BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



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States. 



New Jersey, . 



New York, 



North Carolina, 



Ohio, 



Pennsylvania, 



Rhode Island, 



Utah, 



Vermont, 



Virginia, 



Washington, . 



Wisconsin, 



Urban. 



Number 

 of Deaths. 



181 



723 



112 



538 



785 



40 



28 



2 



117 



50 



126 



Death 

 Rate. 



65.4 

 22.9 

 20.2 



8.5 

 20.8 



4.3 

 28.1 



7.8 

 15.5 



Rural. 



Number 

 of Deaths. 



84 



276 



116 



653 



685 



8 



62 



26 



592 



89 



91 



Death 

 Rate. 



8.7 

 11.6 

 51.4 

 25.0 

 16.2 



7.3 

 22.9 



8.3 

 34.6 

 12.6 



5.7 



The above data show that 10 States have a higher typhoid 

 rate in the rural population than in the urban districts, and 

 that 24 States have a higher typhoid rate in the urban than 

 in the rural districts. Six States show almost the same rate. 

 The total number, however, show that the death rate from 

 typhoid fever in the rural districts of the United States is 

 markedly higher than in the urban districts. As respects 

 Massachusetts, you are to be congratulated upon the very low 

 death rate, both in the city and in the country, but the country 

 rate is markedly lower than the city rate. 



Total Population in Registration Area in 1912 and 1913. 



The total population in the registration area as estimated 

 by the United States Census for 1912 and 1913, the number of 

 deaths in that area, and the death rate per 1,000 of population 

 are shown in the following table : — 



