| Show LOW DEATH RATI KATE kansas is the only state which has a lower death rate than utah according to statistics recently issued by the united states census bureau the death rate in kansas is 9 98 8 while that in utah is the rate for the united states as ans a whole during the past year was the lowest in its history dr T B beatty secretary of the state board of health said I 1 monday that it if the rate of increase in population since 1910 in kansas has been over estimate ed as he thinks probable utah can still be proved to be the healthiest state in them the union the increase according to the census bureau is 22 per cent in ill kansas and only 11 per cent in utah although according to dr beatty birthrate is 20 per cent higher than that of kansas if the increase in the two states were the same proportionately the death rate in in kansas would be or seven higher than in utah according to dr beatty |