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Show HTM IS HEALTHIEST PLflCEJUOlTRlf Statistics Show Death Rate Lower Than Any State Except Kansas RATIO IS DIFFERENT On Same Estimate of Popu lation Increase Utah Outranks Out-ranks All Competitors There are fewer deaths in Utah in pro po t on to t e popu ation than in an? o e state n the union except Kanas accord ng to stat sties comp ed by the Un ted S ates census bureau These s a tist es were made pub c yesterday by San L Eogers d ector of the census and e e prepared by R cl ard C Lapp n ch ef statist c a for 1 al stat s cs The who e report show s t a death rate fo the nboe U ted States to be the lo vest o reco d This rate is 13 6 per 1000 estimated popu a on of the reg stra t on a ea of the Un ted States Lital makes a better record than th s genera average The census bureau s f g res show that the death rate for th s state s 101 fo t e 5 ear 1911 Kansas Vvas g en he lowest w th 9 S and Utah is ne t to the lowest Utah Is Healthiest Utah is the health est state n the union accord ng to computations at the state board of hea th off ce 1 rea y be eve that Utah has a ower death rate than any other state said Dr T B Beatty secre tary of t e state board Accompan ng the go ernment s f gures are ebtimates of the popu at on of each state. The est ma ed populat on for Kan sas is 1 S4 S9 and for Utah 414 olS These est mates e Kansas an est mated in rease of per cent over the 1910 cen sus and give Utah on y 11 per cent n crease Dr Beattj be e es that the estl mated increase in Kansas s altogether too high for that state The b rth rate in Utah is 20 per cent h gher than in Kansas sa d he and I do not be eve the increase in populat on from mm gration reaches a higher per centaae than n Utah- Mak ng the propor onate increase m popu ation in Kansas the same as the per centage of increa e shown for Utah wou a make the dea h ra e for that state n 1914 10 S or seven tenths h gher than n Utah for the same jear Big Decrease m Typhoid Support ng the assert on that Utah has actual y the lowest death rate in America, is the report of the state board of health showing a decrease of SO per cent in the number of typho d fever cases Typho d is looked upon by health authorit es as the barometer of pub c hea th. Absence of typho d denotes adm rab e sanitary con d Uons and pure water supp es At the conclus on of the recent c ean town con test t was stated by Dr Beatty that the decrease in typho d fever here had not been equalled by any other state Ha x:ited ore organ zation the Un ed States army as the on y one w h ch has stamped t out more than the state of Utah has The census bu eau s eport g ves Utah a lower death rate than ether Co orado or Cal fomla, the on y two of her tamed ate ne ghbors where f gures were ava ab e to the bureau Co orado s death rate in 1914 w as 11 3 and Ca f orn as 13 6 per cent |