1941 — Measles, esp. children, esp. VA/170, GA/160, KY/158, SC/138, TN/133, AL       –2,279

— 2,279 US Census. Vital Statistics — Special Reports, 1941. Vol. 17, No. 3, 12-9-1942, p. 11.^[1]

Alabama                     –114

Arizona                       —  95

Arkansas                     —  48

California                   —  10

Colorado                     —  18

Connecticut                —    1

Delaware                     —    6

District of Columbia   —    5

Florida                        —  17

Georgia                       –160

Idaho                           —    2

Illinois                        —  90

Indiana                        —  55

Iowa                            —  19

Kansas                        —  34

Kentucky                    –158

Louisiana                    —    2

Maine                          —  16

Maryland                    —  13

Massachusetts            —    4

Michigan                    —  66

Minnesota                   —    4

Mississippi                 —  69

Missouri                     –114

Montana                      —    1

Nebraska                     —    4

Nevada                        —    0

New Hampshire          —    4

New Jersey                 —  25

New Mexico               —  73

New York                   —  47

North Carolina            –103

North Dakota              —    4

Ohio                            –115

Oklahoma                   —  21

Oregon                        —  13

Pennsylvania              –115

Rhode Island               —    1

South Carolina            –138

South Dakota              —    1

Tennessee                   –133

Texas                          —  79

Utah                            —    1

Vermont                      —    2

Virginia                      –170

Washington                —    3

West Virginia             —  77

Wisconsin                   —  26

Wyoming                    —    2

 

Source

 

United States Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce. Vital Statistics – Special Reports, 1941. Vol. 17, Numbers 1-32. Washington: 1943. Google digitized. Accessed 1-31-2015 at: https://books.google.com/books?id=exovAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[1] Section entitled “Deaths From Selected Causes, United States: 1941.” “Table 1. – Number of Deaths From Selected Causes: Each Geographic Division and State, 1941.”