THE INHERITANCE OF DURATION 



TABLE 16 a Continued 



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Causes of death 



43 Alcoholism 



44 Hemorrhage of lungs 



45 Diseases of the thyroid body . . . 



46 Ovarian tumor 



47 Uterine tumor 



48 Rheumatism 



49 Gangrene of lungs 



50 Anaemia, leukaemia 



51 Chronic poisonings 



52 Congestion of lungs 



53 Ulcer of stomach 



54 Carbuncle 



55 Pericarditis 



56 Cancer of female genital organs 



57 Dysentery 



58 Gastritis 



59 Cholera nostras 



60 Cirrhosis of liver 



61 General paralysis of insane 



62 Hyatid tumors of liver 



63 Endocarditis 



64 Locomotor ataxia 



65 Diseases of veins 



66 Cancer of breast 



67 Diabetes 



68 Biliary calculi 



69 Hernia 



70 Cancer not specified 



71 Tumor 



72 Bright's disease 



73 Embolism and thrombosis 



74 Cancer of intestines 



75 Cancer of stomach and liver. 



76 Calculi of urinary tract 



77 Cancer of mouth 



78 Heart disease , 



79 Influenza 



80 Asthma and emphysema 



81 Angina pectoris 



82 Apoplexy 



83 Cancer of skin 



84 Chronic bronchitis 



85 Paralysis 



86 Softening of brain 



87 Diseases of arteries 



88 Diseases of bladder 



89 Gangrene 



90 Old age 



Prominence of 



disease. Per cent 



of all deaths 



8 



2. 



.4 

 .1 

 .02 

 .07 

 .1 

 .5 

 .03 

 .4 

 .05 

 .4 

 .2 

 .03 

 .1 

 .6 

 .5 

 .65 

 .09 

 .9 

 .3 



.002 

 .8 

 .17 

 .04 

 .4 

 .8 

 .17 

 .27 

 .9 

 .08 

 i.6 

 .26 

 .55 



^ 

 . / 



.03 

 .1 

 .1 

 .7 

 .23 

 .4 

 .4 

 .2 

 .8 

 .0 

 .2 

 .83 

 .2 

 .25 

 



Ratio of 



preventability. 



Per cent. 



85 

 80 

 10 







60 

 10 





 50 

 70 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 10 







80 

 50 

 50 

 60 

 75 

 75 

 25 

 35 

 40 





 10 

 40 

 70 









 40 













 10 





 25 

 50 

 30 

 25 

 35 







30 

 50 







10 



45 



60 







