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The following table, in a scale of 100, shows the per cent, of deaths from consumption. From this it will be seen that the Atlantic States have a much higher death rate from this disease than most of the Western States and Territories.
State. | No. of Deaths in each 100 |
Vermont................ | 26 |
Maine................. | 25 |
Masschusetts............ | 25 |
New Hampshire.......... | 25 |
Rhode Island............ | 25 |
Connecticut............ | 20 |
Delaware.............. | 20 |
District of Columbia...... | 20 |
New Jersey............. | 20 |
New York............. | 20 |
Maryland.............. | 16 |
Michigan............. | 16 |
Ohio................ | 16 |
Pennsylvania......... | 16 |
Washington Territory..... | 16 |
West Virginia.......... | 16 |
California............. | 14 |
Indiana.............. | 14 |
Kentucky............. | 14 |
Minnesota............ | 14 |
Wisconsin............ | 14 |
Dakota.............. | 12 |
Iowa................ | 12 |
Oregon.............. | 12 |
Tennessee............ | 12 |
Virginia............. | 12 |
Illinois.............. | 11 |
State. | No. of Deaths in each 100. |
Nebraska................ | 9 |
Missouri................ | 9 |
Montana.............. | 9 |
Colorado.............. | 8 |
Kansas............... | 8 |
Louisiana............. | 8 |
North Carolina......... | 8 |
Alabama............. | 6 |
Florida.............. | 6 |
Mississippi........... | 6 |
Utah................. | 6 |
Arkansas............. | 5 |
Georgia............. | 5 |
South Carolina......... | 5 |
Texas............... | 5 |
New Mexico........... | 3 |
 
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