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— 81,395 U.S. Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1931. Washington: 1935, p. 167.

— 2,327 AL U.S. Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1931. Wash., 1935, p. 172.

— 1,290 AZ “ p. 178.

— 1,365 AR “ p. 181.

— 5,308 CA “ p. 188.

— 1,077 CO “ p. 194.

— 901 CT “ p. 198.

— 218 DE “ p. 202.

— 593 DC “ p. 206.

— 1,074 FL “ p. 211.

— 2,184 GA “ p. 217.

— 379 HI “ p. 469.

— 153 ID “ p. 223.

— 4,830 IL “ p. 227.

— 2,039 IN “ p. 231.

— 754 IA “ p. 236.

— 696 KS “ p. 240.

— 2,533 KY “ p. 244.

— 1,712 LA “ p. 250.

— 393 ME “ p. 256.

— 1,583 MD “ p. 260.

— 2,549 MA “ p. 266.

— 2,714 MI “ p. 270.

— 1,067 MN “ p. 275.

— 1,683 MS “ p. 279.

— 2,657 MO “ p. 285.

— 329 MT “ p. 289.

— 359 NE “ p. 292.

— 101 NV “ p. 296.

— 246 NH “ p. 300.

— 2,649 NJ “ p. 304.

— 644 NM “ p. 305.

— 8,618 NY “ p. 312.

— 2,349 NC “ p. 316.

— 190 ND “ p. 322.

— 4,253 OH “ p. 326.

— 1,315 OK “ p. 331.

— 415 OR “ p. 337.

–10,857 PA “ p. 341.

— 433 RI “ p. 345.

— 1,291 SC “ p. 349.

— 313 SD “ p. 355.

— 2,962 TN “ p. 359.

–>1,225 TX (Texas was the only non-registration State in the 1931 Census report.)

–137 Dallas, TX. U.S. Census. Mortality Statistics 1931. Washington: 1935, p. 434-35.

–276 El Paso, TX “ p. 435.

–107 Fort Worth “ p. 436.

–329 Houston, TX “ p. 436-37.

–376 San Antonio “ p. 437.

— 115 UT “ p. 366.

— 239 VT “ p. 370.

— 2,257 VA “ p. 373.

— 951 WA “ p. 380.

— 1,087 WV “ p. 384.

— 1,456 WI “ p. 388.

— 62 WY “ p. 392.

Narrative Information

U.S. Census: “The steady decrease in the death rate from tuberculosis (all forms) in recent years is one of the most satisfactory of all triumphs in public health work. A new low rate was reached in 1931 when the number of deaths was 81,395, with a rate of 68.2 per 100,000 population compared with 84,741 deaths and a rate of 71.5i n 1930. Extreme variations were shown in the rates for the different States, from 291.2 for Arizona to 22.5 for Utah. It must be noted, however, that States and cities with high death rates from tuberculosis are not necessarily those which have conditions tending to develop the disease, but rather are localities, which, because of favorable climatic conditions or hospital facilities, attract persons afflicted with tuberculosis. As examples, Arizona and New Mexico are the 2 outstanding States, and El Paso and San Antonio 2 cities of the 93 having 100,000 population and over in 1930. Ten of the 47 States included in the area had higher rates in 1931 than in 1930, namely, Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Missouri, New Hampshire, Nevada, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington, and only 21 of the 93 cities.

“Higher rates for the colored than for the white population were found in every State and city for

which the data were shown by color.” (U.S. Census. Mortality Statistics 1931, p. 26.)

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