The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-12
1917 AMERICAN
BIRTH RATE IS
24.6 PER 1000

WASHINGTON. June lin III" !
y =; h-IeE lStraIInn area # TIA" n''"" ,
States l.3j3.792 infants were born ANY" !
IN l91S. rcpr"$cntiu; a birth rate {!
2ii per 100" POPULATION. tn" '"'h!
nunhc% of deaths III IN" same area WAS
1877. or al per l.""". me b'r'h~
exceeded tn" deaths 10y 80 per '"'''.
For every state IN tn" r"EiS'rati"" ai''''
for 2rartjcally all tn" cities aud for
nooriy MI tho counties. the births en-
crctrd ;hc deaths. N MUST cases ny
rroprrt." Tn" mortality
rate for infants under y'tr "f age
averaged 92S per l.""" living births.
The foregoing are among TN" facts
brought out by lhr census h"r"au an
,nual computation of birth statistics,
The birth registration area. cstahi'Sh-
ed IN 1915. has grown rapidly 1t con-,
priscd. in 1917. the SIX New f'nSlah'
states. Indiana. Kansas. kcntu'NH'
MARYLAND. Michigan. Minnesota. New
York. North Carolina, ono. l'nhSEi-
van.a. Utah. Nirr mia Wash "E,"',
and tho District Of columbia. ana ma"
an estimated population "i ""'"""''
or about 81 per cent ~ IN" '>' .''',"
total reputation If the United states Ill
that year.
Comparison With 1916.
Tho birth rate for III" "ntirc blr'h-
registration area fell below that Tor
1916 hy two-,cnths Of ON" per 'l."""
nnnulat!on: but the death rate was I'S9
! hv six-tcnths Of on" 1or l.P"o P"pu.
Ilation; but the death rat" was Jess i!
six-tcnths Of one pay l.'oo IMAM
1q16. Thus the excess OF the bIrth raw
! over the death rate for ILL., ""'' "
| amounted to lO.5 per l.p0". was SOM
what greater than IN" corresponding ca
| ali 9Th I
cess for 1916. 10l per l.or"' ailhous,' ~
fell slightly below that FOR l'i'' w.
per | 600. If the birth ana u'"'" !"
prevailing IN any ono Of th"S" 'hr''
.rs ,.crc 70 remain unchanged, ana
! e no migration were to tax" place 10
~ from tho area to which they relate
to incubation would increase al 't'
rate Of slightly more than l per cent pr
,rnum or little more than ~ p''
! cent in a decade. This would &c ao'u'
hale the rate-@1 per Gently "''on
rho entire population Of the ",'Su
c,ates increased between 4'Vo anu
1910. , ro,ort-
a. 1,2SO2ss, or 24.5 per 1000. were w
White. infants and T3.5"4. or -''e ~,
., Nnn were Of colorcd infants NO
death rates for the two eIcmS",S % n ,r
nonrIotion were 1871 and rs per 4'VVV
respectively. ,.o, 60
| 49, number Of deaths Of infants unoSr
| ono year per l.n0n born aliNc-lhFuus"
out IN" hirth-reElSiraIon ca ans l0i in
ioi6 and 100 in 1913. This Is cQui N"io t,.
70 saving that in 1915 and l'lo. OF go
! 10 infants born alive one oleu pct,.
reaching the az" od an rstion was a
tritic more than one in II. Amons Ins
% states these rates ranged from o.
for Minnesota TO 1872 for MarNnanG1D
and for the whole population separately
tbn lowest and the higher rates wcr"
So for Washington and 1895 for Ne"
| hampshire. .-o-v great
~ for the two sexes and for the various
,:,,,onaiitics Tho rate for male IN
F"nts in 1916. 1887 per 100 living births
| was nearly % per cent greater IMAM INA
When tho comparison IL made on me
| basis Of race or nationality or IN" MON
or a minimum Of 66.2 per lOO plrIhs ~
! shown for infants with mothers popH
| n maximum Of 1T2.6 for infants Win
mothers born in Poland. while for negro
! children tho gate was 1876
! The reports from the registration area
show the birth Of 1895 pairs OF twins
and 1855 sets OF triplcts In lSlI-in all.
! 2g.2j3 infants. or a little more 'hah
: . per cent OF the total number born;
! The reports for 1.24l.722 or the pirths
. occurring in 1917 contained information
! as 10 number of child in order OF birth.
or these reports. S3?.O42 were for tie
| first born child to the mother. "64.uAi
! Tor tho second child l0l .52S for tho
| third, 134.a31 for tho fourth, and 1881
| for the NTH. In the remaining 2l6:Aio
| cases. or lis per cent OF the entire mum
! hpr for which information upon TINS
! point was obtained. the total number OF
| children born by the mother was or
| more; in 379l4 cases is was ten or more:
| In 500 cases Is or more; in Sc cases
| 20 or more and in one case that Of
| colorcd woman. the birth of twenty
arth child was reported.
| by the mothers who gave birth to th"s"
| l.24l.722 infants in 1917. in whose cases
| data were available as to previous
l.I94.621 Of the Births occurring in 1911
| contained information as TO the cntir"
| number Of children born by tn" mothers
| and still living. and gay" total or
344346G or an average of very nearly
| three living children in each family in