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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



1 Exclusive of stillbirths. 



2 Includes District of Columbia. 



Note. — The registration States in 1900 were Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, 

 Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont. 



It will be illuminating at the present time to compare with 

 the foregoing some of the death rates of the large cities. I 

 will give just a few of them, as I cannot burden this paper 

 with very extensive data. For 1913 the city having the highest 

 death rate was INIemphis, namely, 20.8 per thousand. Among 

 the white people of Memphis the rate was 15.9, and among 

 the colored, 28.2. Following close on the heels of Memphis 

 were Richmond, Virginia, with a death rate of 20.4 per thou- 

 sand, and New Orleans, Louisiana, with a death rate of 19.9 

 per thousand, with about the same discrepancy between the 

 white and colored deaths as has been given for Memphis, 

 Tennessee. Of the great cities having a low death rate New 

 York takes the lead, in consideration of its enormous popula- 

 tion, with a total death rate of 14.3 per thousand, which is 

 almost the same as that of the average death rate of the 

 registration area, namely, 14.1. Other cities with a low death 

 rate are: St. Paul, with 11 per thousand; Minneapolis, with 

 11.6 per thousand; Portland, Oregon, with 9.5 per thousand; 

 Seattle, with 8.4 per thousand; Spokane, with 8.9 per thou- 

 sand; Milwaukee, with 12.7 per thousand. Boston occupies a 

 medium position, with a death rate of 16.4 per thousand. 



It is seen that the death rate as a rule increases as you go 

 farther south and decreases as you go northwest and west. It 

 is interesting to know that the average death rate in the United 

 States is just about the same as for England, Wales and 



