No. 4.] 



HEALTH ON THE FARM. 



87 



Accidental Deaths. 



States. 



Death Rates per 100,000 op 

 Population fob 1913. 



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, . 



125.4 

 99.7 

 92.3 

 75.8 

 61.9 

 62.7 

 68.5 

 81.02 

 84.0 

 76.5 

 54.0 



134.2 

 70.2 

 85.0 

 92.2 

 67.4 

 85.4 



101.9 

 82.6 

 86.2 

 77.9 

 66.5 



104.2 

 64.1 



1 For 1912, 78.2. 



2 For 1912, 74.2. 



The data show in 8 States a higher accidental death rate 

 in the country. In CaUfornia and Washington, especially, the 

 rural accidental death rate is high. In Massachusetts the 

 urban and rural rates are nearly the same, with the cities a 

 shade safer. 



Dr. John N. Hurty, health officer of the State of Indiana, 

 contributed a valuable paper to the Pan-American Scientific 

 Congress on December 30, 1915. Dr. Hurty has examined, 



