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THE TREND OF THE RACE 



Death Rates of the City and State of New York 



Part of this decline in New York City, says the Report of the 

 New York Department of Health for 1919, "should be attributed 

 to the migration from other communities and immigration from 

 foreign countries, of large numbers of young adults who increased 

 the population, but being in the healthiest age of life, contributed 

 a smaller number of deaths than their proportion to the total 

 population. When corrections are made for age composition, 

 however, the advantage turns in favor of the country." 



Crude and Standardized Death Rates in New York State and City 



Crude Death Rate for igii Standardized Rate 



State of N.Y 15.6 15.8 



CityofN. Y 15.3 17-3 



Rest of State 16 141 



And in 191 5, according to the report quoted, "the essentially 

 greater healthfulness of the smaller communities and the rural 

 districts of the state compared with the metropolis — hitherto 

 obscured by the difference in the age make-up of their population 

 ^stands out in a standardized rate of mortality for 191 5 for the 

 state outside of New York City of 13.4 still two points, or 13 per 

 cent below that of the metropolis." 



In Europe urban growth and migration have been studied more 



