11.4 –4,619

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— 4,619 U.S. Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1931. Washington: 1935, p. 167.

Census Bureau Death Rate (registration area, 3.9) Highlighting denotes above avg.
— 96 AL “ p. 171. 3.6
— 45 AZ “ p. 177. 10.2 –181 TN Census Bureau, p. 359. 6.9 death rate.
— 64 AR “ p. 181. 3.4 — ? TX (only non-registration State in 1931)
–146 CA “ p. 187. 2.5 — 35 TX reporting cities.
— 83 CO “ p. 194. 8.0 –15 Dallas p. 434-435.
— 44 CT “ p. 198. 2.7 — 5 Fort Worth p. 436.
— 15 DE “ p. 202. 6.3 — 9 Houston, TX p. 436-437.
— 30 DC “ p. 206. 6.1 — 6 San Antonio p. 437.
— 27 FL “ p. 211. 1.7 — 28 UT Census Bureau, p. 366. 5.5 death rate.
–112 GA “ p. 217. 3.9 — 25 VT “ p. 369 6.9 “
— 1 HI “ p. 470. –166 VA “ p. 373 6.8 “
— 51 ID “ p. 223. 11.4 — 50 WA “ p. 380 3.2 “
–231 IL “ p. 227. 3.0 –138 WV “ p. 384 7.9 “
–154 IN “ p. 231. 4.7 — 59 WI “ p. 388 2.0 “
— 70 IA “ p. 236. 2.8 — 13 WY “ p. 392 5.7 “
— 24 KS “ p. 240. 1.3
–200 KY “ p. 244. 7.6
–126 LA “ p. 250. 5.9
— 56 ME “ p. 256. 7.0
–122 MD “ p. 260. 7.4
— 91 MA “ p. 266. 2.1
–201 MI “ p. 270. 4.1
— 59 MN “ p. 275. 2.3
— 77 MS “ p. 279. 3.8
–140 MO “ p. 285. 3.8
— 46 MT “ p. 289. 8.6
— 65 NE “ p. 292. 4.7
— 0 NV “ p. 296. —–
— 11 NH “ p. 300. 2.4
–146 NJ “ p. 303. 3.6
— 50 NM “ p. 304. 11.7 (highest State death rate)
–381 NY “ p. 311. 3.0
–199 NC “ p. 316. 6.2
— 35 ND “ p. 322. 5.1
–155 OH “ p. 326. 2.3
— 77 OK “ p. 330. 3.2
— 11 OR “ p. 336. 1.1
–309 PA “ p. 340. 3.2
— 16 RI “ p. 345. 2.3
–111 SC “ p. 349. 6.4
— 42 SD “ p. 355. 6.0

Table 10. Causes of Death, by Month of Occurrence

Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
342 343 424 377 442 379 443 431 380 401 318 339

Narrative Information

U.S. Census: “Whooping cough was responsible for 4,619 deaths in 1931, with a rate of 3.9 per 100,000 population, compared with 5,707 deaths, with a rate of 4.8 in 1930 [12.5 in 1920]. It is decidedly a disease of very young children. Of the total deaths in 1931 from this cause, 82 percent were deaths of children under 2 years and more than 58 percent of children under l year of age. The rate in general is higher for female than for male children. Increases in rates compared with those of 1930 were shown by 17 States, the greatest increase being for New Mexico, which had the highest rate (11.7) and Oregon the lowest (1.1).

“In all except one of the States showing deaths by color, and in nearly all of such cities, the rates for the colored were much higher than the rates for the white. Among the States the highest rate was shown for Maryland (22.9) and among cities for Nashville (28.0). Three cities (Jacksonville, Tulsa, and Wilmington, Del.), had no deaths from whooping cough in the colored population.” (U.S. Census 1931, pp. 18-19.)

Source

United States Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce. Mortality Statistics 1931 (Thirty-Second Annual Report). Washington: GPO, 1935. Accessed 10-24-2013 at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsushistorical/mortstatsh_1931.pdf