1879 — June-May 1880, Whooping Cough, esp. IN/687, GA/650, NC/612, TX/584     –11,064

–11,064  Census.  “Table VII. Mortality of the U.S. from Disease…June 1, 1880.” 1885, p.44[1]

— 546  AL  Census. “Table VII. Mortality, by State…Specified Disease.” 1885, pp. 54, 58, 62.

— 446  AR       “                      “          pp. 70, 74.

— 101  CA       “                      “          pp. 78, 82.

—   61  CT       “                      “          pp. 94, 98.

—   50  FL        “                      “          p. 122.

— 650  GA       “                      “          pp. 126, 130, 134.

— 443  IL         “                      “          pp. 142, 146, 150.

— 687  IN        “                      “          pp. 154, 158, 162

— 141  IA        “                      “          pp. 166, 170, 174.

— 218  KS       “                      “          pp. 178, 182.

— 467  KY       “                      “          pp. 186, 190, 194, 198.

— 102  LA       “                      “          pp. 202, 206, 210.

—   55  ME      “                      “          pp. 214, 218.

— 298  MD      “                      “          pp. 222, 226.

— 129  MA      “                      “          pp. 230, 234. [2]

— 330  MI  Census. “Table VII. Mortality, by State…Specified Disease.” 1885,     pp. 235, 242.

—   64  MN      “                      “          pp. 246, 250, 254.

— 330  MS       “                      “          pp. 258, 262, 266.

— 416  MO      “                      “          pp. 270, 274, 278, 282.

—   71  NJ        “                      “          pp. 318, 322.

— 171  NM      “                      “          pp. 326, 330.

— 306  NY       “                      “          pp. 334, 338, 342, 346, 350.

— 612  NC       “                      “          pp. 354, 358, 362.

— 350  OH       “                      “          pp. 366, 370, 374.

— 247  PA       “                      “          pp. 386, 390.

— 434  SC        “                      “          pp. 398, 402, 406.

— 457  TN       “                      “          pp. 410, 414, 418, 422.

— 584  TX       “                      “          pp. 426, 430, 434.

— 415  VA       “                      “          pp. 446, 450, 454.

— 125  WV      “                      “          pp. 466, 470.

— 122  WI       “                      “          pp. 474, 478, 482, 486.

[1] “Table VII. Mortality of the United States and of Each State Group, From Each Specified Disease and Class of Diseases, with Distinction of Age and Sex, During the Census Year Ending June 1, 1880.” In: U.S. Dept. of Interior, Census Office. Report on the Mortality and Vital Statistics of the United States as Returned at the Tenth Census (June 1, 1880), Part I.  Washington: GPO, 1885. At: http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html > For the record AZ had 10 deaths (p.66); CO, 25 (p.86, 90); Dakotas, 7 (p.102, 106, 110); DE, 27 (p.114); DC, 13 (p.118); ID, 4 (p.138); NE, 40 (p.294, 298, 302); NV 11 (p.306); NH, 15 (p.310, 314); OR, 28 (p.378, 382); RI, 18 (p.394); UT, 17 (p.438); VT, 41 (p.442); WA, 8 (p.458, 462); WY, 0 (p.490, 494).

[2] For the calendar year there were 230 whooping cough deaths. (Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth. Thirty-Ninth Report to the Legislature of Massachusetts Relating to the Registry and Return of Births, Marriages, and Deaths in the Commonwealth, for the Year Ending December 31, 1880 (Public Document No. 1). Boston: Rand, Aberg & Co., Printers to the Commonwealth, 1881, p. 59. Google digitized at: http://books.google.com/books?id=aTgWAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false )