The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-14
CAUSE OF DEATH
A STUDY In MORTALITY By THE
CENSUS BUREAU
DEATH Rate In Cities

EAIn RAIE IN CllltS
The Cause Of Disease and Death is
Pointed Out, and the Importance
of Registration is Shown.-Tuber-
culosis is on the Decline, But Sui.
eide is on the Increase.
In bulletin made public by Direc-
tor Durand, Bureau Of the Census,
Department of Commerce, regarding
the causes Of death for the registra-
ton area of the United States for
1911 the total number Of deaths
from all forms of tuberculosis dur
ing the year is given as 94,2o5, the
death rate from this disease being
1883 per 100000. This death rate
Of previous years 1903 being the
rate for 1910 and 1908 for 1908.
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
show marked increase in the num-
Der Of suicides and In the number Of
deaths by violence. On the subject
of suicides and other deaths the re-
port reads: The total number Of
deaths from suicide in the registra-
ton area for 1911 was 1922, an in
crease Of 1882 OVER the preceding
year. The death rate, however, in
creased only 16 to 1872 per 100000
and was lower than that for 1909,
1876; for 1908, 17.S. There is a
tendency to apparent increase in the
death rate from suicide.
The death rate of the white popu-
lation in the registration area from
suicide, 16.5, was higher than that
Of the colored population, 1913.
Among the registration states, the
highest death rates from this cause
were in California, 30.1; Montana,
27.S; Colorado, 21.7; Washington.
|27.7; and Vermont, 20:1, and among
the cities Of 100000 population and
over San Francisco, 1874; st. Louis,
37.7; Los Angeles, 37.2; Denver,
1885,. and Oakland, 35.1.
OF the total number Of deaths in
the registration area in 1911 CLASH
fed as violent deaths Excluding sui
cide) 54,028, more than nine-tenths.
5O,121, were Of an accidental or un-
derfned character, the remainder be-
ing due to homicide. The death rate
from accidental and unspecided vto-
lence as 84.S per 100000 population
which is slightly higher than the rate
for the preceding year, S4.3; but low
er than the average for the consecu-
tive periods 1901 to 1905, S4.9; and
1905 to 1910, 86. Homicide was re-
ported as the cause Of 1907 deaths
in 1911, the rate being &C. per 1o0,-
900 population. The cities Of 100,-
900 population and over having the
highest rates were Memphis, 1917;
Scranton, 1918; Birmingham, 1919;
Albany, 131, and Boston, 1858.
Following is the report on tubercu-
losis: 1.-The total number Of deaths
from all forms of tuberculosis in the
registration area during 1911 was
94,205, the death rate being 1883
per 00,000-slightly lower than the
rates for the preceding years, 1903
and 1903 for 1910 and 1909, respec-
lively. The rates for the past three
years are considerably lower than the
annual averages for the qainquenial
periods 1901 to 1905, 1926 and
1906, 1857. There would appear
to be marked reduction in the
death rate from this disease, al
though the rate for the past three
years has remained practically un-
changed.
"The highest death rates from all
forms Of tuberculosis shown for the
States In the resignation area were
those of Kentucky, 229.3; Colorado,
t21S; California, 206.8; Maryland,
203.3 and the lowest rates were those
| Of Utah, 46.8; Michigan, 96; Wiscon-
sin, 1898; Washington, 1867; and
Montana, 1911. The high death rate
for the group OF North Carolina mum
icipalities, 1858 per 100000 was due
to the urban conditions and the large
colored population.
The cities of 100000 population
and over in 1910 having the highest
death rates from tuberculosis OF all
forms were Denver, 1921; Los An
geles, 277.5; Albany, 1884; Cincin-
natl, 1858; and New Orleans, 260.5;
while those with the lowest rates
were Milwaukee, 1905; Portland,
Ore, 1868; 1904; Grand Rapids
I110.3; and Scranton, 112.7."
Reports on various other causes Of
death are given, including scarlet
fever, 5,243 death or S.S per 100,-
900 population; typhoid fever, 12,-
451 deaths or rate of 21; measles,
5,922 deaths given a rate of To-;
whooping cough, 6,6S2 deaths or a
rate of 11.3; diphtheria, with a rate
of 1879 per 100000 population; can
Ger, 44,024 deaths; a rate of 74.3; in
fantile paralysis, death rate OF 1.8;
pneumonia, with 1928 deaths rate
of 1897, and heart disease with 49,
525 deaths and a rate Of 1903.