
TABLE. 
Shows the per cent. of Deaths in each State and Territory of the United States, to the 
total population in each for 1859, 1860, and 1870; the per cent of deaths from Con- 
sumption in each for 1860 and 1870, and the cent of deaths from diseases of the Ner- 
vous and Respiratory Systems, as deduced from the United States-Census. Returns 
Jor 1870. 

Per cent. 
Average nltitude| Percentage of | Percentago of | Percentage of 'er cent. Per cent. Percent— [of deatha by di: 
ol lof deaths by di[ — sensexol 
STATES in feet dentha to denths to dentha to onsumplicn. | consumptia mies ofthe | respiratory aya 
, total mortality, to total mortality, [nervons system | 7 tem to 
1 
Loto! ñ 
above sea level. | population, 1850. | population, 1860. | population, 1870. | census of 1870, | census ol 1870 | census 011870. | total mortality. 
census of 1870. 
7200 5.40 5.40 16.21 
6500 ' 8.53 6.66 12.80 
6000 |... AN 2.52 2.38 17.46 
5806 h 1000 1600 2.00 ' 
5500 . ll ; a 7.07 4.26 12.12 
5400 E 3.0: 4.89 4.87 11.21 
5300 l ; .28 2.6 3.81 5.09 13 61 
4500 :S 9.18 5.94 
2000 h dE I 10.00 13.00 8.68 
2500 A pl y 14.14 13.80 10.01 
1850 05 "7 11.88 
1700 : 
Sc 
Washington... E ZO. 
Minnesota | 1100 
West Virginia 1050 
1000 
950 
00-004 0 - 
2 Missouri 
Michigan 
Pensylvavia. 
Indiana.. - 
New Hampshire 
Vermont 
2 Kentucky 
3 Georgia 
North Carolina. 



uan twvo 
Maryland 
South Carolina 


3 Mississippi 
New Jersey 
Rhode Island 
a 
a RIAS EA SES 
Ave==U RS 0% od 











1 Dictionary of Elevations. p. XXIITL. 

