183 –3,136

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— 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.