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1924

No. 55.-DEATHS:

NU:MBER AND RATE, BY IMPORTANT CAUSES, IN THE ENTIRE DEATH REGISTRATION AREA, AND IN THE ORIGINAL DEATH REGISTRATION STATES

[NOTE.-The increase i.n the registration area affects somewhat the comparability of the rates for the area as a whole. See Tables 49 and 50]

De· tailed Intern:.· tional List No.,

De3th registration States as of 1900 1

Entire death'regisration area (exclusive of Hawaii) Number of deaths

Cause of death

1920

1922

Death rate per 100,000 population

Death rate per 100,000 population

i900

192ft

1910

1919

1920

1921

I 11922

192&

11900

1910

11919

1920

11921

1922

1923

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Allllauses , ______________ 1,101,8631,193,017 1,755.0 1,496.2 1,287A 1,306.0 1, 163. 9 1, 181. 7 1,230.1 1, 719. () 1, 662. 4 1, 348. 'I 1, 879. OJ 1,215.1 1,258.8 1,295.3

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and paratyphoid 1 Typhoid fever _________________________ 6,981 MeasJcs ________________________ 4,012 7 3,256 8 Scarlet feveL __________________ 5,220 9 Whooping cough _______________ 10 Di phtheri::L ___________________ 13,659 11,101 Influenza and pneumonia ______ 82,311 31,3ia Tuberculosis of the l'