THE INCREASING MORTALITY 



Sixteen 7 Registration Cities. 1880-1910 



Decrease and Increase in General Death Rate 

 (per 1,000 Population) by Age Periods 



379 



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. 



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. 



