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THE INCREASING MORTALITY
Sixteen 7 Registration Cities. 1880-1910
Decrease and Increase in General Death Rate (per 1,000 Population) by Age Periods
379
Ages
1.R. 1880
D.R. 1910
Dec. and Inc. in Rate
Per Cent, of Same
All
65 and over and unknown
Above 55
Above QO 48.44 58.82 +10.38 +21.43
.61, or 4.5 per cent.; ages 50-54, 1.16, or 6.7 per cent.; ages 55-59 (decrease), .13, or .5 per cent.; ages 60-64 (increase), 1.48, or 4.6 per cent. ; ages 65-69, 3.23, or 6.75 per cent. ; ages 70-74, 3.45, or 4.9 per cent. ; age 75 and over, .82, or .6 per cent.
Massachusetts ani> New Jersey. 1880-1910
Decrease and Increase in General Death, Rate (per 1,000 Population) by Age Periods
Ages
All
Under 30
30-34
35-39
40-44
45-49
50-54
55-59
60-64
65-69
70-74
75 and over.
Above 40. Above 50. Above 60.
D.R. 1880
D.R. 1910
Dec. and Inc.
Per Cent.
in Rate
of Same
To summarize, the public records under consideration indicate that :
1. The mortality rate from apoplexy, paralysis, diseases of the heart, circulatory system, kidneys and liver has heavily increased in the younger as well as in the older groups. The total deaths were 367,700 in 1910.
2. In Massachusetts the death rate from these causes has increased 86.4 per cent, in 30 years.
3. In 16 important cities the death rate from organic diseases of the
7 Sixteen cities: New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, St. Louis, Baltimore, San Francisco, Cincinnati, Cleveland, New Orleans, Pittsburgh,
Washington, Milwaukee, Louisville, Providence, Indianapolis.
