Statistics Of Mortality From Pulmonary Phthisis In The United States And In Europe

Author : Wm Gleitsmann
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332507927
Total Pages : 58 pages
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Download or read book Statistics of Mortality from Pulmonary Phthisis in the United States and in Europe (Classic Reprint) written by Wm Gleitsmann and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-22 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Statistics of Mortality From Pulmonary Phthisis in the United States and in Europe Of all causes of mortality, -pulmonary Phthisis takes the most prominent place, and hence an especial study as to its distribution cannot, fail to be of interest. The most prominent professors of our science have given the study of the phases and character of this disease their careful attention. As far as I am acquainted, no effort has been made to make a uniform statistical compilation of the mortality from Phthisis in different cities of the United States, and the desire of obtaining as correct a view of these facts as possible has induced me to venture upon the present task. Although the second volume of the United States Census for 1870 contains, among other highly in teresting data, very concise statements of the death rate and' cause of mortality throughout the Union, yet these tables only refer to entire States, not to cities, coun ties, or smaller political divisions. We are furthermore justified in assuming that the mortality indicated in the Census does not correspond with the actual death-rate, as indeed we may learn from the remarks preceding the respective tables. The difference resulting from this mode of calculation has been shown by E. B. Elliott, Chief Clerk of the Bureau of Statistics of the Treasury Department, to amount to 41 per and the result of my studies is quite in accordance with this statement, as will be more fully shown in Table I. The value of the statistics of the United States Census arises, as the Superintendent, F. A. Walker, most appropriately says, from the consideration that its tables distribute a body of deaths approaching half a million, among the several periods of life, between the two sexes, according to cause and month of death, by race, nationality, and occupation. The reasons which prompted me to include the life insurance companies in these statis tics will be explained hereafter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.