Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-03
SUICIDES INCREASE
!n Death Rate Among Whites Higher iilan That imNEg
 Negroes.

Washington. May 2.--In q bulletin made public today by Director Durand Bureau of the Census. Department of Commerce, regarding the causes of death for the registration area of the United States for 1911 the total mum Der of deaths from all forms oi tuber- tulCSis during the year is given aS 94 - zo', the death rate from this disease being 1889 per 100000 This shows d slight decrease from the death rates Of previous years 16o.3 being the rate for 1910 and lG0S for 1909. The death rate for the past three years has been considerably lower than those Of the preceding five years
 On the other hand the statistics l show a marked increase ill the num- ber of suicides and in the number of deaths by violence. On the subject of suicides and other violent deaths the report reads:
 The total number of deaths from suicide in the registration area for 1Sl1 was 9,t22, an increase of .o32 over the preceding year. The death rate, however, increased onIy from lG to f6.2 per 100,000 and was lower than that for 1909, l6.5; for 1908, ITS. There is a tendency to apparent in Il The death rate of the white popu- iatlon in the registration area from suicide, 16.5 was higher than that of the colored population, 10.3. Among the registration states, the highest death rates from this cause were in California, 30.1; Montana, PTS; Colo rado, 21.7; Washington, 2oi; and Vermont, 20.1; and among the cities of 100000 population and over San Francisco, 394 St. Louis; 317; Los Angeles, 37.2; Denver. 35.6; and Oak land, 35.1.'
 "Of the total number of deaths in the registration area in 1911 classi- fled as violent deaths. (eXcluding sui cidel, 54, OPS, more than nne-tenths. 30.l21, were of an accidental or un- defined character, the remainder be- ing due to homicide. The death rate from accidental and unspecified vio- fence as SAG per 100000 population, which is slightly higher than the rate Tor the preceding year, S4.3; but low CT than the averages for the conse- cutive periods 1901 to 1905, S49; and 1906 to 1910, S6. Homicide was re- ported as the cause of 3,907 deaths in 1911, the rate being 6.6 per 1G0,GGG population. The cities of 100000 pop ulation and over having the highest rates were Memphis, 191.7; Scranton, 1173; Birmingham, 151.9; Albany, 13l.7; and Boston, 125.3."
 Following is the report on tubercul- osis:
 The total number of deaths from all forms of tuberculosis in the reg lstrallon area during 1911 was a. 20o the death rate being 1889 per 100, ,000-slightly lower than the rates for the preceding years, 1903 and l60,S for 1910 and 1909. respectively. The rates for the past three years are considerably lower than the annual averages for the biennial periods 1901 to 1905, 1926; and 1906 to 1910. 1887. There would appear to be a marked reduction in the death rate from this decease, although the rate for the past three years has remained practically unchanged.
 The highest death rates from all forms of tuberculosis shown for the states in the registration area were those of Kentucky, 229.3; Colorado 21S; California, 206.S; Maryland, 233.3; and the lowest rates were those of Utah, 46.S; Michigan, 96; Wiscon- sin, 103.S; Washington, 106.7; and Montana, 107.1. The high death rate for the group of North Carolina muni- cipalities, 256.S per 100000 was due to urban conditions and the large colored population.
 The cities of 100000 population