Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-06-12
BIRTH STATISTICS
CENSUS REPORTS
OTHER COMPARISONS

t1AA alive III = II ~ Ue<sAt1AA8 = ~ - Z
rate Of 24.s per 1000 OF population /
TIE total number of deaths ii the
same area was III. 222. or I4.l per
l.000 The births exceeded the deaths
by TAI per cent For every state in
the registration area. for practically |
ali the cities. and for nearly All the
counties. the births exceeded the
deaths. IN most cases by considerable
proportions The mortality rate for
Iinf2nts andsf rear ng age averaged
Iss.S per 1900 living births. The fore
going are AMONG the facts brought out
By the Census Bureaus annual COM
pilatiOn Of birth Statistics.
the birth registration area. estab-
lished III 1915. has grown rapidly 1T
comprised III 1917. the six New Eng
land states. Indiana. Kansas. Ken
lucky, Maryland. Michigan. Minnesota.
New York. North Carolina, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Utah. Virginia. Wash
Iihgton. Wisconsin, and the District OF
Columbia. aud had an estimated popu
iation Of So 900. 900. or about So per
cent of the estimated total popuIa-
tion Uf the United States III that year
Comparisoa WIah 1916
The birth rate for the entire birth
registration area fell below that for
1918 BY two-tenths Of one per LOCO.
population: but the death rate was
less by six -tenths OF one per LOCO than
ia 1915. Thus the excess OF the birth
rate over the death rate for 1917,
which amounted to 1915 per 1900, was
somewhat greater than the correspond
ling excess for 1919, 10.1 per 1000, al
Though tt fell slightly below that for.
1915. 1913 per 1000. Ii the birth and
death rates prevailing III any one Of
these three years were To remain nm
changed. and II no emigration were to
take place to or from the area to-
which they relate, Its population would
increase Dit the rate of slightly more
than per cent per annum. or a lit
Tile more than TO per cent IN a decade
! This would be about half the rate
IaT per cent BY which the entire popn-
#lntion of the United States increased
between 1900 and 1910
white And CoT0red
OF the total number al births re-
ported, ] ,2S0.2S8, OF 245 per 1000.
were of white infants. and 73,5O4. or
1853 per /, 900. were OF colored infants
The death rates for the Two elements
lof the population we're 1877 and 225
per 1000. respectively.
Infant Mortality
The infant mortality rate that is.
the number OF deaths Of Infants under
IA year of age per 900 born alive
Throughout tlls INTERPRETATION area
as whole was s3.S In 1917. as against
i0I IN 1915 and ZOE In 1915. This is
equivalent To saying that in 1916 and
i 1916. of every 10 infants born alive. 4
laied before reaching the age Of i
year. whereas In 1917 the correspond
ing ration was trlfle more than In
Ill Among the 20 states these rates
ranged from 674 for Minnesota to
! iIsS for Maryland; and for the white
population separately the lowest and
the highest were 663 for Washington
land 1895 for New Hampshire.
The infant mortality rates vary
greatly for the two sexes and for the
various nati0nalities The rate for
male infants in 1917, 1921 per 1000
living births was nearly Bis per cent
greater than that for female infants.
which was only Ss.3. When the COM
parison Is made on the basis Of race
lor nationality OF mother minimum
Tor 6s2 per 1000 birts ii shown for
Infants with mothers born In Dem
mark. Norway, and Sweden, and a
maximum OF 1875 for infants with.
mothers born IN Poland. while for
negro children the rate was 1886
Plural Births
The reports from the registration
area show the birth OF 1894 pairs Of
twins and 155 sets az triplets in 1917
Iii All, 2s,253 infants. or little more
than 2 per cent Of the total number
born.
Number 81 Chilaren Per Family
The reports for 1.24I722 of the
births occurring III 1917 contained In
formation as to number OF child In
order Of birth or these reports, 3Ss. :
le42 we're for the 1rst child born To the
mother. 284,044 for the second child,