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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



[Pub. Doc. 



Diseases of the Respiratory System. 



[These include all the diseases of the nose, larynx, thyrwid body, bronchitis, pneumonia, pleurisy 

 asthma and all other diseases of the respiratory tract with the exception of tuberculosis.] 



States. 



Death Rates per 100,000 of 

 Population for 1913. 



Cities. 



Rural 

 Districts. 



California, . 

 Colorado, . 

 Connecticut, 

 Indiana, 

 Kentucky, . 

 Maine, 

 Maryland, . 

 Massachusetts, . 

 Michigan, . 

 Minnesota, . 

 Missouri, 

 Montana, 

 New Hampshire, 

 New Jersey, 

 New York, . 

 North Carolina, . 

 Ohio, . 

 Pennsylvania, 

 Rhode Island, 

 Utah, . 

 Vermont, 

 Virginia, 

 Washington, 

 Wisconsin, . 



145.5 

 144.4 

 206.5 

 149.2 

 161.6 

 260.0 

 245.6 

 198.61 

 185.3 

 121.6 

 168.3 

 216.6 

 207.9 

 204.0 

 214.9 

 177.4 

 162.7 

 216.3 

 184.4 

 125. 1« 

 209.6 

 216.7 

 77.9 

 153.9 



129.6 



151.2 



150.1 



108.1 



106.3 



159.0 



133.1 



156.3* 



107.7 



95.7 

 127.8 

 122.0 

 183.6 

 149.9 

 163.2 

 129.9 

 116.3 

 171.0 

 153.5 

 140.1* 

 184.2 

 117.0 



64.0 

 113.8 



1 For 1912, 195.2. 

 » For 1912, 141.2. 



s For 1912, 164.3. 

 « For 1912, 130.4. 



For respiratory diseases other than tuberculosis it is seen 

 that the country districts are more favorably situated than the 

 urban districts, with the exception of Utah, in which it appears 

 that the urban and rural rates for the two year? are about the 

 same. 



