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latory system are more prevalent in the cities than in the 

 country districts. In regard to Massachusetts we find here 

 again a very great excess of deaths from diseases of the circu- 

 latory system in the rural districts. The number as given above 

 in the table for 1913 is 245, and the number for 1912 is 246.2, 

 while the respective numbers in the rural districts for the two 

 years are 305.2 and 321.1. Again we see that in the rural 

 districts of Massachusetts diseases of the circulatory system 

 are more prevalent according to the number of population than 

 in the cities. 



In regard to tuberculosis the respective death rates for 1913 

 and 1912 in the cities are 139.8 and 141.2, and in the rural 

 districts 159.8 and 169.7. In New Hampshire, for 1913, the 

 death rate from tuberculosis in the cities was 122.7, and in the 

 rural districts 118.5, while in 1912 the death rate in the cities 

 was 102.6, and in the country 119.4. In New Jersey, for 1913, 

 the death rate in the cities was 150.2, and in the country 

 159.3, while in 1912 the death rate in the cities was 157.9, 

 and in the country 150.1. In Connecticut the death rate for 

 1913 was 137.1 and for 1912 was 138.4 in the urban districts, 

 while in the rural districts for the two years the death rates 

 were 146 and 152.3, respectively. From the above table it will 

 be seen that in 4 States of the Union the death rate from 

 tuberculosis among the rural population is higher than in the 

 cities. In 2 States for the two years compared — namely, 

 1913 and 1912 — the rates are practically the same. In all 

 the other States the death rates from tuberculosis in the cities 

 are greater than in the country. 



The death rate from cancer is decidedly greater in the rural 

 districts than in the cities. The data for 1913 and 1912, 

 respectively, for Massachusetts, are in the cities 98.7 and 96.7, 

 and in rural districts 110.9 and 100.5. In New Hampshire 

 the death rates for cancer and other malignant tumors, for the 

 years 1913 and 1912, respectively, in the cities are 97.7 and 

 94.8, and in the country districts 114.9 and 116.2. In New 

 Jersey the death rates for 1913 and 1912 from cancerous diseases 

 in the urban districts are 77.5 and 77.6, and in the rural 



