The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-12-04
TUBERCULOSIS. HEART
DISEASE. PNEUMONIA.
CAUSE MOST DEATHS
Census Bureau Summarizes the
Mortality Statistics for the Year
1916; Accidents and Injuries
Claimed e0,o71 Persons.


ing to e. preliminary announcemen.
with reference to mortality 4 1919. is
sued BY Director sam. l.. Rogers. Ut
tho bureau OF the census department
Of commerce.. ana compiled under this
direction Of pr. William II. DAVIS.
chief statistician for vital statistics
the Registration area" which COM
talned approximately 20 per cens %
the population OF the entire United
states. reported FOR that year l.Ont.-
g2l deaths. Of these deaths, nearl
one-third were due io three causes
heart diseases. tuberculosis. and pueu.
monia-ahd nearly another third
we're charged 60 the following nine
causes: Bright's disease and nophritis.
cancer. apopiexy. dAarrhea and enter
it's Influenza. urtcrlal diseases. dla-
hcies d%iptheria and. typhoid fever.
The deaths from heart diseases
torrantc diseases of the heart and
e~ndocarditis) IN the registration area
In 1916 numbered lis.l7i. or 1891
per nr90 population. The death
rate from this cause shows a marked
Increase as compared wish 1900 Ghe
ctrlicst year for which the annual
morality statistics were published.
when IL was only 1921 rer 100 600.
The Increase has not been continuous
however. the rate having %fluctuatcd
from yea TO year.
Tuberculosis In its various forms
caused t0i 3s6 deaths In 1915, n
which SS.Gs6 were due 90 tuherculos IS
OF the lungs. Because VI progress
In the prevention and treatment o.
tuberculosis 90 an kinds. the decline
in the tuberculosis death ate loo re-
cent years has been most pronounced
having fallen from goes per 100000
ln 1904 TO- 1f1.G iu 1915 @ decrease ~
nearly 80 per cent. BEFORE 1903 the
rate had III otunlcd. starting at 2ol'
i'm 1900. Tyen yet. however. tuhercu-
losls causes more deaths annually
than any other ma'Idy. except heart
diseases and about 90 per cent more
than all external cluse-aceldcnt
homlcldes. n auicides-combiucd
Pneumonia Gncludinc bruucao-
pnoumonial was responsible Tor '>.-
ssi deaths in the registration area '1
1916. or i37.3 per loe 600. This rate
although 1900 to 1910 inclusive WIN
the single exception Of 1905. b. higher
than that for any Of the years FROM
1911 to 1915, inclusive The loves
recorded rate for all form OF pneu-
monia was is7 per 100 600 On l"lt'
THE mortality from this disease. ilfe
that from tuberculosis. has shown 20
marked decline since 1900, when II
was 1895 per Toe, 600. Its fluctuations
rrom year 10 year however. nave
beer pronounced, whereas the decline
in the rate for tubercu!osis has been
nearly continuous.
The only remaining death rate
higher than 100 per 100000 In 1871
was that for Bright's disease M acute
nephrltis, 1862. The total number "i
deaths due 20 these muiadies in WV
,yus 1886: Of this number. e'."''
wore caused by Bright's disease aH1
5a21 by acute ncphr.Iis. The NOR
tolity rate from these two causes hA'
Increased from SO per loo 900 IN l'o'
with omo fluctuations from year ''
year.
Cancer aud other malignant tumor'
caused aS. 600 deaths iu 1915. or thes'
90. $50. or nearly 80 per cvut resulted
from cancer Of tho stomach and h'e'
The death rate from cancer has rirct
from Ga per '10. unH in 1907 10 SIS 'r
1916 The inSr,asa has been Aln"-'
rortiuunu there having been Dot I'VE
y,nrs 1906 and I'iI which, -h"wcd
decline .- compared vith the year lnl.
mcdiltely ureccdlur DO ID p"s-''l'
that at least % part ~ this ;Hrrca- .