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number reported as due to any single cause of death." (Vol. 

 XII, p. Iviii.) 



And further : 



" It will be seen that the great majoritj' of the deaths from 

 consumption occur between the ages of 15 and 65, the greatest 

 proportion in any decennium occurring between the ages of 

 20 and 30. The proportion of deaths between the ages of 15 

 and 35 is greater in the female than in the male. If we take 

 the group of ages from 15 to 65 and compare the number of 

 deaths reported as due to consumption with the total number 

 of deaths from specified causes at the same group of ages, we 

 find that the proportion is greatest in large cities, being, per 

 1,000,000 deaths, for males, 307,154, and for females, 338,571, 

 while in the rural districts it is, for males, 218,455, ^"d for 

 females, 298,583. At the same group of ages in those regions 

 where distinction of color and percentage are made, the pro- 

 portions are, for whites, in each 1,000,000 deaths, males, 

 242,842, females, 302,046; for colored, males, 248,179, 

 females, 326,973 ; for those of Irish parentage, males, 309,- 

 507, females, 375,636, and for those of German parentage, 

 males, 249,498, females, 254,958. From these figures it 

 would seem that the proportion of deaths from this cause in 

 the colored race is but slightly greater than in the whites, 

 and that it is greatest of all in the Irish. At ages under 15 a 

 great excess of deaths from this cau.se is reported in the 

 colored race." (Vol. XII, p. lix.) 



These figures, I am sure, are very unreliable. The census 

 admits the imperfect returns from the colored, and a review of 

 Table III, p. xxi. Vol. XI, will show that the only returns 

 from registration cities, which give a comparative mortality 

 for the two races, are Louisville, Washington, Richmond, 

 Baltimore, New Orleans, and Charleston , very inadequate 

 returns to attempt anything like an accurate, comprehensive 

 survey. 



Turn to the diagram on p. xxxvii, showing for whites, 

 colored, and Indians, the proportion of deaths from specified 

 diseases in 1,000 deaths from known causes, and it will be 

 found that the Indian mortality from consumption is almost 



