The daily Alaskan., 1913-05-02

Ilong Che registration States was for Vermont, lOl per 100000 pop ulauon, a condition duo to the rel tiyoly high ago distribution of the population and the negligible a- mount of Immigration.
 There were l,O6O deaths from a- cute anterior polomyelltls in the registration area during 1911 as compared witH l,45g in 1910 and 569 in 1909. Prior to 1909 this dis- oasc was not segregated from oth- or diseases of the spinal cord. The .d,ath rate for 1911 was Is, a do- crease from that Of 1910, 2.7i but greater than that for 19O9r II.
 Organic diseases of the heart caused more deaths, 83,525, than any other disease or group Of dis casos shown in the Abridged Inter- national lIst, although the number of deaths from tuberculosis Of all forms, 9A2O5, was considerably greater The death rate for 1911, .lIo9, was slightly lower than that for the preceding year, 141.5, but the rate for each of these years for the quuQlonnial periods 1901 to l9O5, l2A2; and 19O6 to 1910, -!8.2.
 The mortality from heart disease
 largely that of persons middle and advanced age; hence the age distribution of population ls on im- portant factor lu the rate.
 Tho total nomber of deaths from pneumonia Of an forms in the reg istratlon area ln 1911 was 79,23S, the death rate per 100000 popula- ton being 1887. The death rate of Che white population, 1884, waa about ouc-ualG that of the coiored, 252.2.
 The totaI number of deaths from suicide iu ghe registration area for 1911 was g,G22, an increa8o Of 1,O3 for che preceding year. The death rate. haweyer, increased only from lG to 1G.2 per 100000 and was low CT than that for 1909. 1G.5; or 1908 IFS. There is a tendency to ap- parent increase in the death rate from suicide
 Tho death rate of Che white pop uIauon in the registration area from suicide. 1G, was higher than that of Chat colorod population, lO.S. A. mong Che registration States the highest death rates from this cause were In California. sol; Montana, 27.S: Colorado, 21.7; Washington, 20.7: and vermont, 2O.1; and amorG tLe cities of 100000 population and over San Fraucicso, g9.4; St. Louis, 3T7: Los Angeles, SIP; Denver .85.6: and Oaland, k85.I.
 or Che total number Of deaths in the registration area in 1911 clos- slHed in this group, 5A02S, more .G am niuetenths, 5OI2l, wero Of an accidental or undeilued character the remainder being due to homicide .Ile death rate rom accidental and unspccired violence was SAG per 100000 population, which is slight Iy higher than the rate for the pre- cuding year. SA8; but lower than t1o averages for the consecutive periods lgOl to 1905, SA9; and 1906 to 1910, SC. Homicide was TO ported as the cause Of 3,9O7 deaths In 1911, Che rate being 6.6 per l0or UlO population.
 or the Ccath rates from violence
 lcxcIusIvo of suicide) shown fol t,e registration States, the high ort were those of Montana, 126.9t CaIiL. I10.5; Pennsylvania, lO6.2j Colorado. 1922; and Washington gsO The cities of 100000 popula ucn and over having the highes rates were Memphis, 1917; scran ton. l773: Birmingham, 15l.9; Al |bauy. l8I7; and Boston, 125.3. The lowest rates among tho states wer' l In Wisconsin, CAB; Minnesota, 7O,6 ! |oud Missouri, TAG and among cit icB. Fan River, 46.5; Grand Rap ] Ll.- El-2 md St. Paul. 5S.