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Table 2. — Mortality from tuberculosis among United States Indians, during fiscal 



year 1907-8 — Continued 



Tribe. 



Grosventres 



Sioux 



Pima, Papago, and 



Maricopa. 

 Sauk and Foxes, 



and Iowa. 



Omaha 



Lumiiii 



Caddo 



Apache 



Flatheads, etc 



Pueblos 



Eastern Cherokee. . 

 Navaho 



Total 



Agency or school. 



Fort Berthold, N. Dak. 

 Fort Totten,N. Dak.... 

 Pima, Ariz 



Sauk and Fo.x, Okla. 



Omaha, Nebr 



Tulalip, Wash 



Kiowa, Okla 



Fort Apache, Ariz 



Flathead, Mont 



Santa Fe, N. Mex 



Eastern Cherokee, N. C. 

 Navaho, Ariz 



Census 



June 30, 



1907. 



0,478 



1,240 



414 



555 



2,083 



2,221 



3,419 



■ 1,550 



12, 500 



81,388 



Deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis. 



For 



year 



1907-8. 



Pro- 

 por- 

 tion 

 per 

 1,000 

 popu- 

 lation. 



6.4 

 6.1 

 5.7 



4.8 

 4.8 

 3.6 

 3.4 

 3.1 

 2.0 

 1.9 

 1.7 



Males 

 over 



16 

 years. 



Fe- 

 males 



over 



16 

 years. 



Chil- 

 dren 

 under 

 16 • 

 years 



Deaths 

 from 

 tuber- 

 culosis 

 other 

 than 

 pul- 

 mo- 

 nary. 



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oAmong the whites of the United States the average proportion of dt'aths from pulmonary tuberculosis 

 per 1,000 population is approximately 1.7; among the negroes about 4. 

 b 2.2 per 1,000 population. 



The above statistics show: 



(1 ) That the morbidity and mortality from all forms of tubercu- 

 losis among the Indians to-day exceed by far those among the whites 

 generall}^; and that their average exceeds even the very high rate 

 among the American negroes. 



(2) That the disease, while most prevalent in northern and north- 

 western United States and in certaui regions in Oklahoma, presents 

 no definite distribution according to territory and climate. Nearly 

 all of the tribes that have long been in contact with the whites, and 

 that have advanced more or less in civilization, are seriously affected. 

 On the other hand, most of the least affected tribes have been less in 

 contact with the whites and live not only in a faA^orable climate, but 

 also, to a large degree, in their native manner. Judging from the 

 Pueblos, who are among the tribes most free from tuberculosis, the 

 contact of the Mexicans was not as detrimental as was that of the 

 whites from the east and north of the continent. The natives most 

 free from tuberculosis — the Navaho — occupy an extensive and natu- 

 rally healthful region, where they live under conditions more nearly 

 aboriginal than those found in any other locality north of Mexico. 

 The tribe no doubt suffers more from tuberculosis than is indicated 

 in the reports of the Indian Office, for the size of the territory and the 



