The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-27
Principal Causes Of Death
Due to Common
Diseases
Census Bureaus Summary of
Mortality Statistics
for 1917

Washington. D. c., June Is, 1919
The Census Bureaus annual compila-
tion Of mortality statistics for the
death-registration are in continen-
tai United States shows l.O63,o32
deaths as having occurred in that
area in 1917, representing a rate Of
l42 per 1000 Of population. OF these
deaths. nearly one-third were due to
three causes-heart disease pneumo-
MIA, and tuberculosis-and nearly
another third resulted from the fol-
lowing nine causes: Bright's disease
and nephritis, apoplexy, cancer, diar-
rhea and enteritis, arterial diseases,
influenza, diabetes. diphteria, and
bronchitis. The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
area Of the United State in 1917 COM
prised u states, the District Of
Columbia. and AZ cities in nonregis-
tration states, with total estimated
population of 100000. or about 73
per cent of the estimated population
of the United States. (The territory
OF Hawaii has recently been added
to the registration area, but the fig
ures given in this summary relate
only to continental United States.)
The deaths from heart diseases
(organic diseases Of the heart and
endocarditis) numbered 1882, or
1882 per 10000 population. The
death rate from this cause shows
a noticeable decrease as compared
with 1916 when it was 1894 per
100000. There have been fluctuations
from year to year. but in general
there has been a marked increase
since 1900, the earliest year for which
the annual mortality statistics were
published. when the rate for heart
disease was only 1881 per 100000.
Pneumonia (including bronchop-
pneumonia) was responsible for
ll2,82l deaths or 1893 per 100000
This rate. although much lower than
that for 1900 n805) or for several
succeeding years. is higher than that
for any year during the period 1908
1916. The lowest recorded rate for
pneumonia was l27 per 100000 in 1914.
The mortality from this disease has
tfluctuatfd considerably from year
to year since 1900. the general tend
ency having been downward until
1914 and upward from 1914 to 1,H.
tuberculosis in its variou. forms
caused ll0285 deaths, Of which o7.OH
were due to tuberculosis of the lungs.
The death rate from all forms Of
tuberculosis was 1854 per 100000. and
from tuberculosis of the lungs, 1899.
The rate from tuberculosis of all
forms declined continuously from
D07 per 100000 in 1914 to 14l6 per
100000 in 1916, the decrease amount
ing to nearly. 50 per cent; but for
1917 an increase is shown Until 1912
more deaths were due to tuberculosis
than to any other single cause. but
in that year and during the period
l9l4-l9l7 the mortality from tuber-
culosis was less than that from heart
disease, and in 1917 1t fell below that
from pneumonia also.
Bright's disease and acute nephri-
tis caused 80,9l2 deaths, or l47.4 per
10000 The mortality rate from
these diseases has increased from 80
per 100000 in 1900 with some fluc-
tuations from year to year, and since
1914 the increase has been conti-
nuous.
Apoplexy was the cause of 62.43l
deaths, or 82.9 per 100000. The rate
from this disease increased gradual
ly, with occasional slight declines,
from 1900 to 1912, and since 1913 the
increase has been continuous.
Cancer and other malignant tumors
caused 6l,@52 deaths, of which num-
Der S.4l3, or 50 per cent, resulted
from cancer of the stomach and liver.
Inc rate. from cancer has risen from
y Per io1ooo in 1900 to sl.6 in 1917.
= ,4re.--- [-srI .-....@a-