The daily Alaskan., 1913-05-02
MORTALITY STATISTICS Fl8 I5..
 SHOW -5SSENE1 DEATH RATE

Washington, May D. Mortality statistics for che registration area of tho United States for 1911 are
 resentcd in a bulletin soon to be issued by Director Duraud, Bureau rf tho Census, Department of Com mercc. It was prepared under the direction of Dr. Greasy L Wilbur chief stauslclau for vital statistics.
 Tho total number Of deaths re- turned for Che registration area of the United States for the year 1911 was S8g,2SG The estimated mid year population of thls area was 59,275,977, or G3.1 per cent of the lgtaI population of the United states and tho death rate for tho year was 1l.2 per 1000, This is the lowest death rate ever recorded for the registration area.
 Out oI Che total of S39,2Sa de- cedents. 77g.77O, or 92.9 per cent were whites and 5G,43l were ne rrocs ltbo latter including an mix t1res of white and negro blood) while only I,359 were Indians, 1,060 Chinese. and 664 Japanese The percentage of deaths of white per sons and of white population Is high CT in Che registration area chan in tho United States as a whole, be- cause none of the southern states where the greatest proportions of negroes are found is as yet included as whole in the registration area.
 Cut ot che total Of S30.2S3 deaths at an ages. 1,29G-au unnecessarily large numbor-were of unknown or trsatod age. No less than 1,05a Of these were reported from the rural part of the registration states, a condition suggestive of careless ness on Che par. of local registrars In rural districts m accepting cer- uucates of death without tho state mcut Of the ages of the dccedents. Deductiug Jhe unknown or uustaJed ages. ere remain S&T9SS deaths a. known ages, of which 1l9,322, or IFS per cent, were Of infants under year of age, 2O9,aS2, or % per cent, were of children uu- der 8 years Of age, and 222,579 or 2G.6 per cent were Of persons 60 years Of age or over.
 The percentage which deaths of Infants under year Of age formed Of Che total deaths at known ages for tbc ycar 1LS) was somewhat less than chat for 1910 G2.2) This ratio. however, ls not a reliable one for Che comparIsion of infant nor tality
 There were l2.45l deaths from typhoid fever in the registration area of the United States during the year 1911. a slight decrease from th number for Che preceding year. The death ratc was 2I per 100000 pop- ulatiou for 1911, 23.5 for 1910, and Ell for 1909. The rato for 1911 is the lowest from typhoid fever since che institution og tho annual reports and probably the lowest on record.
 Scarlet .cyer, with 5,2f3 deaths, or S.S per 100000 population was considerably less fatal chan during the years 1908 to 1910.
 Measles caused 5,922 deaths in the registration area during 1911, equivalent to a death rate of 10 per 100. .OOO. The death rate was some what less chan that Of the proced- ing year, l2.3, but exceeded that for 1909, 9.G, and 1909, 9.9.
 or the three children's diseases measles. scarlet fever, and wh2op- Ing cough-the last mentioned caus- ed more deaths during the period iqOG to t9jO chan either of the oth- er5 For 1911 there were return ed for the registration area G,GS2 deaths. corresponding to @ death hate of ll.S per 100000 population.
 To some extent a chudrcn's dis ease but with a wider range of .ago incidence than measles, scarlet fever. or whooping cough, diphtber- ia caused nearly twice as many deaths In 1911 as any Of the other three. The death rate was lS.9 per 100000 population, the lowest since the beginning of the series Of onu- al reports in 19OO
 The total number of deaths from an forms of tuberculosis in the reg is,ratiou area during 1911 was 94,- 205. the death rato being 15S.9 per OOOOO- slightly lowor than the rates for the preceding years, 1903 and 16O.S for 1910 and 1909, re. spectively The rates for the past three years are considerably lower than lhe usual averages for tho 0ufngcnnin1 periods 1901 to 1905