The Mankato free press., 1913-05-02
Mortality Statistics Prepared BY
The Census Bureau
THIS RATE WAS 14.2PER 1000
Percentage Higher Among Whites Than
Negroes In Southern States; What
Occurred In Cities
Especial to The Free press.l


tality statistics for the registration
area of the United States for 1911
are presented in a bulletin soon to
be issued by Director Durand, bur
eau of the census. 1t was prepared
under the direction of DR.. Cressy L.
Wilbur, chief statistician for vital
statistics.
The total number of deaths re-
turned for the registration area of
the United States for the year 1911
was S39,2S4. The estimated midyear
population of this area was 1925,
977, or 63.1 per cent of the total
population of the United States, and
the death rate for the year was 14.2
per 1000. This is the lowest death
rate ever recorded for the registra-
ton area.
Registration Area in 1911.
The states included in the registra-
ton area for the deaths for 1911 are
the following: California, Colorado,
Connectict, Indiana, Kentucky,
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Michigan. Minnesota, Missouri. Mon
tana, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New York, North Carolina (munici.
palities of 1000 population and over
in 1900, Ohio. Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, Utah, Vermont, Washington,
and Wisconsin.
OF these twenty-three states, or
two ptN-tx fata I,n fin1 ic,-
tration in North Carolina be disre-
garded, Kentucky and Missouri ap-
pear i'll the returns for the first
time The registration states form
ed less than one-half of the total
number of states in the Union. To
gether with the District of Columbia,
which is included in totals for the
group of registration states but IS
elsewhere treated as a registration
city, they comprised including the
North Carolina municipalities refer
red to- somewhat more than one
half of the total estimated midyear
population in 1911 (54,3S5,234, or
57.9 per cent?.
"''tSS ohb i<SS'0So'
Out of the total of S39,2S4 deced-
ents, 779,770, or 92.9 per cent, were
whites and 56,431 were negroes (the
latter including all mixtures of white
and negro blood }, while only 1859
were Indians, 1000 Chinese, and 664
Japanese. The percentage of deaths
of white persons and of white popu-
latiOn is higher in the registration
area than in the United States as a
whole, because none of the southern
states where the greatest proportions
of negroes are found is as yet in
Cluded as a whole in the registration
area.
Out of the total of 9,284 deaths
at all ages, 1,296-an unnecessarily
large number-were of unknown or
unStated age. No less than 1054 of
these were reported from the rural
part of the registration states, con-
the part of local registrars in rural
districts in accepting certificates of
death without the statement of the
ages of the decedents. Deducting
the unknown or unstated ages, there
remain S37,9SS deaths at known
ages, of which 1892, or 17S per
cent, were of infants under one year
of age, 209.4S2, or 25 per cent, were
of children under five years of age,
and 222,579, or 26.6 per cent, were
of persons siXty-five years of age or
over
Deaths of Infants Less.
The percentage which deaths of
infants under one year of age form
ed of the total deaths at known ages
for the year 81 was somewhat
less than that for 1910 (19.2). This
ratio, however, is not reliable one
for the comparison of infant mortal
ity.
in all the states for which compar-
isons can be made except California,
the death rate for 1911 was lower
than those for the preceding year,
and for the period 1906 to 1910, and
in all but two (Maine and New
HampshlIe) II was lower than that
for the period 1901 to 1905.
1t should be remembered that
these are crude rates, which make
no allowance for differences in the
sex and age distribution of the popu.
lation, and that variations in the
proportion of colored population and
possible deficiencies of registration
in certain states may also affect
comparisons between the states.
For North Carolina the rates are
based on figures derived from muni-
cipalities of 1000 population and rep
resent a high proportion of colored
population. 1t is possible that the
registration of deaths is less COM
pete in Washington and perhaps in
certain other states than in the old
er states of the registration area.