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Show UTAH NATIONIN LEADS THE NATION I . IN IV BIRTHS OVER DEATHSSalt DEATHS DEATHSSalt Salt Lake C City , , Dec 20-U 20 U 20 - ( UP P ) _ - 1 Utah leads the nation in births as I compared ascompared to deathsith deaths \ with \\ith ith \ 259 bIrths I to birthsto every 100 deaths , researchers I researcherslound researchersfound bIrthsI found foundCallforma foundCalifornia researchersloundCalifornia I [ California Callforma is one of the few states stateswith , with more deaths than births but I butgains ! + gains its status because icsidents lesidents residents of ; ofUtah thecoast Utah and other states go to the . , coast region to spend their declin declin- declining decUn1ing decUn-1 decUn 1 - - .1 1 ing years year ' ) , Mrs E\ E E\a E a Ea Eva \ a Ramsey , chief of | I the ofthe ytah Utah buicau bUleau bureau of vital statlstIcs statistics ofI , said saidMrs statisticssaid ' I I Mrs Ramsey Ramseys s depaitment department depm tment pre-I pre I preIpared pre- pre pre - - pared prepared bIrthvs a chart showing shomg sho\\ sho \ \ mg relative birth . tcro intcrmotmtain intermountain vs LS death figules figures f01 fOl for the intcr- intcr inter- inter bIrthI tcr- tcr - - I motmtain mountain o ail , reElon region and showingutahs ' ? . showing I Utah's Utahs status as aC abIrth a C ' 'birth birth ' state statehv I hvS Utahs -S S record " fl is nearly matched - by hv Etchedby matchedby Idaho , which thlch hich \ \ has 210 births for e\ery e ery ecry every foreery forevery e\ e \ cry 100 deaths , better than the theI I mtermountain " " the"mountain themountain " mountain I average of 175 to toMontana's 100 100Montana's Montana's Montanas ' ratio is 165 to 100 while whileiSo whilethe the iSo SSSfor ration for the entire natlon nation is 160 to 100 |