The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-23
u,,1TY REPORT BY THE
,,srS BUREAU WILL SHOW
INTERESTING FACTS.
4 PER THOUSAND DIE YEARLY

,noIes 40. Fewer Deaths From
r',horcrlosis, While Deaths From
cancer Are on Increase.
vWAsHINGToN, D. C.-The annu-
Mort on mortality in the United
.os relating to the calendar year
o19 which is soon to be issued by
hector Harris, of the bureau OF the
-rus Of the the department of CON-
aroo will show death rate of 14.1
a. 900 estimated population in
- registration area of the United
tates a slight increase as compared
itb the rate for 1912.
ro+aI Deaths in Registration Area.
The total number of deaths Eek
usive of stillbirths) in the regis
otion area, which now contains
bont two-thirds of the population
the United States, was S9O,848'
no lowest rate ever shown in the
,reau's reports was that for 1912,
Mich was 1879 per 1000. There has
ben marked, though not continu-
IS decline in the death rate since
6SO. when it was 1913 per 1000,
Ased on the deaths among II per
mt of the country's population.
DmnariSon With Foreign Countries.
Comparative figures for foreign
Snntries are not available for 1913,
1t in 1912 the only important
Duntries or provinces having lower
bath rates than the United States
Ere Norway, 1874 per 1000; Eng
Ind and Wales, 1873; Denmark, 49,;
Province of Ontario, 1914; Hol-
Ind, 1874; Australia, 1913, and
ew Zealand, SO.
Death Rate of States.
Following are the death rates per
boo population in 1913 for the
htes included within the registra-
bn area: California, 14.5; Colora-
lis; Connecticut, Is; Indiana,
g; Kentucky, 1873; Maine, 1873;
aryland 1872; Massachusetts,, 15;
chigan, 1879; Minnesota, 1914;
ssouri, 1875; Montana, IL; New
ampshire, III; New Jersey, 14.3;
wv York, Is; North Carolina Gig
les relate only to municipalities
ving population Of 1000 or over
1900, 1853; Ohio, 1873; Pennsyl-
mia, 14.6; Rhode Island, Is; Utah,
Vermont, 1873; Virginia, 1879;
ashington, SIS; Wisconsin, 11.5.
The lowest death rate shown by
registration state was that for
hshington, 8.5 per 1000, while
W Hampshire's rate of III was
highest. The fact that the aver
age of Washington's population
Ii much lower than that of New
mpshire's doubtless constitu- es
chief reason for this difference;
a like explanation holds good in
ny similar cases.
Cities With COlOred Population.
An interesting feature of the re-
III is the presentation of table
owing comparative death rates for
lite and colored persons (including
aians, Chinese and Japanese) in
k8 cities in which the colored popula-
IN constituted 10 per cent or more
81 1910. In these 81 cities, including
in Kentucky and two in Mary
4 d, in which the colored population
pstituted less than 10 per cent OF
total, taken together, the death
g among the whites in 1913 was
) per 1000, while among the col
Fd population it was 26.8. The
chest rate for the colored was 37.2
Charleston, s. c., and the lowest
S S.5 in Coatesville, Pa.
Average Age at Death.
The average age at death for both
Tes, from all causes combined, was
8; for males alone, 1872; for fe-
ss les alone, 40.6. The correspond
averages for 1912 were 40.6,
) and Ala. The report cautions
reader not to confuse the average
at death with expectation of life
given in life tables.
Nearly IS per cent of all deaths
re OF infants under / year of age
more than 25 per cent were OF
ioren under years. After the
y hve Years Of age deaths are most
quent among persons between 70
- inclusive. This applies to
sexes combined and to women
ne the deaths among these groups
ming 6.56 per cent and 6.8S per
respectively, of the correspond
totals. For men alone, however,
period of greatest mortality is
~ cen the ages of IS and SO, in