TO Director
Durand by Dr. Cress L. Wilbur. chief
statistican for vital statistics,
In 1905 the death rate in the CEN
sus bureaus registration area was 10
a per thousand and In the bureaus
annual report for that year. issued
Last spring, II was stated that ii Is
evident IN era Of low mortality has
begun
The death rate for l909 is. the bull
etin states, lower than that for any
previous year of registration and prob
abby Is the lowest that ever occurred
IN the history Of the United States.
II is stated that the mortality was
distributed with more than ordinary
uniformity throughout the year 1909
and no epidcmics OF other than a very
local extent were found TO have &C.
Cured
II Is a fact Of much interest the bui
leiin states as showing the general
prevalence in 1919 OF extremely fa-
yorahle conditions for human life,
that the death rate OF England and
Wales tor that year was ii.5 per thou
sard, which was also the lowest on
record for that country. while the rate
OF II for the city of London was even
lower and demonstrates the falacy
OF the believe that high death rates
are necessarily found In large cities
The total number Of deaths returned
from the registration area for 1900
was 732,53S, an increase of 40.96i over
the number G9l,57i returned for
1905.
OF the total number In 1909. there
We're 3sS,597 deaths. or 5i.i per cent
among males, as compared with 54.3
In 1868.
'ihe largest number of deaths re-
turned for any month in 1909 was
70.003 for March. With the great ma.
jority OF the registration states and
cities II is the month having the
largest number OF deaths. while June
is the month of lowest mortality
The Professionally estimated aggre-
gate population of the registration
area Of the United States in 1909 is
4S,776.S9S. or 55.3 per cent OF the total
estimated population OF continental
United States.
The official death registration area
IS composed OF those states aud cities
which require the registration of a
death before the issuance of a burial
permit and which have compiled with
other requirements imposed by the
census bureau as conditions precedent
TO inclusion in this area whose death
returns are annually collected, tabu-
lated, analyzed. aud presented In bull
letin and report form by the census
bureau. In 1909 the death registration
area included the following states
California, Colorado. Connecticut.
Indian, Maine. New Hampshire, New
Jersey New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania
Rhode Island, South Dakota. Vermont
aud Wisconsin.
In addition to these returns of
deaths were received from "a cities
in nonregistration states. in which
the registration under local ordln-
ances is considered sufficient. The
District of Columbia which is coter.
minous with the city of Washington
is not included in the list of separate
registration cities. For most purposes
1t Is treated as city. but In the table
showing groups of registration states
the District of Columbia Is included as
a efnfa araa