Show Death Death Overlaps Birth in Race Census Census' Shows WASHINGTON March 27 The death rate of the country continues to increase while the birth rate rata continues to decline Statistics compiled by the census bureau show the annual death rate to have been per 1000 of population in in the first nine months of 1923 compared with for the same period of 1922 The annual birth rate was per pcr 1000 compared with Montana had the lowest death rato rate with 70 per 1000 population and Vermont had the highest rate with North Carolina had the highest birth rate with per 1000 Montana had the lowest with |