Death Rates From Certain Causes, For The Registration Area, 1900
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This section is from the book "Scientific American Reference Book. A Manual for the Office, Household and Shop", by Albert A. Hopkins, A. Russell Bond. Also available from Amazon: Scientific American Reference Book.
Death Rates From Certain Causes, For The Registration Area, 1900
Death rate per 100,000. | Cause. | Death rate per 100,000. | |||
Pneumonia.................................... | 191.9 | Diseases of the stomach**............................... | 20.0 | ||
Consumption*................................. | 190.5 | Diseases of the brain.................................. | 18.6 | ||
Heart Disease †.................................. | 134.0 | Peritonitis............................................... | 17.5 | ||
Diarrheal diseases‡.............................. | 85.1 | Unknown causes...................................... | 16.8 | ||
Diseases of the kidneys .......................... | 83.7 | Measles................................................. | 13.2 | ||
Apoplexy .................................. | 66.6 | Railroad accidents.................................... | 13.2 | ||
Cancer.................................. | 60.0 | Whooping cough..................................... | 12.7 | ||
Old age.......................................... | 54.0 | Suicide................................................... | 11.8 | ||
Bronchitis.............................. | 48.3 | Scarlet fever.......................................... | 11.5 | ||
Cholera infantum................................ | 47.8 | Hydrocephalus ....................................... | 11.0 | ||
Debility and atrophy................................. | 45.5 | Drowning................................................ | 11.0 | ||
Inflammation of the brain and meningitis...................................................... | 41.8 | Septicemia.............................................. | 10.0 | ||
Appendicitis........................................... | 9.9 | ||||
Diphtheria................................... | 35.4 | Croup.................................................... | 9.8 | ||
Typhoid fever................................. | 33.8 | Diabetes................................................ | 9.4 | ||
Premature birth..................................... | 33.7 | Burns and scalds........................................ | 8.8 | ||
Convulsions....................................... | 33.1 | Malarial fever............................................. | 8.8 | ||
Paralysis§.......................................................... | 32.8 | Cerebro-spinal fever............................... | 7.1 | ||
Inanition........................................................ | 27.3 | Dropsy....................................................... | 6.9 | ||
Influenza....................................................... | 23.9 | Rheumatism............................................ | 6.8 | ||
Diseases of the liver¶ | 22.7 | Gunshot wounds.............................................. | 3.8 | ||
* Including general tuberculosis. † Including pericarditis.
‡ Including cholera morbus, colitis, diarrhea, dysentery, and enteritis. Including Bright's disease. § Including general paralysis of the insane.
¶ Including jaundice, and inflammation and abscess of the liver. ** Including gastritis.
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