Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1883 — Deaths from Consumption. [ARTICLE]

Deaths from Consumption.

The following table shows the total population of States reporting the greatest number of deaths from consumption in the last census year, and the number of deaths per 10,000 inhabitants. Popnla- Died of con- No. per States tion. sumption. 10,000. New York 5,082,871 12,858 25 Pennsylvania 4,282,891 8.073 19 Massachusetts 1,783,085 5,207 30 Ohio 3,198,062 5,912 18 ILiuois 3,077,871 5,146 16 Tennessee 1,542,259 3,767 24 This shows that, whereas the deaths from consumption in the census year were 16 for every 10,000 inhabitants in Illinois, they were 25 per 10,000 in New York State, and 30 per 10,000 in Massachusetts, the highest ratio in the country. Maine stood next with 29 per 10,000, while Rhode Island lost 25, New Hampshire 25, New Jersey 23, Connecticut 21, California 21, Virginia 20, North Carolina 15, and Michigan the same as Illinois, 16, while Florida lest not quite 10, and Minnesota not quite 11 per 10,000. —Inter Ocean.