Bisbee daily review., 1914-02-07
PHYSICIANS DEATHS.

Mortality statistics usually deal with the patients and not with those who minister to the sick It may be in teresting to consider the other side of the scroll.
 During 1913 2lss physicians died in the United States and Canada. Reckoning on a conservative estimate oi 900 physicians this equivalent annual death rate of l464 per thousand. The average annual taity among physicians from 1902 1913. inclusive 15.S2 thousand that last year the mortality below the The chief death causes were senity. "hesrt diseasf," cerebral hemorrhage, pneu mona and nephrts. The age death varied from 22 to 9s. with of 59 years. months and 12 days. The general average age death since 1904 is 59 years. and 2l days. The number of years of practice varied from to 7a the being 32 years. II months and days The for the past years is 32 years. months and 22 days. There 253 deaths due general diseases 246 to diseases Of the system; 3O1 to diseases of the cireu- laory system 166 diseases of the respiratory sys tenn; l25 diseases the digestive system 14S to diseases of the genitourniary system 2ss to seniity seven diseases of the skin; three diseases of bones fortyhree suicide; 1Ol accident: nineteen to homicide and eghtytwo to other The causes assigned for the lo1 deaths from accident Auto mobiles si: falls. Il; runaways 1O poison g. drown
 
 cars each exposure asphyxiaon crushing. sunstroke and sranguation. each g. and burns firearms cutting instruments explosion and electricity. each 1. The i2 physicians who ended their lives by suicide selected the following methods: Firearms. 24 poison IA; strangu laton and cutting instruments each and jumping from high places. 1. Of the l9 homicides IF due tc firearms and to cubbngs beatings
 During the year 25S died who had served in the ciyi of these 72 followed the fortunes of the Lost Cause 92 medical officers of United States voun teers and medical cadets. There were three veterans of the Mexican s had served in the Span
 sh-American war, had served in Indian wars three had been in the Indian service and 15 had service 1T foreign The army lost 29 medical officers, pas and present. four officers the Medical Reserve Corp the active surgeons The navy lost IA medical o ficers, the Public Health Service 12 officers and tn oganized militia so Of whom II had attained the grad of surgeon general
 Medical colleges sustained the loss of i55 professors
 lecturers instructors and demonstrators hospitals los 2so members of staffs municipalities townships an
 counties l50 health officers and school boards or board
 of education, S5 members There were 25 deaths
 members of state boards of health medical regstrato and examination and charities 45 of coroners and med d cal examiners. and sS of railway surgeons
 'f Of those who died. had been member or CO 70 gress; 10 members of State Senates; 32 members of the house of representatives, A had been mayors; councmen aldermen; 4l had served in various civ official positions; Il had been posmasters 2 edito pr of medical lay journals; 2i also clergymen pc whom IA were had been foreign missionaries; nil lg had been attorneys; two had been members of |
 diplomatic corps; 3S were bankers; six dentists; io pharmacists; three chemists and nine had been me cal directors of life insurance companies fraterna surance societies These figures taken from t annual summary of deaths among physicians publish la. by The American Medical Association.