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The largest number in any three consecutive months was 23 in March, April, and May.
Cancer .- From cancer in its various forms and locations there were 404 deaths. Of the decedents, 150 were males and 254 females. The cancer death-rate of the State was, therefore, 6.11-a higher rate than in Connecticut, where it was 4 60 in 1883-92 or Massa- chusetts, 5.53 in 1881.90 ; or New Hampshire, 5.96 in 1884-92 ; and higher than in Prussia, Italy or Ireland where in 1887-92, it
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was respectively 4.20, 4.28, and 4 42 ; but lower than in England, where it was 6.53 ; and the Netherlands with a cancer death-rate of 7.28.
Distributed as to some of its more frequent locations, there died of cancer of the stomach, 100; of the breast. 55 ; liver, 44 ; uterus, 40 ; abdominal and intestinal, 22; throat, 10; rectum, 9 ; lip, 7 ; neck, 5; face 8 ; tongue, 4; various. 32 ; part unspecified. 68.
The distribution of cancer by counties, and by age-groups and the special death-rate for each county is shown in the following :
Counties.
Number of deaths.
Death-rate.
Age-groups.
Number of deaths.
Androscoggin
32
6.53
Under 1 year.
0
Aroostook
8
1.60
From 1 to 5 years
1
Cumberland
74
8.13
5 " 10
0
Franklin
15
8.79
10 " 20
66
1
Hancock
23
6.16
66
20 " 30
66
6
Kennebec .
39
6.84
66
30 " 40
17
Knox
23
7.30
40 " 50
66
..
49
Lincoln
13
5.91
50 " 60
97
Oxford
7
2.28
60 " 70
66
103
Penobscot
44
6.03
66
70 " 80
98
Piscataquis
4
2.47
Over 80 years
31
Sagadahoc
18
9.25
Not stated.
1
Somerset.
16
4.90
Waldo
16
5.76
Washington
26
5.84
York
46
7.32
State
404
6.11
Diabetes .- The deaths from this cause numbered 55, or a death - rate of 0.83 per 10,000. Thirty-one of the decedents were males, and 24 females.
Ages: 5-10, 1; 10-20, 10; 20-30, 4; 30-40, 4; 40-50, 3; 50-60, 4; 60-70, 8; 70-80, 14; over $0, 6; not stated, 1.
Old Age .- There were registered 780 deaths as due to old age,- 332 men and 448 women. Only 9 were less than 70 years old ; 142 were between 70 and 80; 459 were 80-90; 159 were 90-100; while 4 were over 100 years old.
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NOTES ON DEATHS AND THE CAUSES OF DEATH.
From Table No. 26, however, it may be seen that the whole number of persons who died at ages between 70 and 100 years or more was 3,801, or one death in every three (3.1) was of a person who was between 70 and 100 years of age or older. In other words assuming incorrectly that all these 3.801 persons died of old age, the death-rate from old age was 55.5 in every 10,000 persons living at all ages.
Comparing with Massachusetts in which state the proportion of elderly persons is not so great, 37 4 persons to every 10,000 of population died at the age of 70 years or over.
Of these 3,801 aged decedents, 1,849 were men, and 1,952 were women. The preponderance of females is especially marked in the last two periods,-from 90-100, there were 157 females to 98 males, and over 100, 6 females to 1 male.
The following shows the number of deaths in each county, of persons seventy years of age and over, and the number of their deaths in each 10,000 of the population at all ages :
Counties.
Deaths.
Rate
per 10,000.
Counties.
Deaths.
Rate
per 10,000.
Androscoggin
189
38.59
Oxford.
233
76.17
Aroostook.
78
15.72
Penobscot
382
52.42
Cumberland
534
58.71
Piscataquis
66
40.90
Franklin
130
34.84
Sagadahoc
113
58.09
Hancock
200
53.60
Somerset
215
65.89
Kennebec
424
74.37
Waldo
224
80.69
Knox
222
70.53
Washington
206
46.31
Lincoln
175
79.55
York
410
65.25
Diseases of the Nervous System .- The number of deaths registered under the causes included in this group was 1,570, or 23.74 to every 10,000 of population.
Inflammation of the Brain or Membranes .- The number of deaths was 236,-135 males and 101 females. Of these, 11 were in the cities. The death-rate from the several diseases grup ed under this head was 3.57.
Ages : Under 1, 74; 1-5, 68; 5-10, 24; 10-20, 17; 20-40, 19; 40-60, 19; over 60, 6.
Apoplexy .- From this cause 488 deaths occurred, -of 255 males and 233 females. Of these, 162 were in the cities. The State's.
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death-rate from apoplexy was, therefore, 7.38; that of the cities, 8.26 ; that of New Hampshire in the same year, 8.05 ; of Massa- chusetts, 6.88 ; of Connecticut, 7 87.
The largest number, 62, occurred in January ; the next largest in December ; the most fatal of the four seasons was the winter, 159 deaths ; the first quarter had more deaths than any other from this disease, 152.
Conversely, the smallest number of deaths, 29, was in August, the smallest number in any one season was 96 in the summer. Nearly 75 per cent. of the deaths were of persons sixty years of age or upward.
APOPLEXY BY MONTHS AND AGE-PERIODS.
By months.
By quarters.
By age-periods.
January . 62
Under 1 5
February 47
1-5 .. . 1
March
43
First quarter 152
5-10 0
April 40
May
40
20-30. 10
June.
36
Second quarter 116
30-40. 13
July .
31
40-50.
26
August 29
50-60 59
September 30
60-70. 107
October 36
70-80
161
November
44
Over 80 96
December
50
Fourth quarter . 130
Not stated
Softening of the Brain .- There were 62 deaths from cerebral softening,-of 37 men and 25 women.
Ages: 20-30, 2; 30-40, 4; 40-50, 7; 60-70, 15; 70-80, 26; over 80, 8.
Paralysis .- Of the 305 decedents from "paralysis," 149 were males and 156 females.
Ages: Under 1, 2; 1-10, 3; 10-20, 2; 20-40, 9; 40-50, 6; 50-60, 31; 60-70, 62; 70-80, 111; over 80, 76; not stated, 3.
Hemiplegia .- From this form of paralysis, there were 16 deaths reported,-10 men and 6 women. Not one of these deaths was of a person under 50 years of age.
Ages: 50-60, 1; 60-70, 4; 70-80, 6; over 80, 5.
Epilepsy .- Nineteen males and 21 females died of epilepsy- 40 in all.
Ages: 5-10, 2; 10-20, 5; 20-40, 15; 40-60, 11; over 60, 7.
10-20 3
Third quarter. .... 90
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NOTES ON DEATHS AND THE CAUSES OF DEATH.
Diseases of the Heart .- From diseases of the heart, includ- ing those from endocarditis, valvular diseases of the heart, hyper- trophy and dilatation, pericarditis, angina pectoris, and unspecified, there were 816 deaths. The following exhibits the age and sex distribution of each form of disease :
Disease.
Under 1.
1-10.
10-20.
20-40.
40-60.
Over 60.
Unknown.
Male.
Female.
Totals.
The number of deaths in each county from diseases of the heart is shown in the following, as well as the special death-rate for State and counties :
Counties.
Number of deathis.
Rate.
Counties.
Number of deaths.
Rate.
Androscoggin
48
9.80
Oxford
34
11.11
Aroostook
22
4.43
Penobscot
85
11.66
Cumberland
124
13.63
Piscataquis.
17
10.53
Franklin ..
20
11.72
Sagadahoc.
28
14.39
Hancock
34
9.11
Somerset
37
11.34
Kennebec
107
18.76
Waldo ..
50
18.01
Knox
43
13.66
Washington.
38
8.54
Lincoln
36
16 36
York.
83
13.21
State
816
12.34
-
-
1
5
-
7 -1
5
12
Valvular diseases of heart
2
5
8
21
65
58
44
102
Hypertrophy of heart
-
1
6
19
16
10
26
Pericarditis
1
-
-
2
4
9
10
6
16
Unspecified diseases of heart
7
4
12
44
128
420
10
353
272
625
Angina pectoris
1
1
11
21
1
21
14
35
Totals
9
11
18
56
172
539
11
465
351
816
-
1
-
As may be noted, Kennebec county has the highest death-rate from diseases of the heart, and Aroostook the lowest. The rate for the State is 12.34; that of Massachusetts for the same year was 17.65; that of New Hampshire was 12.32; and that of Con- necticut, 11.64.
14
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Endocarditis
4
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Diseases of the Respiratory System .- Not including tuber- cular diseases, 1,796 persons died from the various respiratory diseases as tabulated on page 101. This is equivalent to a death- rate of 27.16 in each 10,000 of population. In the same year the death-rate from the same group of diseases was 32.20 in Massachu- setts, and 28.76 in Connecticut.
Pneumonia .- Accompanying the epidemic of influenza in the early part of the year, there was an unusual prevalence of the acute respiratory diseases, particularly pneumonia, from which cause. 1,431 deaths were registered ; a larger number even than was caused by pulmonary consumption, ordinarily the leading cause of death in mortality reports, a number exceeded only by that from tuberculosis in its various forms. Of the decedents from pneumonia, 699 were males and 732 were females. The death-rate from this. disease was, therefore, 21.56 per 10,000, and as 458 of the deaths- occurred in the cities, the urban death-rate was 23 36. In Massa- chusetts for the same year, the pneumonia death-rate was 21.54; that of New Hampshire was 23.29 ; that of Connecticut, 20.69.
The age-distribution for pneumonia is shown in the following :
Under 1 year, 143 1-5 years, 75
169
5-10 66 15
60-70
239
10-20 66 42
70-80 66 285
20-30
Over 80 " 209
30-40
Not stated, 2
73 83 40-50 years, 96 50-60
NOTES ON DEATHS AND THE CAUSES OF DEATH.
PNEUMONIA BY COUNTIES AND MONTHS WITH DEATH- RATES PER 10,000.
Counties.
January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
Totals.
Death-rate per 10,000.
Androscoggin
17
8
5
10
12
2
-
3
7
S
7
9
88
17.97
Aroostook ..
3
7
5
5
5
5
1
1
1
2
4
3
42
8.46
Cumberland
70
39
30
16
16
7
4
1
5
S
7
10 213
23.41
Franklin
3
6
9
3
5
1
1
1
1
2
5
5
7
79
21.16
Kennebec
41
35
23
14
19
9
2
2
1
2
7
10 165
28.94
Knox
34
14
7
S
5
4
2
2
1
3
2
3
85
27.00
Lincoln.
21
17
14
8
6
2
8
2
1
2
2
-
4
4
74
24.19
Penobscot.
26
29
17
10
13
7
4
5
7
9
11
140
19.21
Piscataquis
4
3
1
6
1
-
-
2
1
18
11.15
Sagadahoc
19
10
5
4
4
-
1
2
1
1
47
24.16
Somerset
16
21
10
5
4
3
2
1
2
3
2 69
21.14
Waldo
11
20
3
8
2
2
1
-
2
1
2
1
52
18.73
Washington
15
7
12
15
17
7
2
2
-
3
1
87
19.55
York ..
52
31
-20
18
14
6
2
1
3
10
5
7
169
26.89
State
367
283
179
141
135
62
23
18
32
54
65
72 1431
21.64
8
5
5
Hancock
10
24
10
4
Oxford.
25
12
2
2
72
32.73
-
-
31
18.17
2
211
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Bronchitis .- From this cause, including both acute and chronic bronchitis, 287 deaths were registered,-those of 121 males and 166 females. Of these 287 deaths, 116 were in the cities. As with pneumonia, a much larger number of cases occurred in Jan- uary than in any other month. The number of deaths in each quarter was 139, 75, 31, and 42, respectively.
The bronchitis death-rate for the State was 4.34; that of the cities, 5.91, In New Hampshire it was 5 67 in the same year ; in Massachusetts, 8.09 : in Connecticut, 7.08.
In the following age-distribution of the decedents from this disease a great fatality at either extreme of life is apparent :
Under 1 year, 67 years, 34
40-50 years, 12
1-5 5-10 6 6
50-60
66
15
10-20
3
70-80
63
20-30
1
over 80
58
30-40
4
The following shows the distribution of bronchitis by counties and months, together with the bronchitis death-rates of counties and State :
BRONCHITIS.
Counties.
January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
Totals.
Death-rate per 10,000.
Androscoggin
2
4
1
4
1
2
1
1
6
24
4.90
Aroostook
1
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
-
1
11
2.21
Cumberland
8
7
5
5
3
2
1
1
1
2
17
5.16
Franklin
2
4
2
-
-
-
1
-
1 12
7.03
Hancock
1
-
-
-
-
11
2.94
Kennebec
11
4
4
3
6
2
2
1
5
2
40
7.01
Knox
6
4
4
1
1
-
16
5.08
Lincoln
1
1
1
3
1
-
-
-
-
3.18
Oxford.
1
3
3
-
-
-
1
1
1
14
4.57
Penobscot.
3
6
1
1
1
1
1
-
-
4
2.47
Sagadahoc.
4
3
1
1
1
10
5.14
Somerset
2
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
2.14
Waldo
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
11 3.96
Washington
4
5
3
-
-
1
1
-
1
19
4.27
York
11
1
2
6
2
1
1
1
-
33
5.25
State
60
40
39
32
35
14
5
12
14
13
15
287
4.34
-
-
2
1
1
21
2.88
Piscataquis
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
I
-
1
1
1
1
-
1
1
5
1
-
1
2
28
2
60-70
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NOTES ON DEATHS AND THE CAUSES OF DEATH.
Pleurisy .- Eighteen deaths are charged to this disease,-7 males and 11 females. In October, 4 of these deaths occurred, in April, 3, in no other month more than two.
Ages: 1-5, 1; 10-20, 2; 20-30, 3; 40-50, 1; 50-60, 2; 60-70, 4; 70-80, 3; Over 80, 2.
The Acute Respiratory Diseases in Maine and Else- where .- Some persons have assumed that pneumonia and the other acute respiratory diseases must be unusually prevalent in Maine ; apparently with no better reason than that Maine is geographically pretty well to the north.
But places well to the north are sometimes more exempt from these diseases than other places in lower latitudes. For instance, in Sweden the respiratory diseases are much more fatal as we advance from the north to the south, and in Denmark bronchitis is much less fatal than in some of the countries in the south of Europe. In the county of Rutlandshire, England, the death-rate from pneumonia is only 4.5 per 10,000, while in Leghorn and Turin, Italy, it is 17 and 24 respectively ; and in the principal cities of Spain the death-rate from pneumonia and bronchitis is 53 per 10,000.
Further, it may be noted that in 10 cities in France north of the 48th parallel, the pneumonia death-rate (1887) was 19.19; in 10 cities between the 48th and the 45th parallel it was 20.33; while in the 10 cities south of the 45th parallel it was 26.55. Again, the death-rate from bronchitis was 18.64 in five large cities in the south of France, while it was only 15.35 in five large cities in the north of France.
Pneumonia and bronchitis are evidently least prevalent during our summers, but on the other hand their greatest fatality ordi- narily will probably not be found to be in winter. These diseases are not unusually fatal among those persons who are constantly exposed to cold weather. In the causation of pneumonia and the other respiratory diseases, other factors than latitude and tempera- ture are operative. Overcrowding, the breathing of an artificially overheated and ill ventilated atmosphere with its dust contents, and the sudden transitions back and forth between such indoor atmospheres and the cold outer air play an important part.
In Ireland the death-rate from pneumonia (1878-81) was 4.38 but in England it was 10.12. Why the difference ? It was undoubt- edly due less to climate, than to social and industrial conditions. In Scotland (1885-86) according to Davidson, the mortality from
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bronchitis was 25.7 in the principal towns ; 20.9 in the large towns ; 18 0 in the small ones; 14.5 in the mainland rural districts, and only 11.6 in the insular rural districts.
These facts are given simply to show the futility of basing a guess as to the death-rate of a state from diseases of the respira- tory organs solely upon geographical position. The figures given in this report are not unfavorable to our State, but the exact truth can be developed only through the records of a series of years.
In Maine the combined death-rate in 1892 from pneumonia and bronchitis was 25 98 ; in Massachusetts for the same year, 29.63 ; in New Hampshire, 28.94 ; in Connecticut, 26.44.
Diseases of the Digestive System .- The combined mortality from this group of diseases was 659 deaths, or a death-rate of 9 97. The distribution of these under the several causes will be found on page 101.
Peritonitis -There were 129 deaths from this cause, -55 males and 74 females Forty-five of them were in the cities. The fol- lowing shows the month and age distribution of the disease :
January,
14
Under 1 year, 7
February,
8
1-5 years, 7
March,
16
5-10
6
April,
11
10-20
9
May,
10
20-30 66
25
June,
9 30-40
20
July,
16
40-50
14
August,
10
50-60
10
September,
7 60-70 6
12
October,
10
70-80
12
November,
9
Over 80 years, 6
December,
9 Unknown, 1
Appendicitis .- Of the deaths referred to this cause, 10 were returned as due to appendicitis, three to typhlitis, and one to perityphlitis. Of the total number, fourteen, 13 were of males and 1 of a female. Three of these deaths were in April. and 3 in Oc'ober.
Ages: 1-5, 1; 10-20, 4; 20-30, 2; 30-40, 3; 40-50, 2: 50-60, 1; 60-70, 1.
Cirrhosis of the Liver .- Thirteen deaths were ascribed to cirrhosis of the liver,-of 8 men and 5 women. Of these 13 deaths, 9 were in the cities and 4 in the rural parts of the State. The death-rate for the State from this one cause was 0.19 per
1
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NOTES ON DEATHS AND THE CAUSES OF DEATH.
10,000 ; that of Connecticut in the same year was 0.69. The data for comparison with other states is wanting.
Diseases of the Urinary System -There were 403 deaths referred to the diseases in this group, equivalent to a death-rate of 3.08.
Nephritis, acute and chronic. caused the death of 61 persons, 33 males and 28 females. The death-rate from nephritis was, therefore, 0.92.
Ages : Under 1, 2; 10-20, 2; 20-30, 3; 30-40, 5; 40-50, 7; 50-60, 7; 60-70, 12; 70-80, 20; over 80, 3.
Bright's Disease .- This was the cause of 204 deaths,-124 males and 80 females. Of these deaths. 67 were in the cities.
Ages : 1-5, 2; 5-10, 6; 10-20, 3; 20-30, 15; 30-40, 12; 40-50, 18; 50-60, 28; 60-70, 60; 70-80, 52; over 80, 8.
Counties.
Number of
deaths.
Rate.
Counties.
Number of deaths.
Rate.
Androscoggin
10
2.04
Oxford.
5
1.63
Aroostook
7
1.41
Penobscot.
19
2.60
Cumberland
47
5.16
Piscataquis
3
1.85
Franklin
12
7.03
Sagadahoc
9
4.62
Hancock
8
2.14
Somerset
11
3.37
Kennebec
19
3.33
Waldo ..
6
2.16
Knox
10
3.17
Washington.
11
2.47
Lincoln
4
1.81
York
23
3.66
State
204
3.08
Childbirth .- Under the group of accidents and diseases of reproduction, 69 deaths were registered, not including puerperal fever. This is equivalent to a special death rate of 1.04. For Connecticut for the same accidents and diseases it was 1.16 in the same year.
Accidents. -- From accidents of various kinds, 376 persons met their death. If the returns generally had stated more precisely the way in which the accidents occurred, it would have made it practicable to classify them in a manner that would be useful.
Of deaths from falls, there were 27. Two were from a carriage and one each from load of hay, hay mow, bridge breaking his neck, a tree, church steeple, into a well, into a quarry pit, down stairs, while 17 were unspecified.
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Fractures caused 20 deaths,-fracture of skull, 7; spine, 3 ; hip, 2; thigh bone, 6 ; leg and arm, 1 ; both legs, 1.
Six deaths were from gun or pistol shot, unspecified with the exception that one was while hunting.
From railway injuries there were 18 deaths, and from cuts, 3.
From burns and scalds there were 26 deaths. The returns should have stated briefly how the accident happened in each case.
From poisoning, 22 deaths occurred ; from opiates, 5; wood alcohol, 2 ; and one each from Paris green, rough on rats, strych- nine, potash, copperas, over-dose of Johnson's liniment, arsenic, lobster, carbolic acid, phenacetine. In 5 instances the character of the poison was not specified.
From drowning, 130 lives were lost. One child fell into a well, and one person was drowned in a bath tub. Otherwise nothing in the returns enables me to state whether any persons were drowned while bathing in open water, while boating, or while skating, and, if so, how many in each category.
The returns indicate that 10 deaths occurred from machinery accidents, -- 4 in pulp mills, and 6 in other mills, and that 5 persons were killed in quarries. Two persons were lost at sea.
Homicide .- Under this group two deaths were registered under homicide and one under infanticide These three deaths were equivalent to a death-rate of 0.05. For homicide the rate for Massachusetts in the same year was 0.09, and that of Connecticut, 0.06. In some foreign countries, the death-rate per 10,000 from homicide is as follows: Western Australia, 1.21; Italy, 0.54; Bavaria, 0.39; Finland, 0.35; Russia, 0.21; Sweden, 0.20; Ire- land, 0 17 ; England and Wales, 0.17; South Australia and New Zealand, 0.14; Norway, 0.13; Scotland, 0.01.
Suicide -Within the year, 59 persons took their own lives, 41 males, and 18 females. Of the males, the occupation of 20 was farmer, of 1 each, machinist, merchant, carpenter, painter, fisher- man, blacksmith, sea captain, agent, lawyer, spar maker, cooper, farm hand, millman, teamster, culler of leather. Two had no occupation, and the occupation of 4 is not stated.
Of the females, the occupation of 8 was returned as housewife ; of 5 as housekeeper ; 1 was a tailoress ; 1 a clerk ; 1 a forewoman in a factory ; and the occupation of 2 is not given.
As to the means employed, 20 committed suicide by hanging, 9 by shooting, 2 by drowning, 2 by cuts, 1 with poison (Paris green), and in 25 the method was not stated.
NOTES ON DEATHS AND THE CAUSES OF DEATH.
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SUICIDES BY AGES, MONTHS, AND COUNTIES.
Age-periods.
Months.
Counties.
Rate per 10,000 of population.
10-20.
2
January
Androscoggin 4
0.82
20-30.
S
February
2
Aroostook.
1
0.20
30-40.
4
March
1-
Cumberland
14
1.54
40-50.
14
April
4
Franklin
1
0.59
50-60.
11
May.
6
Hancock
1
0.27
60-70.
10
June
7
Kennebec
5
0.88
70-80 ..
3
July.
7
Knox
1
0.32
Over 80
6
August
3
Lincoln
3
1.36
Not stated.
1
September
10
Oxford.
4
1.31
October
3
Penobscot.
1
0.14
Total.
59
November
4
Piscataquis
1
0.62
December
4
Sagadahoc
0
Somerset
5
1.53
Total
59
Waldo
6
2.16
Washington
0.45
York
10
1.59
State.
59
0.89
The youngest suicide was a boy of 14 years and 10 months ; the oldest a man of 84. The largest number of suicides occurred in September ; the smallest number in January and February. By quarters the suicides were, 11, 17, 20, 11. The largest number in any county was 14 in Cumberland ; and the highest death-rate from suicide was in Waldo county. The rate for the State per 10,000 of population was 0.89 ; that of Massachusetts in the same year was 1.03 ; of Connecticut, 1.21.
The suicide death-rate in some European countries was as fol- lows for the years 1887-91 : Ireland, 0.24; Italy, 0.52; Scotland, 0.56 ; the Netherlands, 0.58 ; England, 0 80; Sweden, 1.19 ; Bel- gium, 1.22 ; Prussia, 1.97; France, 2.18 ; German Empire, 2.46.
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH.
CLASS I. ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
Group 1. Infectious Diseases.
Group 2. Specific Neoplastic Diseases.
Group 3. Diarrhoeal Diseases.
Group 4. Zoögenous Diseases.
Group 5. Septic Diseases.
CLASS II. PARASITIC DISEASES
CLASS III. DIETETIC DISEASES.
CLASS IV. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
CLASS V. DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
CLASS VI. LOCAL DISEASES.
Group 1. Diseases of Nervous System.
Group 2. Diseases of Organs of Special Sense.
Group 3. Diseases of Circulatory System.
Group 4. Diseases of Respiratory System.
Group 5. Diseases of Digestive System.
Group 6. Diseases of Lymphatics and Ductless Glands.
Group 7. Diseases of Urinary System.
Group 8. Diseases of Organs of Generation.
Group 9. Accidents and Diseases of Reproduction.
Group 10. Diseases of Osseous System.
Group 11. Diseases of the Integument.
CLASS VII. DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE.
Group 1. Accident, Negligence, or Doubtful.
Group 2. Homicide.
Group 3. Suicide.
CLASS VIII. DEATHS FROM ILL-DEFINED CAUSES.
CLASS I .- ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
Group 1 .- INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
1. Small-Pox.
2. Chicken-Pox.
3. Measles.
4. Rötheln.
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH.
Group 1 .- Concluded.
5. Scarlet Fever.
6. Typhus Fever.
7. Influenza.
8. Whooping-Cough.
9. Mumps.
10. Diphtheria.
11. Croup.
12. Tonsillitis, etc.
13. Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.
14. Tetanus.
15. Typhoid Fever.
16. Simple Continued Fever, Gastric Fever.
17. Malarial Diseases.
18. Other Specific Febrile Diseases.
Group 2 .- SPECIFIC NEOPLASTIC DISEASES.
19. Tuberculosis, Cerebral.
20. Tuberculosis, Pulmonary.
21. Tuberculosis, Mesenteric.
22. Tuberculosis, Other Forms.
23. Syphilis.
Group 3 .- DIARRHEAL DISEASES.
24. Infantile Diarrhœa.
25. Cholera Morbus.
26. Dysentery.
27. Diarrhoea.
Group 4 .- ZOOGENOUS DISEASES.
28. Hydrophobia.
29. Glanders.
30. Malignant Pustule.
31. Cow-Pox and Vaccination.
Group 5 .- SEPTIC DISEASES.
32. Phagadena. 33. Erysipelas. 34. Pyæmia, Septicemia.
35. Puerperal Fever.
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CLASS II .- PARASITIC DISEASES.
36. Thrush.
37. Hydatids.
38. Intestinal Parasites.
39. Other Parasitic Diseases.
CLASS III .- DIETETIC DISEASES.
40. Starvation.
41. Malnutrition of Infants, Improper Feeding.
42. Scurvy.
43. Rickets.
44. Alcoholism.
CLASS IV .- CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES ..
45. Rheumatism.
46. Gout.
47. Cancer, Gastric.
48. Cancer, Mammary.
49. Cancer, Hepatic.
50. Cancer, Uterine.
51. Cancer, Others.
52. Purpura, Harmorrhagic Diathesis.
53. Anaemia, etc.
54. Diabetes Mellitus.
55. Other Constitutional Diseases.
CLASS V .- DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES ...
56. Stillborn.
57. Premature Birth.
58. Ill-Defined Diseases of Infancy.
59. Atelectasis.
60. Cyanosis.
61. Spina Bifida.
62. Imperforate Anus.
63. Other Congenital Defects.
64. Umbilical Hemorrhage.
65. Old Age.
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH.
CLASS VI .- LOCAL DISEASES.
Group 1 .- DISEASES OF NERVOUS SYSTEM.
66. Inflammation of Brain or Membranes.
67. Apoplexy.
68. Softening of Brain.
69. Hemiplegia.
70. Paralysis Agitans.
71. Paralysis.
72. Hydrocephalus (not acute. )
73. Insanity (general paralysis of the insane.)
74. Brain, Other Diseases of.
75. Chorea.
76. Epilepsy.
77. Convulsions.
78. Laryngismus Stridulus.
79. Spinal Meningitis.
80. Myelitis.
81. Paraplegia.
82. Locomotor Ataxia.
83. Other Diseases of the Spinal Cord.
84. Other Diseases of the Nervous System.
Group 2 .- DISEASES OF ORGANS OF SPECIAL SENSE.
85. Diseases of the Ear.
86. Epistaxis, and Diseases of Nose.
87. Diseases of the Eye.
Group 3 .-- DISEASES OF CIRCULATORY SYSTEM.
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