Show c I I Other Points A ANO of View z I INO NO XO IL SUICIDE IN IX AMERICA The census report on vital statistics births and deaths for or 1917 ini the tM midyears midyear just Issued shows that tho the United States has fared well as compared with tho the rest of or the world While nearly all the European countries certainly certainly those engaged In tho the war have havo sho shown n a mar mark marked e In the tho death rate a redu reduction in the number of or births an and an actual lo loss s of or population covering a period o of over four years ars this country countr reports reports reports' marked Improve Improve- ment There is evidently no race suicide In in America and the population Is Increasing by natural growth by tho the excess of ot births over deaths We Ve are aro not dependent upon immigration for growth and the facts acts brought out by the census may have havo some Influence on Congress in considering legislation on this subject I It Is to bo be regretted that our vital cs do not cover tho the entire country countr but only two thirds of ot it This I Is s due largely to the neglect of the southern states In Sn failing to to collect their vital statistics 3 This has shut them out of tho registration area the district in which tho the figures are arc collected Louisiana Mississippi and I Ithem I other southern states have been Worl working to correct this deficiency for years and wo hope soon to have havo tho the health conditions of ot this entire section ma made e known to the world As It Is the report is most encouraging showing a a. steady rc reduction in the death rate rato not only in the tho aggregate ag ag- ag- ag but proportionately proportionate Tho The rate for or tho the year car was 41 Hl per 1000 The improvement Is Illustrated b by the figures fig fig- ures given for tor previous years In 1910 a n ratO of ot 15 o per 1000 In 1900 1890 and 1890 1580 There Thero ha has been a a. slight check during recent years and the tho health record of at 1915 will probably not bo be equaled for or some time Ime Last year ear with our Influenza epidemic is certain to make a bad showing Tho The number of births for tor the tho registration are area was and estimating for or the rest of ot the land at the same rate there thero were babies born In the United States in 1917 With the bettor treatment a and l d care caro observed ob- ob served It ft Is probable that a a. greater percentage will grow up New Now Orleans Times rimes En 1 Ka I i 1 |