1920 — Malaria, esp. MS/683, LA/586, SC/487, FL/344, NC/210 and TN/183 –3,136

— 3,136  Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1920 (Twenty-First Annual Rpt.). 1922, p. 214, 216.

AL         15      –5  Birmingham          –6  Mobile      –4  Montgomery

CA        24

CO          2

CT           5

DE           1

DC          1

FL       344

GA        60      –6  Atlanta                 –7  Augusta    –8  Brunswick                        –32  Savannah

IL          76

IN          20

KS         13

KY        60

LA       586

ME          2

MD          4

MA          4

MI           8

MN          0

MS      683

MO      137

MT          0

NE           1

NH          0

NJ            6

NY        22

NC      210

ND          0

OH        12

OK          4      –4  Oklahoma City

OR          1      –1  Portland

PA         14

RI            2      –1  Pawtucket            –1  Providence

SC       487

TN       183

TX       104  (Not a registration state. Figure is for six cities.)[2]

UT           0      VE           0

VA        51

WA          1     WI            0

 

Narrative Information

Census Bureau: “The number of deaths from malaria in 1920 is 3,136, corresponding to a rate of 3.6 per 100,000 population against a rate of 3.8 in 1919. The death rate from this cause was 7.9 in 1900, but after that year there was a continued decrease until 1910, for which year the rate was 2.2; from 1910 to 1919 the rate ranged between 2.2 and 3.8”

 

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

 

[1] Based on death certificate data from 34 “registration states” as well as 17 cites in non-registration states of AL, GA, ND, OK, TX and WV, with an estimated population of 87,45,921 or 82.3% of total estimated U.S. and Hawaii territory population. AK was not a State. Other non-reporting states were AZ, AR, ID, IA, MN, NM, SD, and WY.

[2] Beaumont with 24, Dallas with 22, El Paso at 2, Galveston at 4, Houston at 32, and San Antonio with 20 deaths.