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Show CAUSES OF DEATHS CENSUS DEPARTMENT GIVES IN TEIIE8TING STATISTICS. Fatal Diseases Most Prevalent In Certain Cer-tain Geographical Divisions Only Three of Every One Hundred Die of Old Age. The causes of death are to a large .extent a matter of geography, declares one of the latest reports of the Census Bureau at Washington. A map of the United States has been prepared under tho direction of William R. Merrlam, director of tho twelfth census, in which the country Is divided Into twenty-one districts. These districts have been marked to show the diseases that are most fatal in different parts ot the country. For instance, the most fatal diseases in the district In which New York city is situated aro consumptcn, pneumonia, pneumo-nia, Brlght's disease, apoplexy, bronchitis bron-chitis and diphtheria. Tho most sensational deathB occur In tho Pacific coast district region, In the State of Washington. This Is the only district in which gunshot wounds are reported as a prevalent cause of death. Heart disease, suicide and apoplexy show there the largest number num-ber of victims, and tho record is held for the greatest number of deaths from alcoholism. Lung troubles appear to bo most numerous along tho Atlnntlc coast from New York to Virginia and along tho Mississippi rlvor from Nuw Orleans Or-leans to tho Ohio river. Typhoid fever and malaria come far down on the list In mountainous districts, but appear at the top In North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Geor-gia, .Alabama, MlBBlsslppL Arkansas, and Indian Territory. Although only throe out of every 100 die of old age, thoro are a few fortunate for-tunate districts whero old age rivals consumption and malaria aa the cause of death. Among these favored spots are the Catskills, Adirondacks, Green mountains, parts of Michigan and Wisconsin, Wis-consin, and the region on either side of the Missouri river. Childbirth, croup and whooping cough appear to bo most dangerous in the districts which havo the least population pop-ulation and whero, presumably, medical medi-cal aid is most difficult to obtain. Cancer, heart disease and apoplexy aro mo'ro to be expected In mountainous mountain-ous partB of the country than In tho level districts. In eight of tho twenty-ono districts rheumatism reaps a large harves. of death, noticeably in the thinly tettled states where tho inhabitants arc most exposed to the sudden changes of tho weather. . Generally speaking. It appears that the majority of deaths In tho country are caused by climatic conditions, whllo thoso In tho cities aro caused by Boclal conditions. The farmer on tho Dakota prairie, for example, needs to guard against rheumatism, .but not against malaria or heart disease. Hearst's Chicago American. |