The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-11-11
ONE-THIRD DEATHS
DUE TO 3 CAUSES
Heart Disease, tuberculosis and Pneum o.
MIA Take Most of People in
United States.

According TO preliminary announce
ment with reference to mortality in 1915
issued by Director Sam l.. Rogers of the
bureau of the census, department of com.
merce, and compiled under the direction
of Mr.. Richard c. Lappin. chief statisti.
clan for vital statistics, nearly one third
OF the 909, l55 deaths reported for that
year in the registration area which
contained approximately 81 per cent OF
the population of the entire United
States, were due to three causes--heart
disease, tuberculosis, and pneumonia
and nearly two-thirds were charged to
twelve cause.-the three just named, to-
gether with Bright's disease and nephrit-
IS, cancer, apoplexy, diarrhea and enter
tits, arterial diseases, diabetes, influenza,
diphtheria, and typhoid fever.
The deaths from heart diseases tor
ganic diseases of the heart and endocar-
ditis in the registration area in 1915
numbered 10000, or 1862 per 100000
population. The death rate from this
cause shows a marked increase as COM
pared with 1900, when it was only 1881
per 100000. The increase has not been
continuous, the rate having fuctuated
from year to year.
tuberculosis in its various forms
claimed 9s,l94 victims in 1915, of whom
S5,993 died from tuberculosis of the
lungs. The progress made in the pre-
yention of this dreaded malady during
recent years has been most gratifying.
In only little more than a decade, from
1904 to 1915, the death rate from tuber-
culosis in all its forms fell from 200I
to lass per 100000, the decline being
continuous from year to year. This is
a drop of more than 25 per cent. Be-
fore 1904 the rate had fluctuated, start
ing at POLE in 1900. Even yet, however,
has the unenviable distine-
ton of causing more deaths annually
han any other form of bodily illness ex-
cept heart diseases, and about 46 per
,ent more than all external causes-aeei- :
tents, homcides, and suicideA-combined. |
Pneumania Including bronchopneu
nonia) was responsible for 1926 deaths |
II the registration area in 1915, or 1921 /
,er 100000. This rate although lower
han for most OF the years from 1900
o l9lI, inclusive, is higher than for
9l2, 1918, and 1914. The rate for 1914,
p per 100000, was the lowest on 'rec-
nd The death rate from this disease,
ike that from tuberculosis, has shown
marked decline since 1900, when it was
sos per 100000. It's Quotations from
ear to year, however. have been pro-
whereas the decline in the tu
erculosis rate has been nearly contin-
ous.
The only remaining death rate higher
han 100 per 100000 in 1915 was that for
rights disease and acute nephritis,
04.7. The total number of deaths due I
. these maladies in 1915 was 70,500; of
his number, 644S0 were caused by
rights disease and 5000 by acute ne ]
hritis. The mortality rate from these
Eo causes increased from 80 per 100000
! 1900 to 1884 in 1905, fluctuated more 9
r less between 1905 and 1912, and has {
lown little change since the last-men- I
oned year.
Next in order of deadliness comes can
r and other malignant tumors, which
FUSED 54,5S4 deaths in 1915. OF these,
,22l, or nearly 80 per cent, resulted
ON cancers of the stomach and liver. +
he death rate from cancer has risen ;
ON SO per 100000 in 1900 to ST. in
rs. The increase has been almost con- h
nuous, there having been but two years, +
'06 and 1911, which showed a decline 7
compared with the years Immediately b
eceding. II is impossible that at least h
part of this increase is due to more
rrect diagnosis and great care on the n
rt of physicians in making reports TO II
gistration officials. n
Apoplexy was the cause of 53,397 a
aths. or 1913 per 100000. The rate
ON this disease has increased gradually s
TIL occasional slight declines, since h
GO. when it stood at 67.5.
Dia betes was the cause of ll,775 deaths, t,
aths in 1915, or III per 100000. This n