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Death Rates of Urban and Rural Communities in the United States 
Date 1900 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 I9IO IQII 
Rural jaegaeke. of 1552 T4e4 139s 7 “4c: 13.3 13,0. 1304. 127 
Urban osccsca ss 18.0) D7eP- 174 1725. 1540 Tsa. AS 9. 151 
Date 1912 1913 I914 1915 1916 Ig0I-05 1906-10 
Rural... pasees 12.9 12.7 T2223 1223 1250 4d 13:4 
Urban.......... 14.7 15.0 14.5 14.2 15.0 17.4 16.3 
As a rule the larger the city the higher has been the death 
rate. In the United States, according to the 11th census, the 
death rates of cities of different sizes were as follows: 
Death Rates According to Size of Cities 
Size of City Death Rate per 1,000 | Population per Acre 
10,O00-15,000.......... 17.86 2.43 
15,000-25,000........ 19.45 2.79 
25 O00—50j000 ian nse 21.81 4.67 
50,000-100,000......... 22.43 g.04 
Over 100,000........... 23.28 15.15 
Similar relations are shown in the towns of New England. 
Death rate of New England Towns 
Ratios to the New England 
District rate taken as 100 
Rural) vig oie ato hehe eis ee 04 
Cities of 10253000). ec cou rededeneise4 95 
(OO Be CO000 efx rue vee ee aS 105 
ME) 4 961000008652 4a suisds eke este IIo 
U6) OLE TOOGOO's 5S sia iota Slaten eee 116 
The relatively rapid fall of urban death rates as compared with 
the rural is illustrated by the following table: 
