1920 — Diphtheria & Croup, esp. NY/1,931, PA/1,733, IL/1128, MI/885, MO/645 –13,395

—  13,395  Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 28.

AL        15      Registration cities Birmingham, 12 and Mobile, 3. AL was not a registration state.

CA      461

CO      138

CT       237      Bridgeport had the 4^th largest death rate (30.2) for a registration city.

DE         27

DC        63

FL         70

GA        43      Registration cities of Atlanta, 23; Augusta, 9, Savannah, 11. Not registration state.

IL     1,128

IN        362

KS       246

KY      425

LA       111

ME        64

MD      192

MA      586      Fall River had 3^rd highest death rate for a registration city, at 32.4 per 100,000.

MI       885      Had highest state death rate (23.8 per 100,000; avg. was 15.3); Detroit had 37.0.

MN      247

MS      284

MO      645      MO had 4^th highest state death rate (18.9 per 100,000 pop.). St. Louis had 31.0.

MT        32

NE       112

NH        52

NJ        566

NY    1,931     Had 5^th highest state death rate, at 18.5 per 100,000; Buffalo was at 60.1

NC      299

OH      651

OR        45

PA    1,733      Had 3^rd highest state death rate (19.8 per 100,000 population).

RI        129      2^nd largest state death rate (at 21.2 per 100,000 population).

SC       201

TN       389

UT         33

VT         24

VA      334

WA     126

WI       383

 

Narrative Information

 

“Of the deaths from this cause in 1920, those of children under 5 years of age represent 57.1 per cent of the total. The total number of deaths from diphtheria and croup in 1920 is 13,395, corresponding to a rate of 15.3 per 100,000 population.  In 1900 the death rate from this cause in the registration area was 43.3. If we assume that these figures measure the reduction in the death rate from this cause in the United States since 1900, then in round numbers there is a saving of about 30,000 lives in 1920 to be credited to the advancement made in the treatment and prevention of this disease….A higher rate is shown for diphtheria and croup in 1920 than in 1919 for the registration area and for 19 of the 33 states which have comparable rates for these two years. The highest rates among the states are for Michigan (23.8), Rhode Island (21.2), Pennsylvania (19.8), Missouri (18.9), and New York (18.5)….”

 

“Among the registration cities of 100,000 population or more in 1920, the highest rates in 1920 are for Buffalo (60.1), Detroit (37), Fall River (32.4), St. Louis (31), and Bridgeport (30.2).”

[Some others:

Chicago (23.1)

Denver, CO (23.2)

Grand Rapids, MI (28.1)

Hartford, CT (20.0)

Jersey City, NJ (23.7)

Milwaukee, WI (26.9)

New Bedford, MA (26.1)

New York City (18.8)

Omaha (25.3)

Paterson, NJ (21.3)

Philadelphia (22.6)

Pittsburgh (20.1)

Providence, RI (29.0)

Rochester, NY (27.8)

St. Paul, MN (24.6)

Toledo, OH (20.7)]

(Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920 (21^st Annual Report). 1922, p. 28-29, 214, 216.)

 

Source

 

Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce. Mortality Statistics 1920 (Twenty-First Annual Report). Washington, DC: GPO, 1922, 664 pages. Accessed 8-20-2016 at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsushistorical/mortstatsh_1920.pdf