— 1,597 Nation. US Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1921.1924, p. 46

— 95 CA “ p. 342.

— 8 CO “ p. 342.

— 25 CT “ p. 342.

— 0 DE “ p. 343.

— 8 DC “ p. 343.

— 3 FL “ p. 343.

— 150 IL “ p. 343.

— 39 IN “ p. 343.

— 7 KS “ p. 343.

— 22 KY “ p. 343.

— 5 LA “ p. 344.

— 17 ME “ p. 344.

— 37 MD “ p. 344.

— 48 MA “ p. 344.

— 115 MI “ p. 344.

— 95 MN “ p. 345.

— 17 MS “ p. 345.

— 58 MO “ p. 345.

— 2 MT “ p. 345.

— 29 NE “ p. 345.

— 2 NH “ p. 345.

— 50 NJ “ p. 345.

— 272 NY “ p. 345.

— 26 NC “ p. 346.

— 85 OH “ p. 346.

— 20 OR “ p. 346.

— 83 PA “ p. 346.

— 3 RI “ p. 346.

— 1 SC “ p. 346.

— 30 TN “ p. 347.

— 5 UT “ p. 347.

— 10 VT “ p. 347.

— 122 WA “ p. 347.

— 69 WI “ p. 347.

“Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis. The number of deaths from acute anterior poliomyelitis in 1921 is 1,597, corresponding to a rate of 1.8 per 100,000 population against a rate of 0.9 for the same area in 1920. In striking contrast to these stands out the high rate (10) for 1916.” (p. 46)

Source

United States Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce. Mortality Statistics 1921. Twenty-Second Annual Report. Washington: GPO, 1924. Accessed 11-18-2013 at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsushistorical/mortstatsh_1921.pdf

1921 — Polio, esp. late Sum-Fall, esp. children, esp. NY/272, IL/150, WA/122 MI/115 –1,597