Mortality Statistics 1911
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ,“ . BUREAU OF THE CENSUS E. DANA DURAND, DIRECTOR ... BULLETIN’ 2 . MORTALITY- STAT ST CS 911 .. GENERAL DEATH RATES s SPECIFIC AND STANDARDIZED DEATH RATES ~ INFANT AND CHILD MORTALITY * . CAUSES OF DEATH . ) WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE Bls I ,, CONTENTS. I?aga DEATHSA~CR~EDEA~ mTES. ..7.l2 Grofiof tiere@ation mea. .. J...... ------- . .- 7 Extent of there@tration meak1911. -. ..-- . ..-. -.. -.- . ..-. -.. -.- . ..-. -... --- . ..-. -..-..' ------- . 8 .Dea&s. bycolor mdage of decedent . ..-. 9 Deatirates oftiere@tration area.-.-.. -.-.. -... -.- . ------------------------------------------------- ------- . ..’ “9 Deitirates ofre#shati6n states. --------------------------------------------------------------------- . ------ . 10 Deatira&s oflqecities . ------- . ..----- . 11 Deatim&s of fore@ comties andcities . ------------------------------------------------- ------- . ,11 SPECIFICAND STANDAR&EDDEA’JiHRATES. ... ---- ------- . .. ---- .- . 12-22 SpecScdeati rates. ..+. 13 Stindm&ed (orcomected) deatirabs . ..-. ..- . ..-. ..- . ..-. -.-- . .- . 18 S@dm&ed deatirates, bycolor andnatitity. .-. -.. - . ..-. ----------------- . .. ---- . ----- . 20 I~AN~AND C- NORTmY ------------------------------------------------------ ------- --------- . 22-26 Impor@ce ofrepofig ~deatis ofitimts bomtive . ---------------- . ------ . 24 CAUSXSOFDEA~ . ... ..". ...1 . ..-. ... .. 26-34 Det~edand abtid~ed International &ts. ------- ------- . 26 ‘ T~hoidfever . ..~ . ..- 27 Measles. ... ..~ . ..- 28 Scmletfever . ..~ . - 28 ~%oophg cough . ..` . ..- 29 Diphtierh mdcroup . 29 Otherepidetic disemes. ..- . ..---- . ..----- . ..----- .-. --. ----. - . ..--.. -.. -... -.. -.-. - . ..-.`----------------------- 29 . PeUa~a . ..- 29 Tuberctioti (~ fores) . ..' . ... 30 Oancer. 31 Acute mtefior poEomyeEti (~antflep aralysk) . 32 Orgatic &asesof theheati . ... 32 fiemofi (aHfoas) . ... 33 Dtiheamd enteritk (under 2years) . ... ..- Suicide . ... ..=.L.L... J3b- Tiolent deaths (exclutig sticide) . ..-.. --. -... - . ..-.. -... -.. --- . ...-.. -.- . ..- . ..-. -- . ..-1.. -. YE ------------ 34 ACCURACYOF STATISTICSOF CAUSESOFDEATZ. .. ..- 34-36 TABLES. Table l.—Population, deaths (exclusive of stillbirths) distributed according to color and”age of decedent, and death rate, for the ‘ registration area and its subdivisions: 1911. ... 38 Table 2.—Deaths (exclusive of stillbirths) in the registration area and its subdivisions, by color of decedent and cause of death: 1911.: . .. ... 48 Table 3.—Death rates per 100,000 population in the’registration area and its subdivisions, from principal causes.of death: 1911. 74 Table 4.—Deatis (exclusive of stillbirths) from each cause and class of causes, by age of decedent, for the registration area: 1911. -~ 100 Table 5.—Deaths (exclusive of stillbirths), and death rates per 100,000 population, by causes, according to the Detailed Interna- tiond Lkt. fortiere@tiation mea: 1908to1911 . ..- 104 !l’able 6.—Deaths (exclusive of stillbirths) horn certain important causes, by months, for the registration area, registration states, sad cities of 250,000 population oroverin 1910: 1911. ..1 . 108 ,Table 7.—Deaths (exclusive of stillbirths) horn important causes, during each of the iirst three days of life, the remainder of the iirst week, weeks of the fist month, months of the fist quhr, and remAing quatiers of tie fist year, for tie regfi-, tration area, registration states, and cities of 250,000 population or over in 1910: 1911. 123 --- MAPS. Gro&hof theregistration area for deaths: 1880to1911 . 6 . (3) 1. LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, Wmhington, D. (7., March 15, 1913. SIR’: I have the honor to transmit Census Bulletin 112, in which maybe found some of the most important facts concerning the deaths recorded in the registration area of the United States for 1911. This area is increasing yearly, and for 1911 included 63.1 per cent of the estimated midyear population of the country. The ,states of Kentucky and Missouri appear in the registration area for the fist time. The total”number of deaths reported in this area was 839,284, or i4.2 per 1,000 population, the lowest’ death rate since the series of annual reports. was begun and.probably the lowest rate that has ever occurred in the United States. Specific death rates are presented, by sex, for important age groups, and also standardized or corrected rates which maybe compared with the corrected rates of foreign countries. The present bulletin was prepared under the direction of Dr. Cmssy L. Wilbur, ckef statistician for vital statistics of this ‘bureau. ~ Very respectfully, Director of the (?ensb. Hon. WILLIAM C. REDFIELD, J 8ecrekzry of Commerce. .- 5 . , j., \ GROWTH OF THE REGISTRATION AREA FOR DEATHS : 1880 TO 1911. 1880 1890 :R GENT OF UNITED 8TATi-?i-”&J “\,, POF’ULATIO” ..,. \ mm “’J’-”’,’’”= .-A 1900 !91t %.J_f-.<,---.j ,,m, PER CENT OF UNITED STATES POPUUTION ABEA :<<. cc~> @@ ‘“i’’-’”’~, m! No’rE.-In addition to the registration states (shaded in the cartograme), the registration area includes certain cities in nonregistration states. / . ‘MORTALITYSTATISTICS:~1911. DEATHS AND CRUDE DEATH RATES. The total number of deaths returned for the registra- The growth of the registration area, with respe?t to tion area of the United St5tes for the year 1911 was the population included and the extent of land area, is , 839,284. The estimated midyear population of this shown in the following table: area was 59,275,977, or 63.1 per cent of the total popu- lation of the United States, And the death rate for the UNITED STATES. REGISTRAmON AREA FOR DEATHS. year was 14.2 per 1,000. This is the lowest death rate ever recorded for the registration area, as appears from Population. Land ma. YEAR. — the following statement: P;?#k+ Lrmd aree (Symre Per Per rmfes). sent s~;ey rmt of te- ‘f to- Death Death tal. tal. YEAR. rate per l#lTynp. YEAR. {;~tigp — . 2,973,890 63.1 ,106,734 37.2 2,973,890 58.3 997,978 33.6 2,974,159 56.1 765,738 23.7 loll . 14.2 1903...: . 16.0 2,974,159 52.5 725,117 24.4 - 1910. ..