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districts 80.2 and 74.7. In New York the death rates from 

 cancer and other malignant tumors for the years 1913 and 

 1912, respectively, are in the cities 85.9 and 83.8, and in the 

 rural districts 93.7 and 93.3. In Rhode Island the death rates 

 from cancer for 1913 and 1912, respectively, in the cities are 

 89.9 and 93.3, and in the rural districts for the same years 

 108.1 and 74.6. In Vermont the death rates from cancer and 

 other malignant tumors for the years 1913 and 1912, respec- 

 tively, are 117.7 and 104.1 in the cities, and in the rural dis- 

 tricts 110.8 and 111.3. In Massachusetts again it is seen that 

 the ravages of cancer and other malignant tumors are greater 

 in the rural districts than in the cities. The same is true of 

 New Hampshire and New York. In New Jersey, North 

 Carolina, Rhode Island and Vermont for the two years it 

 averaged about the same. In all the other States the death 

 rates from cancer and similar diseases were less in rural dis- 

 tricts than in cities. » 



