Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-09-27
WHITE PLAGUE
WORSTDISfASE
SHOW IO7 ON or
100, 900 mn OF IN
The 1909 RATE LOWEST.
Cancer Shows Greater lnrrcnsc la
rruporNon 1hap Does T,tDcr-
CulOsls

tuberculosis m 1908 was greater than
for any proccdug year and eAcccde,
hN 3t3l the number IS 2S9, COM
plcd for l9OS the death rate, In the
| Census buttuu's death registration
statcs aud cities, showed decline
rom l130 lp 1908 to 1903 per 100, zoo
estimated population iu 1909, us ,p-|
ported In the forthcoming Celieus bu-|
reau bulletin 90 mortality statistics
preparcd by Dr, Cressy l., wilbur
'hief statstician for vital statistics,
md submitted TO Director Dmwnd,
The 1903 rate is the lowest on record
ur the census registration area ALL
hough II should be remembered that
he rates for this area, 10 which large
additions were made lu 1906, 1908, and
900, may not oc strictly comparable
throughout the period covered with re-|
ipect 10 cons iuuuu of pDpul ltiuu
Phe addition of the now registration
tate of Ohio for 1902 for example, n
~ bringing I'm considerable rural
mpulatlon with a normally low death
'ate from tuberculosis, would tend tO|
lcprUss the death rate from this cause
or the registration area as whole.
Il II remarkable, the bullotlnI
tatcs that the aggregate of rosis,rl-I
ion cities which is not affected By the
transfer of ctp3 from the group Qt|
ities in nonrcgistration states to theI
group OF cities in registration stltes,
hows practically the same number
"a, i61 of deaths for 1903 as tor la0S,
which was "a lGG, or a decrease otI
lnly five deaths,
Excluding ohio, which is shown oniy
or 1909 eleven Of the seventeen regis.
ration states FOR viii h data are gtvtnI
presented numerical decreases mi
,eaths from tuberculosis for 1909 as
compared with 1905 the largest do
reases in deaths from tuberculosis
or 1903 as compared whit l9QS, the
argest being for New York Nl5) and
Rhode Island 900 Deaths from
tuberculosis increased in Washington
80 and California GS, among the
is states showing more deaths from
.h'' cause, Among the large cities
teh chief huctuation we're increases Of
50 for st. Louis, Mo-. o for Mime
polls, MINI. IS for Toledo, Ohio, and
IS for New Haven, Conn; slgnlncnntI
rom their small amount, while de-
reases of 222 occurred tor Now York
v Y, 1914 for Philadelphia, IA, and
l49 for New orleans, "a.
Cancer showed a mucn greater pro-
portional increase N ;he number of
ieaths than tIber( dlosis, rising from
}3, 465 in 1908 to 37i61 fer 1909. lHe
leath rate increased from 1i3 TO al
he latter hs'ng the highes, crude
1eath rate from cancer thus tlW re-
corded for the registration aret Of tneI
United States.
1t should be rememoered, tho bull
etin points, out that cancer N Une OF
he Diseases having a peculiar age It's
ribution..for which the study o. crud3I
leath rates Is apt to be especially mis-
| leading, and until a careful alialNsisI
an be made of the data, with ictcr-
3nco to the population details avail
lble after the compilation of the ccn-l
ius of the present year 1t will be Wlsal
o limit inlerences 10 the fact that thc|
lumber Of deaths so reported anu
he crude death rate from this cause
,how a constant tendency TO increasel
rom year to year The probability
# more accurate statement OF this dis
ase as a cause of death by attendingI
physicians must be taken into consi0-
Grafton and the fact that the savlnnl
# lives from tuberculosis and other
preVentable diseases of early or mid
die life would leave more persons sub
Iect to cancer at the cancer ages, and
hus Increase the total number Of,
Ieaths from this cause and the crude
ancer rate, although the actual in-
eluenee OF tne ulseaSe az the various
lerlods OF lile may not nave been az
cred materialiN'
Inc distribution OF cancer according
70 location ON the BODY SHOWS uttle'
hange except qlmihutlon OF the
RESIDUAL group que 10 more accurate
,tatements OF physieians' AZ ceru-
nGates OF 9eath ny cancer should states
whenever aScertainaple the site OF orr
gin oI the alsease' -.,.....
Ihe uniform tendency TO increase III
me NUMBER OF deaths reported IRON
'ancer Is SHOWN IN the totals reported
,pr me fegistrltlon states ana cities
| 'or IeVS anu i9o9' All the seventeen
yates Tor Which oata are gNeh Tor
the Two years showed more deaths
from this cause In the latter year. eN-
| cept Maryland ana south DakoA, for
which slightly diminished numbers
We're returned or the thirty-slX large
| clties only iiNe showed more deaths
| rom cancer III i9VS thah III IvoV' ana
| the amounts OF decrease were very
| smail IN edch c6se. inc huhlericol N
| crease IN the 9eatm, reglstereu from
| cancer was not large lor any parVcuiar
states or Guy, put tiI most lihpressNe
lsature thc Nlueslro"u lrpre,.e
shareu py alI sldteS anu cltlea WIN
puI IfW eNNcepto,ls. ,.., .,.,, ..,. /,
me ,otai Huulper o! ueatns eauseu
~ tEilnolI 'eNer "a noa .lg eSI'ra,lolI
aIsa ior tlS SeS' , W. W3s lo,15' -
g"uSNp,n ~ WI o3' sdt. Mn 'H' nu'n9uI,
,,Siri" uV ..,,i.,ra,io ~" ' 1ons w,lH' ~
1aath ,at, Soii rrn "'eS oS ~ os l'VS Nv
I0o eon ns,i,nb tod mor,,iat MA ,oYr - ~
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