The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-12-11


What diseases are most. fh&d 4 DE-
United States
Some interesting information on
the subject is furnished In the pre-
liminary report on vital statistics re-
Gently published by the census bureau
at Washington, which report covers
the "Registration Area" of this c0un-
try. The facts concerning health mat
tiers in this area. which includes about
two-thirds of the population of the en-
tire country, compiled from the re-
ports of the health boards and officials
in various sections of the country, l
who are able to convince the census
bureau that their reports are within |
a small percentage of accuracy. They |
cover the number and causes of death |
the prevalence of different diseases, |
the number of births and other facts |
of value to students of health and |
sanitation.
Although but a small portion of
Florida few cities which include
less than half of the population of
the state-is embraced in the Regis
tration Area, it is quite probable that
the facts given are approximately cor.
rect for the entire state as indicating
the averages for the entire country
as well as for the great southern PEN
! insula
OF the 909,l55 deaths in this area
in 1915, nearly one-third we're due to
three diseases-heart diseases. tuber-
culosis and pneumonia, and one-third
to Bright's disease and nephritis, can
Ger. apoplexy, diarrhOea. and enteritis.
arterial diseases, diabetes, influenza.
diptheria and typhoid fever.
Heart diseases, including organic
diseases and endocarditis, were most
exacting in their toll, causing 10000
deaths. tuberculosis was second in
it's number of victims-9S, 194sof them
and $4,000 died from tuberculosis of
the lungs. But these figures show
gratifying success in the efforts to
control the disease. which declined
from a death rate in 1904 of 2o0.7 per
100. 900. to 1858 in 1915, a decrease
of more than one-quarter. Yet the dis
ease caused more deaths than any
other, excepting heart diseases, and
almost double the number resulting
from all external causes combined
accidents. homicides and suicides.
Pneumonia was third in the list.
: with S9,326 deaths. giving death rate
per 100000 of 1927. The lowest rate
on the records of the department from
this cause was 127 per 1OO, 200 in 1914.
The fluctuations of this rate have
! been marked. but a noticeable decline
has been maintained since the year
1900.
, Other diseases follow in the order OF
} their fatalities, the number of deaths
: and the rate per 100000 being given
. for each. Bright's disease and acute
> nephritis, 7O,5OO rate 104.7; cancer
. and other malignant tumOrs. 54,584
: rate 81.1. OF these, about four of each
: ten deaths were caused by cancer Of
: the stomach and liver The records
r show an almost unbroken increase II
K the number of deaths from this cause
r since 1900. Apoplexy, 1897 deaths
+. rate 1913 This disease also ha
- shown increase in it's fatalities sine
: 1900. DiarrhOea and enteritis, 48, 81
. deaths, rate TIT. Almost five-sixth
10 of these deaths were of children unde
10 two years of age.
IL Arterial diseases caused 1868
sr deaths, with rate of 23.3. Diabetes
w Hts deaths, rate 17.5. The nun
N bers of deaths from this cause hav
"A shown remarkable increase during tn
~ last fifteen years. Influenza. 1876
~ deaths, rate 16. Diptheria and crou
). which are classed together in the d.
st partment statistics. claimed 1854
victims, with a rate of 15.7. The d
cline in this rate since 1900 has bee
more than one-half greater than tn;
N of any other important death-causin
M disease excepting typhoid fever
w The mortality rate from typhoid f
~ yer in the Registration Area. and pr
e, sumably for the entire country. h;
,e- droDped steadily since 1900, when
til was $50 per 100000 and in 1915
lis was 12i. decline of almost tx
" thirds, a decline relatively great
- than 1915 within the Reeistratit
~ Area. was S.332. which proportional
~ " for the entire country would
ny about 1900 This decline has be,
nd due to improved methods of SAINT
ra- ton, better water supply and sewt
to age systems. to wide .spread ca
nm pagns against the fly, and i'll measl
or- able degree TO the use ui the anti'
10. phoid vaccine.
The safety first campaigns over t
liz country have shown marked red.
~, ton in the number OF accident
ALL deaths, which fell from a rate p
to 10o0o0 OF S5.3 in 1913, to 1858 in 10
ed and this was in the face of the raDit
ally increasing numbers VI au.oihoiiies
az, use. as we'll as to the commoner g
plovment OF machinery on farms. RI
nu' wav accidents caused $50 deaths
ere 1915. Automobiles caused 3.91S deaf
with a rate of 80. and this rate 1
showed steady increase from ye
TO wear bat not so rapid as the
crease in the number OF automobiles
VI use.
his Suicides numbered i1216, or 1871
sed f00 600 Death from firearms, inch
ltly ing suicides and homocides. We're
NAL 99i. twice as many as We're cals
NJ by automobile accidents and alm'
80 as many as resulted from railway a
street car miShaps. combined.
ats And to summarize the death rate
pan the Registration Area from all eau.
combined was. in 1915, the lowest
record-13.3 per 1000.