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Table 29. — Reported Indian population, births, and deaths, hy tribe, and derived 

 crude rates of fertility, mortality, and natural increase, for selected years — 

 1884-1957 "■ 



Year 



Total 

 population 



Number of 



reported 



births 



Number of 

 reported 

 deaths 



Crude 

 birth rate 3 



Crude 

 death rate ' 



Crude rate 



of natural 



increase 



(percent) ' 



1884*. 

 1887 «- 

 1889 «. 

 1890 '. 

 1912 8, 



1916 ». 

 1920 10. 



1928 ». 



1941 n.„- 



1942 w...- 



1944 13 



1945 13.„- 

 1946"-.. 



1947 1'— - 



1948 "„.- 



1949 13.... 



1950 13.... 



1951 13.... 



1952 13.... 



1953 «.... 



1954 13.... 



1955 "...- 



1956 ".... 



1957 K...- 

 1944-46 



average 

 1948-52 



average 

 1953-57 



average 



77, 



600 

 480 



1,400 

 410 

 252 



1,200 

 205 



370 



100 



55 



103 



484 



90 



152 



800 



8 



91 



600 



157 



270 



28 



805 



871 



1,242 



1,176 



1,415 



1,434 



1,281 



1,808 



2,034 



2,241 



2,423 



2,479 



2.532 



2,661 



3,089 



3,160 



1,278 



1,957 



2,784 



400 



138 



700 



900 



307 



1,200 



178 



37 



56 



190 



85 



28 



42 



300 



150 



480 



500 



24 



112 



350 



137 



245 



40 



784 



568 



672 



676 



629 



706 



715 



600 



685 



743 



674 



639 



573 



585 



540 



616 



659 



683 



591 



34.9 

 26.9 

 77.8 

 23.8 

 61.9 



120.0 

 31.4 

 55.6 

 20.5 

 31.0 

 15.2 

 42.7 

 24.4 

 42.9 

 14.3 

 56.3 



114.3 

 4.8 

 17.4 

 47.6 

 19.9 

 38.6 

 7.6 

 16.8 

 17.8 

 20.5 

 19.3 

 22.6 

 22.5 

 19.5 

 26.9 

 29.3 

 31.7 

 33.7 

 33.8 

 33.6 

 34.4 

 39.0 

 38.7 



20.8 



28.4 



36.0 



23.3 

 7.7 

 38.9 

 52.3 

 75.5 



120.0 

 27.2 

 21.0 

 13.3 

 16.0 

 13.0 

 21.7 

 9.9 

 26.6 

 23.8 



177.8 

 71.4 

 14.5 

 21.4 

 27.8 

 17.3 

 35.0 

 10.8 

 16.4 

 11.6 

 11.1 

 11.1 

 10.0 

 11.1 

 10.9 



10.5 

 9.4 

 8.7 

 7.6 

 7.6 

 6.8 

 7.5 



10.7 



9.9 



7.6 



1.16 



1.92 



3.89 



-2.85 



-1.36 



.0 



.41 



3.46 



.72 



1.50 



.22 



2.10 



1.45 



1.63 



-.95 



-12.15 



4.29 



-.97 



-.40 



1.98 



.26 



.36 



-.32 



.04 



.62 



.94 



.82 



1.26 



1.14 



.86 



1.80 



1.94 



2.12 



2.43 



2.51 



2.60 



2.68 



3.22 



3.12 



1.01 



1.85 



2.84 



1 An attempt has been made to include in this table all reported vital statistics for the Navaho population 

 for the years between 1868 and 1900, and for the years between 1941 and 1957. Data for the intervening 

 period were selected to illustrate the reporting of vital events among the Navaho at the time. The reports 

 that were omitted do not differ materially from those that were included; the illustrations that have been 

 selected should suffice to indicate the extreme variability of the reporting of Navaho vital phenomena 

 during this period. 



2 The population totals shown for the years 1941 to 1956 are derived from the reported crude birth rates. 

 These totals are nevertheless given in exact figures because the crude birth rates were originally reported 

 to three decimal places. Some of the totals include non-Navaho Indians; in such cases the number and 

 tribal affiliation of the Indians included are specified in the footnotes for the given year. 



3 The formulas for calculating the crude rates of birth, death, and natural increase are given in the Ap- 

 pendix. There is no assurance, with the above data, that the population total pertains exactly to the mid- 

 point of the year specified; this has been assumed to be the case in the absence of more precise information. 

 Since an error of 1 percent in the population base produces an error of 0.2-0.5 in the rates, their approximate 

 nature must be emphasized. 



* Bureau of Indian Aflairs, 1884, p. 294. 



« Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1887, pp. 171-177, 348 ff. 



8 Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1889, p. 506. 



' Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1890, p. 161. The population figure is that of the 1890 census. 



« Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1912, table 19. The total of 4,068 comprises 2,000 Navahos and 2,068 

 Hopis; the total of 6,535 comprises 6,131 Navahos, 204 Hopis, and 200 Paiutes. After 1911, Navaho 

 population and vital statistics were reported independently by each subagency. These subagencies are 

 not identified here, since the purpose of the figures presented is to illustrate the nature of the reporting of 

 vital events, and not to describe these events themselves. 



» Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1916, table 14. The total of 4,203 comprises 2,000 Navahos and 2,203 Hopis; 

 the total of 6,550 comprises 6,087 Navahos, 273 Hopis, and 190 Paiutes. 



10 Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1920, table 15. The total of 4,227 comprises 2,000 Navahos and 2,227 Hopis; 

 the total of 6,300 comprises 5,842 Navahos, 288 Hopis, and 170 Paiutes. 



11 Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1928, table 4. The total of 5,224 comprises 2,750 Navahos and 2,474 Hopis; 

 the total of 7,899 includes an unspecified number of Hopis and Paiutes, probably totaling less than 500. 



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