UNITED STATES MORTALITY STATISTICS, [Bureau of the census report.] DEATHS PER 1,000 OF POPULATION IN THE REGISTRATION AREA. 1906-10.1913.1914.1915.1916. Registration area.....15.1 14.1 13.6 13.5 14.0 Registration states...15.0 13.9 13.4 13.3 13.9; Cities in registration states 16.3 15.0 14.5 14.2 15.0 California Colorado Rural part of registration states... .13.4 12.7 12.3 12.3 12.9 The registration area in 1916 included twentysix states, the District of Columbia and thirtyfive cities in nonregistration states, containing 70.2 per cent of the total estimated population of continental United States. The total number of deaths reported in this area in 1916 was 1,001,921. The estimated population of the area was 71,621,632 and the death rate was consequently 14 per 1,000 of population. In Registration States. Death rates per 1,000 population. 1911.1912.1913.1914.1915.1916. .13.7 14.2 14.5 13.6 13.7 13.5 ..12.9 11.6 11.5 11.2 11.3 10.3 Connecticut ..15.4 14.9 15.0 15.1 14.9 16.3 Dist. of Col... .18.7 18.3 17.3 16.6 .12.9 13.0 13.3 12.9 12.7 13.6 Indiana Kansas 9.8 10.1 10.9 Kentucky.......13.2 12.9 13.1 12.9 12.3 12.6 Maine ..........16.1 15.5 15.3 15.1 15.6 15.7 Maryland .15.8 15.5 16.2 15.9 15.8 16.5 Massachusetts .15.3 15.0 15.0 14.7 14.5 15.2 Michigan .13.2 13.4 13.9 13.4 13.4 15.1 Minnesota......10.5 9.5 10.4 10.6 10.1 10.7 Missouri .......13.1 12.6 12.4 12.3 12.1 12.9 Montana ..10.2 10.1 12.0 11.2 11.4 12.6 New Hampshire.17.1 16.4 17.1 16.3 16.1 16.1 New Jersey .14.7 14.1 14.3 14.2 13.8 15.0 New York. ..15.5 15.0 15.0 14.7 14.6 14.8 North Carolina.18.3 17.3 16.8 19.0 17.3 13.1 ...... Ohio ..13.1 13.4 13.8 13.0 13.1 14.4 Pennsylvania ..14.2 14.0 14.6 13.9 13.8 14.6 Rhode Island...15.5 15.2 15.0 14.7 14.8 15.5 South Carolina. 13.8 Utah Vermont ... 10.3 9.9 iio iö.i 9.9 10.4 .15.8 15.2 15.8 15.0 14.7 15.6 Virginia 13.9 14.0 14.2 14.7 Washington 8.9 7.9 8.5 8.1 8.1 Wisconsin ..11.5 11.3 11.5 11.1 10.8 11.8 .... 7.7 Measles Scarlet fever. Epidemic diseases.. Number. Rate. 9,510 13.3 2.175 3.0 ............ 114 0.2 7.947 11.1 ....... ................ Cerebral hemorrhage....... .................... .................... All causes........... DEATHS BY SEX. Number. Pct. Sex. .14.1 12.8 13.4 14.8 DEATHS BY AGE. Number and distribution per 1,000. Number. Pct. Female..454,112 45.3 Infant d'ths Per 1,000 born. AMERICAN BIRTH AND DEATH RATES. The following table prepared by the federal census bureau shows for the birth registration area of the United States the number of births in the calendar year 1915, the birth rate, the death rate, the number of deaths of infants under 1 year of age and the infant mortality rate. The states in the registration area had in 1915 an estimated population of 31,150,000, representing 31 per cent of the total for the United States. In the table stillbirths are excluded, and by infants are meant all children under 1 year of age. Area. Births. *Rate Registration States- No. B'ths. D'ths. No. 32,627 26.7 14.9 3,494 107 16,193 21.1 15.6 93,198 25.4 14.5 80,576 26.7 13.4 55,11 24.5 10.1 10,0 22.7 16.1 .241,856 24.0 14.6 24,004 .217,979 26.0 13.8 23,933 110 *Rate No. B'ths.D'ths. No. born Area. Registration CitiesNew HampshireManchester 2,276 29.6 14.9 Albany 2,236 21.6 20.0 New York-Buffalo....12,632 27.4 14.9 New York (total). .140,177 25.6 13.9 White .......137,591 25.7 13.7 Colored 2,586 22.7 23.7 Niagara Falls 1,360 37.5 16.0 Rochester Schenectady Syracuse Pennsylvania 347 98 175 121 342 150 271 121 1,364 13,850 99 13,333 108 97 517 200 167 123 6,768 27.0 13.9 568 84 2,082 21.9 10.7 199 96 3,536 23.2 13.2 Troy Utica Yonkers .... 1,445 18.6 19.7 2,413 28.8 17.0 2,470 25.6 11.6 301 125 270 109 Erie 2,117 28.7 15.0 Harrisburg 178 84 137 100 Johnstown Philadelphia White Years. interval.* No. No. 51.49 36-37....... 72,539 1-2..... 88,538 2,446 57.11 UNITED STATES LIFE TABLES. Based on the estimated population July 1, 1910, of the original registration states and on the reported deaths in 1909, 1910 and 1911. Original registration states include Maine, New Hamp shire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Indiana and Michigan and the District of Columbia. Exp't'n Age BOTH SEXES, ONE YEAR INTERVALS. Age Exp't'n Age interval.* No. No. of life.§ Years. living.† dying. 0-1.........100,000 11,462 of life.§ interval.* No. No. Exp't'n of life.§ Years. 605 2,065 8.22 37-38....... 71,924 617 30.42 73-74....... 27,694 38-39....... 71,317 3-4.... 57.44 39-40....... 70,686 74-75... ... 25,622 644 28.94 75-76... 23,552 2,057 6.99 56.89 40-41..... 70,042 79-80.... ... 13,712 52.15 46-47.... 65,795 11-12. 82,271 180 51.26 47-48.... 65,000 22.39 84-85. 49-50....... 63,333 50-51....... 62,460 51-52. 16-17....... 81,274 52-53.. ... 60,634 53-54.. 45.17 54-55.... 18.21 90-91. 56-57.. 41.94 58-59... 53,888 1,346 15.64 94-95.. 24-25... 78,471 425 61-62.. 62-63... 49,676 1,521 48,155 1,587 38.03 64-65....... 44,912 65-66.... ... 43,194 66-67....... 41,421 34.93 67-68.. 68-69.. 37,718 1,928 10.07 104-105..... 1.50 69-70.... 35,790 1,974 9.58 105-106..... 1.41 70-71...... 33,816 2,013 9.11 106-107..... 1.33 71-72....... 31,803 2,044 8.66 27-28.... 29.18 54-55...... 14.28 15.48 82-83.. 5.06 5.59 109-110.... 1.08 .... 14.98 31.61 *Period of lifetime between two exact ages. †Number of 100,000 persons born alive living at beginning of age interval. Number of 100,000 born alive dying in age interval. §Average length of life remaining to each one alive at beginning of age interval. AMERICAN TABLE OF MORTALITY. Used by insurance companies in computing expectation of life. No. No. Exp't'n living. dying. of life. No. No. Exp't'n No. No. Exp't'n Age. 10.. 100,000 749 48.72 Age. living. dying. of life. Age. living. dying. of life. In 1917 Alaska produced minerals valued at | tions because of the scarcity of labor and the $41,760,000. This, although about $6,870,000 less than that in 1916, was greater than that in any other year. The most valuable mineral product in 1917 was copper, of which 88,200,000 pounds, valued at $24.000,000, was produced. This was less than the output of 1916, which was 119.600.000 pounds, valued at $29.480,000, but was greater than that of any other year. The reduction was due largely to labor troubles. The gold produced in 1917, $15.450.000, of which $9.850.000 was derived from placer mines, was also less than that produced in 1916, which was $17.240.000, and was the smallest since 1904. The reduction was due chiefly to curtailment of opera In thirty-three years of mining Alaska has produced more than $391.000.000 in gold, silver, copper and other minerals. Of this amount $293.000.000 represents the value of the gold and $88,200.000 that of the copper. LEARNED SOCIETIES OF AMERICA. Actuarial Society of America-President, Henry Moir, New York, N. Y.; secretary, Wendell M. Strong, 1233 New York Life building, New York, N. Y. Allied Medical Associations of America-President. Dr. Charles Loffler. Minneapolis, Minn.: secretary-treasurer, Dr. L. M. Ottofy, St. Louis, Mo. American Academy of Arts and Letters President, William Dean Howells: chancellor, William Milligan Sloane; permanent secretary, Robert Underwood Johnson, 347 Madison avenue, New York, N. Y. 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