1920 — Tuberculosis, esp. CO (esp. Denver), TN (Nashville), San Antonio, New Orleans –99,916

—  99,916  Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 36.

Tuberculosis of the lungs subset (88,195) State breakout:

CA       4,935  Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 214.

CO       2,012  Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 214.

CT       1,448  Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 214.

DE          295  Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 214.

FL          932  Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 214.

IL        5,818   Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 214.

IN        2,713   Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 214.

KS          730  Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 214.

KY      3,245  Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 214.

LA       2,396  Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 214.

ME         655  Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 214.

MD      1,925  Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 214.

MA      3,757   Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 214.

MI       2,672   Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 214.

MN      1,853   Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 214.

MD      2,169   Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 214.

MO      3,338   Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 216.

NE          461   Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 216.

NH         361   Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 216.

NJ        3,253   Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 216.

NY    11,089   Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 216.

NC       2,743   Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 216.

OH      5,131   Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 216.

OR          578   Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 216.

PA       8,028   Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 216.

RI           672   Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 216.

SC       1,894   Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 216.

TN       3,405   Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 216.

UT          145   Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 216.

VT          236   Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 216.

VA      2,994   Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 216.

WA     1,115   Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 216.

WI       1,958   Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1920. DC: GPO, 1922, p. 216.

 

Narrative Information

 

Bureau of Census: “Tuberculosis (all forms) includes eight titles of the detailed International List of Causes of Death. The number of deaths reported in 1920 from this cause is 99,916, corresponding to a rate of 114.2 per 100,000 population, and constituting 8.7 per cent of total deaths from all causes. The death rate for 1920 is by far the lowest rate recorded in the annual mortality reports, the first of which was published in 1900.

 

“Of the 22 states for which rates appear for all the years from 1911 to 1920, Colorado alone has a higher rate than 175 for each year, and three states (California, Kentucky, and Maryland) have rates above 175 for every year except two. In fact, these 3 states have had rates above 175 every year but two since they were added to the registration area – California and Maryland in 1906 and Kentucky in 1911….

 

“The states which show the highest rates in 1920 from tuberculosis (all forms) are Colorado (225.4), Tennessee (164.6), California (159.6), Kentucky (1,52.9), and Maryland (146.8). The states with the lowest rates are Utah (39.1), Nebraska (43), Kansas (48.2), Montana (75.1), and Vermont (81.8).

 

“Of the registration cities with populations of 100,000 or more in 1920, only 4 have rates higher than 175 for each year from 1911 to 1920, and 3 of these have rates of more than 200 during the same period. The cities having’ the highest rates in 1920 are Denver (318.1), San Antonio (275), Nashville (208.8), and New Orleans (208.7). The lowest rates appear for Akron (57.6), Spokane (70.8), Syracuse (71.9), and Grand Rapids (72).”  (Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce. Mortality Statistics 1920 (Twenty-First Annual Report). DC: GPO, 1922, pp. 36-37.)

 

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