Bisbee daily review., 1911-02-02
DEATH RATE |S VERY SMALL
 FUR U.S.

WASHINGTON, Teb. 1.-Census Director Durshd has received from Dr Greasy L. Wilbur. chief statisti. elan Tor vital statistics in the bureau ys the census. a provisional state nsnt of mortality in the death regis tration area of the United States for 1 the year 19to. It is estimated that the death rate is but litle greater than the phenomenally tow rate for 1909
 The census bureau receives month ly returns of death rom registration states and certain cities in non-reg- istraton states. these constituting the death registration area This area comprises about one-half of the total population of the United States. While the returns are not all in for the year 1910. under the system of monthly reports which has been car ried out by the census bureau for some time so large a proportion of the returns has been received that an approximate provisional estimate os the mortality of the registration area can be made, which will be subject 10 change when the complete data have been received.
 The bureau received up to Jan uary 10, 1911, transcripts of 611,63 deaths that occurred in the registra- ton area during the year 1910, of which number 51s.404 were from the registration states.
 The total number of deaths reported for the year 1908 was 732,5Ss, of which 630,057 were from the registra. ton states
 In the annual bulletin for 1909 the death rate for the registration area was presented as based on post-census estimates derived from the rate ol growth according to previous cen suses and was found to be 15.0 per 1000 population. This rate, as stated at that time. was the lowest in the history of the United States. It is now found by meams of revised esti mates, based on the returns of pop ulation since available, that the rate for 1909 was even lower, being IA per 1000
 If the returns not yet received faI 1910 for certain areas prove to b, substantially the same as those fol the corresponding months of the pre- vious year. then the total numbe of deaths that will be reported iron the registration area for 1910 will b, about 7S0,000, and for the registra ton states. 667, ,000. These number correspond to the death rates of 15t for the entire registration area am of 14.S for the registration states so that the mortality of the entir area, and of the registration state. separately. for 1910 is slightly grear CT than that for the preceding veal although still remarkably favorabl showing
 Comparison of the provision: death rates per 1000 of populatio Tor 1910 with the death rates per 1, ,0O of population in 1909, for those state in which about 80 per cent of tn deaths for 1910 have already bee returned. is as follows:
 California, 135 in 1910: and 13 in 1909. Connecticut, 15.6 in 1910; an i2.9 in 1909 Maine, 1G.7 in 1910; an 129 in 1909. Mainse. 1e.7 in 1910; an i56 in 1909 Massachusetts, IG.O 1910; and 15 4 in 1909. Michigan, II in 1910; and 131 in 1909. New Ham shire, I6.7 in 1910: and 16.9 in 190 New Jersey, 15.5 in 1910: and I4.7 1909. New York. 16.2 in 1910: al I5.7 in 1909 Pennsylvania, 15.6
 1910; and i4.7 in 1909. Wisconsi I1S in 191G; and 11S in 19e9
 The total number of deaths for u District Of Columbia (City of Was ington) for the year 1910 was 6,5 and the death rate vas I96 per 10 population. The number of deat for 1909 was 6.216. corresponding a death rat of 19.0
 In general 1910 was very flaw, able year, according to Chief Stat ticisn Wilbur This statement is { earliest of the kind ever given c by the Census Bureau.
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