Show NEW NEV LOW V DEATH RATE Complete mortality fIgures for 1933 have Just dust been disclosed by the Census Bureau and show that last year in spite of the supposed privations suffered because of the depression set an all time low record for deaths in the United States The death rate per of populatIon m in 1933 was only 1067 or one person out of approximately This may be com com- compared compared pared with the rate of 1500 WhICh was about the average 20 years ago The highest death rate in recent times ws 1830 in 1918 due to the severe influenza epidemic of that year Causes of death show some variations from former years those from cancer having decreased while fatalities from heart disease increased The leading causes of death last year are listed In this order 1 Heart disease and other ailments of the blood circulatory system 2 and tumors 3 Disease of the nervous system 4 Diseases of the urinary genito-urinary system 5 Tuber Tuber- Tuberculosis Tuberculosis and other diseases of the nose throat and lungs 6 Dis- Dis Disorders Disorders orders of the digestive system including appendicitis AccIdents accounted for nearly 10 per cent of all deaths of are charged to the automobile 2000 more to colli- colli collisions collisions between automobIles and trains or trolley cars to raIl raIl- raIlroad railroad road accidents 1029 to water transportation and to aircraft The year 1933 was the first in which the Census Bureau BUI eau re- re received received complete reports from flom each of the 48 states |