The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-04-07
CAPTURE OF OUTLAW
DECLARED IMMINENT
DEATH RATE HIGH;
BIRTH RATE LOW
NEGROES IN SCOUTH CAROLINA
LOSING GROUND.
Study of Statistics-One Hundred and
Thirty-nine Homicides Reported
Within Twelve Months.

Not only is the annual death rate
for negroes in South Carolina larger
than for white people but the annual
birth rate is smaller, according to
figures completed yesterday by the
bureau of vital statistics. The death
rates, based on returns for 1915, are:
For whites, 1875; for negroes, TIA.
The birth rates are: For white, 29.1;
for negroes, 26.7. One hundred and
thirty-nine homicides were recorded.
Of the 24,5O1 death occurring last
year in South Carolina, making an
annual death rate per 1000 popuIa-
tion of 1872, 9,141 were white people,
1880 were negroes and 10 were In
dians. There were 44,95O births, dis
tributed as follows: White males, H.
O15; white females, 1927; negro
males, 1910; negro females, 1852;
Indian males, 2; Indian females,
1S48. The annual birth rate for the
State is %.
Study of Pellagra.
One section of the report is given
over to a consideration of pellagra,
from which there were 1859 deaths
In South Carolina in 1915. This dis
ease ranks fourth in its toll, the three
leading ones being: Diseases of the
circulation, 1859; pulmonary tuber-
losis, 1891; diseases of the kidney,
1,646. These four causes of death are
responsible for approximately one
third of the deaths.
Both the number and the percen-
tage of deaths from pellagra, arrang-
ed by counties, are given, showing the
following results in part: Charleston
with death rate of 208 per 100000;
Sumter, 1892; Greenwood, 1875;
Chester, 1913; Greenville, 1912;
Richland, 1912; Anderson, 121;
Georgetown, 114.4; York, 1904; Flor
ence, 98.8. The remainder of the
counties range lower than these, the
lowest being Clarendon with rate of
ID I 4 causes of S,s 1nOSJ all Er
ItsusdSet Intestinal disc sses VI VI
PNEUMONIA, 1925; typhoid fever, 553;
cancer, 513; dysentery, 502; malaria,
465; bronchial pneumonia, 800;
whooping cought, 207; diphtheria, 10 J.;
general accidents, 557; suicide, So;
iohIoSiu aSClutlIS, 30.
Infant Mortality High.
Approximately 32 per cent. of the
total number of deaths in 1915 were
of children under five years of age.
The totals arranged by races are:
Whites, 1884; negroes, 1888; In
dians, 5. In each instance the num-
Der of deaths of the males exceeded
that of the corresponding females.
Not considering this one period the
largest number of deaths occurring in
the several succeeding decades fol-
lows: White men, from 60 to TO-;
white women, from 30 to 40; negro
men and negro women, from 20 to 30.
The largest death rate in South
Carolina is in Richland county, with
rate of 29,8, which is followed
closely by Charleston county with
28. These executive rates are due
largely to the deaths in hospitals and
to the deaths not accounted for in
State institutions. Other counties
with high death rates are: George
town, 21; Florence, 20.5; Sumter,
1914; Berkeley, 1871. The lowest rate,
9.8, is found in Saluda county.
Florence county won the banner
in the percentage of births, with AL,
followed by Horny county with 41.5.
The next county is Clarendon with
1873, followed closely by Calhoun,
Chesterfield, Darlington, Lee, Marion,
Orangeburg, Pickens, Sumter and
Williamsburg. Richland county has a
birth rate of 1888 and Charleston
county, 23.7. The lowest birth rate
is recorded in Aiken county with 1916.