The sun., 1916-09-17
DEATH RATE HERE
LOWER EACH YEAR
New York City Shows Decrease
Of 1858 Per Cent. From
19O1-05 Average.
10000 LIVES SAVED
Statistics Of Census Bureau
Indicate High Negro
Mortality.

WARRINGTON. Sept. f6.-The 1915
death rate In New York city showed a
drop Of ass per rent. and that In New
York State Of 14.S per cent. from the
average mortality for the period 1901
to 1905. according to figures obtained
yesterday from the Census Bureau in
Washington.
In cities having l0o.o 900 or more iphab-
itants In 1910 the tendency was toward
q greater reduction In mortality h In
the States. New York city was third.
only Newark. with a 2S.S per cent. de-
cline. Atlanta, with one OF 2s.4 per
cent. eclipsine that city.
In the States the greatest proportional
decrease was shown for Rhode Island,
l6.s per cent. New York was second.
the death rate Of 14.3 per cent.
The decrease throughout the United
States. the Census Bureau estimated, in
dictated a saying OF 10000 lives. The
decrease In the death rate for the United
States was 1871.
Death Rate Lowest e. Record.
The death rate-i3.5 per 1000 esti-
mated population Of the registration area
Of the United States In 1SlS--is the low.
est on record. The rate was based on
ses.1s6 deaths returned from twenty-five
States. the District Of Columbia and
forty-one cities in non-registration
States. The total population Of this area
In 1915 was estimated at S7.337.00o or
Ell per cent. of the total estimated pop
ulation Of the United States.
Thu next lowest death rate for the
United States was 1876 per 1000 n 1914.
The average rate for the five year
period 1901 to 1905 was l6.:. .
New York city had an average death
rate Of ~ for each 1000 population In
the fve years 1901 to 1905. A steady
reduction was noted from that time.
From 1906 to 1910 1t was 1853: in 1913
II was l4.3 in 1914. al. and In 1916 II
was 80. The estimated population OF
New York city In 1915 was 5.46s. 80.
and there were 1924 deaths.
The state also, the records OF the
Census Bureau show. brought about q
steady decline In its mortality. For the
five year period the average annual
death rate vas III for a 1000 OF
population. II declined to 1S.4 In the
second Ave year period to Is in 1918
to ~ N 1914. and to l4.s In 1915.
Factors Z. Problem.
Director Sam L. Rogers Of the Bureau
said that changes In the age and SEX
constitution OF the population must Ne
considered before the exact nature and
extent of the lower general mortality
could be understood.
1T II certain, however," he said, "that
the great progress made In recent year,
In the science OF medicine and santa
tion. together with the widespread
awakening Of the people throughout the
United States TO the support Of public
health authorities has resulted in the
annual saving OF scores Of thousands Of
lives that would have been lost undei
the conditions prevailing only a few
years ago"
The high mortality among New York
city's negro population. as Is the cast
throughout the United States. ha.
greatly increased the general average
A separate compilation for the white
m the black races shows the deatt
rate among the negroes to he almos,
double that of the white population a,
times.
Negro mortality in New York city In
1915 MAS 23.7 for each 1000 population
against 1917 for the white race. Fig
ures for other typical cities were Rir.
mingham. Ala. negro, 22.7 white. 1l.3
Washington. negro, 2s.2; white, 15.l
Memphis. negro. 2S9; white. 1919
Philadelphia, & :3.A white, 1871.