Show I I GR AIM REAPER IS AHEAD I Of TASHI March 26 Yv The Tho Th death rte rate rat of the tho th country continues to increase the th birth lat tate late continues to decline Statistics compiled by tt Vie census show how the annu annu- annual annual annual al death rate to ha hae ha e been 12 6 per 1000 of oC population In inthe the Iho first nine months of oC InS 19 compared with Ith II 11 US 8 for the same sarno am period of oC 1022 1 22 Than nual nuci birth rate w was 22 8 S pr per 1000 compared with nith 23 1 Montana had the 10 loeSt est I death oth rate ate nith Ih 7 per pr 1000 population and Vermont ermont had hod the highest t tate iato ato with sith 18 IS 11 S North Carolina had the Die high high- highest cst est et birth rate rat with eith 30 2 per 1000 Montana Montano hold id the lowest It ith It 17 5 V II |