The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-06-27
l.O68,s32 PERSONS
CLAIMED BY DEATH
N U. S. N 1877
Census Bureaus Figures Show
That Heart Diseases, Pnsu-
monia and Tubsroulosis CAUSED
Greatest Mortality.
my Staff CorrrepondcntJ
Census nurcau's summary ~ Murtah-
u hlnll.llln lnE 1911.

lalli, statistics for the death rsslssra-
ton area in continental United states
shows l~.0es.s11 deaths AZ having oc-
CURED In that area In 1917. represent.
ing a rate Of ft1 per 1000 OF popu-
iatlon. OF these deaths. nearly ono
third wcrc due 70 three etnses-heafs
disease. pneumonia. n tuberculosis
and nearly another third resulted
from the following ! n causos;
nrirht'n dlncase and ncphritis. opop-
leNN. cancer dlaTIhfa and ontrrttiH
nrterial dircancn Influenza. diabetes.
diptherlh. and bronchitiA Tho DEATH
~ Firtrntion area Of the United states
IN 1917 comprised 81 states. the Dis-
trict Of Columbia and "a cities In
tlmated population Of $4,000. 900 or
about ~ per rent Of the estimated
population Of the United States THE
territory OF Hawaii has recently been
added 10 tho registration area. but
tho figures given In this summary re-
late only 10 continental United statea)
The deaths from heart htsease (or-
ranir diseases nf the heart and endo-
carditinl numbered DA,a1l or Na.t
per 100000 population. The death
rate from this cause shows a notice-
able decrcase a. compared with 1918,
when " was 1894 per zoe. 0oo. Their
have been fluctuations from year 20
year. hut In general there has been n
marked increase since 1900. the earl
Test year Tor which the annual mort.
nllty statistics were published. when
The rate for heart .ease was only
fsat per 100000.
Pneumonia tincludine broncho.
-pneumonial WI Irresponsible for ia
s9f deaths. or ttss per 1000 This
rate. although much lower h that
for 1900 tsohl or for several suc-
ccedlnc years. " higher thnn that TO-
nny year during tho refiod iaos-iaie
The owert recorded mte for pneu-
monia was f31 per ioo.o0o IN 1917.
The mortality from This disease has
nurtuated considerably from yea IN
va ince 1900. the general Tendency
having been downward until 1914 and
up~ard from 1874 ~ 1917.
Tuberculosls In IT, various forms
caused tie.2 st deaths OF which ~
of7 were due 10 tuberculosis Of The
lungs. The death nte from all forms
OF tuberculosis was ifst per 100. eco.
aud from tuberculosis OF the lungs,
1853. The rate FROM tuberculosis of
all forms declined continuously from
gO0.7 per 100. geo In 1900 to ifi.G Der
100000 In 1918. the decrease amount
Ing to nearly 80 per cent. but Tor
1917 an Increase n shown. Jnui 1919
more deaths were due 20 tuberculosis
tNhu 10 any otNNt hluNlt aANHfi Nht W
that year and during The period igit-
fs' the mortality from tuberculosis
was loss than that from heart dinsnacs
and in 1917 " Tell below that from
pneumonla also.
Brirht's disease end acute nephriti.
caused s0.9i2 deaths or 1914 per
zoe. eco, Tie mortality rite form
these Diseases has Increased from ~
Per 100. 0uN In 1890, with some nuefu.
u .Na.ua 49, 49, a.. a.WW aud uIA0N
1914 the increase has been continuous.
Apoplcxy wus the cause OF s2fai
deathA or N2e per t00.O0 The rate
from this disease increased gradually.
with occasional siieht declines from
1890 10 1919. and since 1919 the In
crease has . continuous.
Cancer and other malignant tumorl
caused Gi.fte deaths. Of which mum
bor g3.tt3. or "A per cent resulted
from cancer Of the stomach and liver.
The rate from cancer has risen from
90 per 100. 000 IN 1900 20 SIS n
1911 The Increase has not been con
unuous. there having been three years
=igoe. 1911, and i9i7-which show
81 declines as compared with The
years Immediately preceding Tha
decrease In 1917 NJ compared With
1915. however. was vcsy slight FROM
SIS 10 Ai.g. n should be borne N
mind that nj least a part OF the M
crease In the death rte from cancer
may be apparent rather than real
being due 60 n greater degree Of AZ
Curacy In diagnosis and To greater care
on the part OF physicians In making
reports TO registration officials.
Diarrhea and enteriis cauHed ~,
500 deaths or 10 per 100 600. Tn,
rate from this cause has fallen some
what In recent years. having been
sos In 1918. and II much lower than
the corresponding rate for 1909, which
was taae. More than four-nnthA OF
the total deaths charged 20 these
cauaoa In 1917 were Of infunts undel
two years OF age.
Arteriul diseases of various kind
-atheromn. aneuriHm ,utr.- reaulte,
IN i9.Obb deaths, or 2h.3 per lVO,UVN
The rate from these causes Increased
continuously from 81 In 1900 TO 20 =
In 1919. since which year N has nuci'
uatcd somewhat without showing any
pronounced change
Influenza was responsible for ~
90 deaths. or iT2 per 100000. Thl'
rate h the highest shown for am
endemic disease In 1917. but iH muri
lower than the corresponding n fol
the preceding year. 2df per 100 ,o00
The Influenza rate. which nuctuatei
greatly. was higher in 1901 when !
stood at SO ., than IN any subsequent
year prior 20 the occurrence Of th'
recent epidemic,
Deaths from diabetes numbered ~
$50. or ig9 per 1000 The rat'
from this disease. although slightly
lower than in 1915. has risen almor
continuously since 1899, when " VA
81.
Next 10 that for Influenza, the high
est rate appearing for any epidemil
disease In 1917 was for dlntheria %
Der 100. 00n. representing 13Ah'
deaths The rate from thif dlEeusl
was somewhat higher in 1917 than Il
the preceding wear, when u stood -
ifs per 100. 600.
bronchitis caused t2.ait deathH o
1ga per 100. 900. This rate ia lowe
than hat for any preceding wear eN
cent 1915. when u was iG9 The pro
portional decline from 1900. for whlcl
yoar tho bronchitis rate was thT u
1917. amounting 10 90 per cent. va
greater than that shown TOT any otho
Important rnusa ~ death.
Typhoid Fever.
Typhoid fever resulted In i0ii
deaths. ~ tai per hO.0e0. The mpr
taliv rnte from this cause also hu
shown % remarkable reduction sinr
1901. when q WIS $50 the pronort
ionni decrease amounting 20 % ne
cent This hirhiy Fraiif,ln e declin
demonstrates IN n striking manne