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Show ' by careful Investigators that the disease dis-ease was entirely absent before the advent of the whites in America. Cancer affecting the various organs and part of the body caused SQ.514 deaths In the registration area during the year 1907, or 1,494 more deaths than were reported for the same cause in 1908. The death rate for this disease dis-ease rose from 70.8 per 100,000 ot population in 1908 to 73.1 hi 1907. Of the 16 registration states, 12 showed Increased death rates from cancer for 1907 as compared with the previous year, and S Connecticut, Michigan, and New Jersey showed slightly reduced re-duced rates for this disease. Of the various forms of this disease, cancer of the stomach and liver was the most important, being responsible for nearly 2 out of every 6 deaths from cancer. There were 11.670 deaths from typhoid ty-phoid fever In the registration area during the year 1907, the death rate from this disease being S0.3 per 100,-000 100,-000 of population In that year as compared com-pared With 32.1 for 1906. The rate of mortality from typhoid fever was less for 1907 than for 190 in every registration state except Colorado, Colo-rado, New Jersey, and New York. The states with the highest death rates in 1907 were Colorado (63.7) and Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania (C0.3); those with the low- WHAT CAUSES DEATH. The bureau of census has just published pub-lished Its eighth annual report on mortality mor-tality statistics, which present the figures for the calendar year 1C7, together to-gether with comparative data for the years 1903 to 1506, inclusive: The statistic given In the ieport do not cover the entire country, but only that portion of the United States known as the "registration aren." This area includes the states in which the laws reqnlring the registration of deaths have been accepted as giving practically complete mortality returns, and those cities in non-registration states in which satisfactory returns are required by the local authorities. The registration area In 1907 lucluded 16 states, the District of Columbia, and 76 other cities. Tho 15 registration registra-tion states were California, Colorado. Connecticut Indiana. Maine. Mary- est were Vermont (10.8), Rhode Island Is-land (11), and New Hampshire (11.9). Among the large cities, 7 showed death rates of over 60 per 100,000 of population. These were Pittsburg, Pa. (130.8); Allegheny, Pa. (96.9); Scran-ton, Scran-ton, Pa. (75.8); Louisville. Ky. (67.9); Denver, Colo. (67.1); Philadelphia, Pa. (60.7) ; and New Orleans, La. (55.6). Twenty-ono of the large cities showed decreased mortality from this dl&easo in 1907 as compared with 1906. Under meningitis 11,100 deaths were reported for 1907, this being at the rate of 26.6 per 100,000 of population. The highest rates for the registration Etates were those for New Hampshire (37.8) and Massachusetts (37.4). Tho highest rates for the large cltlos were those for Denver, Colo. (63.2) and Memphis, Tenn. (62.9). Whooping cough showed a marked decrease In mortality, the number or deaths falling from 6,324 In 190G to 4.S5C in 1907 a-nd the death rate declining de-clining from 15.4 to 11 G per 100,000 of population. The United States occupies oc-cupies a somewhat favorable position among the nations with respect to its death rate from this disease. In four out of the five years from 1903 to 1907, whooping cough caused more deaths in the registration area of the United States than either scarlet scar-let fever or measles, and yet It Is very seldom that active measures are taken agalnet Its spread. The. total number of deaths from all forms of violence in the registration registra-tion area during the year 1907 was 52,548, an Increaso of 2,996 over the land. Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey. New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Vermont. The aggregate population of the registration reg-istration area for the calendar year 1907 is estimated at 41,758,037, or 43.8 per cent of total estimated population of continental United States for thiit year. The total number of deaths reported from all forms of tuberculoels for l he year 1907 was 76,650, an Increase ot 1,138 "over the number reported for 1906. When allowance is made lor the Increase in population, however, the death rate declined slightly, falling fall-ing from 181 2 per 100.000 in 1906 lo 183.6 In 1907. Nino of the 16 registration states had decreased rates in 1907 as compared com-pared with 1906. The highest rates for 1907 were those for Colorado (289.4), California (278.9), Rhode la-land la-land (200.9-, and Maryland (200.2); while the lowest rates were for Michigan Michi-gan (103.5) and South Dakota (105.1). In California no less than 15 per cent of all deaths occurring during 1907 were from tuberculosis; In Colorado tho proportion waa even greater (16.4 nor cent). number for the previous ' year. The death rate rose from 120 9 per 100,000 of population for 1906 to 125.8 for 1907, ; Of the deaths from violence, 43,u94 were accidental, 6,745 wore suicides, and 2,709 were homicides. Deaths from railroad accidents and injuries numbered 7,676. and deaths from automobile auto-mobile accidents 294, The death rate from suicide rose from 14.3 per 100,000 of population In 1906 to 16.2 In 1907. This apparent appar-ent Increase may be duo In part to more accurate returns In the latter year. The large cities with highest rates were Denver, Colo. (486.6); New Orleans, Or-leans, La. (332); Newark, N. J. (291,6); Washington, D. C. (2S0); Cincinnati, Ohio (266.8); Baltimore, Md. (263.2); and Jersey City, N. J. (261.5). The highest rates for cltlos with less than 100,000 Inhabitants were In San Antonio, Tex. (633.2) and Colorado Springs, Colo! (680.5). In the caso of cities, as well as states, the health lesorts are credited with more than their' due sharo of deaths from this disease. Tuberculosis of the lung6 caused nearly nine-tenths of all of the deaths from tuberculosis In its various forms. The mortality of the Indians from tuberculosis is undoubtedly far higher high-er than that of either tho whites or the negroes, although it is believed |