Chart description: There is a downturn trend shown on the chart. We can see that the number of deaths per million inhabitants fallen down from almost 8000 to nearly zero in between 1780 and 1880. The biggest fall was between 1800 and 1820, where it wend down from almost 5000 to 0.

Chart data: Year Deaths per million inhabitants Dec 31, 1773 1032 Dec 31, 1774 631 Dec 31, 1775 737 Dec 31, 1776 943 Dec 31, 1777 3177 Dec 31, 1778 7196 Dec 31, 1779 1593 Dec 31, 1780 699 Dec 31, 1781 1166 Dec 31, 1782 1836 Dec 31, 1783 5827 Dec 31, 1784 2370 Dec 31, 1785 313 Dec 31, 1786 825 Dec 31, 1787 2544 Dec 31, 1788 3149 Dec 31, 1789 2740 Dec 31, 1790 1425 Dec 31, 1791 880 Dec 31, 1792 944 Dec 31, 1793 1758 Dec 31, 1794 2956 Dec 31, 1795 1963 Dec 31, 1796 751 Dec 31, 1797 585 Dec 31, 1798 1609 Dec 31, 1799 5126 Dec 31, 1800 2566 Dec 31, 1801 646 Dec 31, 1802 613 Dec 31, 1803 608 Dec 31, 1804 452 Dec 31, 1805 616 Dec 31, 1806 888 Dec 31, 1807 759 Dec 31, 1808 1009 Dec 31, 1809 347 Dec 31, 1810 291 Dec 31, 1811 167 Dec 31, 1812 225 Dec 31, 1813 126 Dec 31, 1814 191 Dec 31, 1815 277 Dec 31, 1816 96 Dec 31, 1817 120 Dec 31, 1818 63 Dec 31, 1819 55 Dec 31, 1820 14 Dec 31, 1821 4 Dec 31, 1822 15 Dec 31, 1823 226 Dec 31, 1824 449 Dec 31, 1825 223 Dec 31, 1826 212 Dec 31, 1827 90 Dec 31, 1828 19 Dec 31, 1829 36 Dec 31, 1830 211 Dec 31, 1831 213 Dec 31, 1832 387 Dec 31, 1833 352 Dec 31, 1834 147 Dec 31, 1835 45 Dec 31, 1836 117 Dec 31, 1837 583 Dec 31, 1838 621 Dec 31, 1839 207 Dec 31, 1840 75 Dec 31, 1841 18 Dec 31, 1842 3 Dec 31, 1843 2 Dec 31, 1844 2 Dec 31, 1845 4 Dec 31, 1846 4 Dec 31, 1847 21 Dec 31, 1848 99 Dec 31, 1849 395 Dec 31, 1850 707 Dec 31, 1851 433 Dec 31, 1852 78 Dec 31, 1853 57 Dec 31, 1854 11 Dec 31, 1855 14 Dec 31, 1856 152 Dec 31, 1857 345 Dec 31, 1858 388 Dec 31, 1859 184 Dec 31, 1860 49 Dec 31, 1861 37 Dec 31, 1862 76 Dec 31, 1863 182 Dec 31, 1864 323 Dec 31, 1865 292 Dec 31, 1866 252 Dec 31, 1867 342 Dec 31, 1868 354 Dec 31, 1869 183 Dec 31, 1870 78 Dec 31, 1871 81 Dec 31, 1872 261 Dec 31, 1873 936 Dec 31, 1874 461 Dec 31, 1875 136 Dec 31, 1876 79 Dec 31, 1877 44 Dec 31, 1878 31 Dec 31, 1879 38 Dec 31, 1880 65 Dec 31, 1881 34 Dec 31, 1882 27 Dec 31, 1883 12 Dec 31, 1884 0.8 Dec 31, 1885 0.2 Dec 31, 1886 0.6 Dec 31, 1887 1.5 Dec 31, 1888 0.4 Dec 31, 1889 0.2 Dec 31, 1890 0.2 Dec 31, 1891 0.8 Dec 31, 1892 5 Dec 31, 1893 3.5 Dec 31, 1894 0 Dec 31, 1895 0 Dec 31, 1896 0 Dec 31, 1897 0.2 Dec 31, 1898 0

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