Sugar House Bulletin | 1941-11-14 | Page 5 | Death Rate in U. S. Army is Lowest in History |

Type	issue
Date	1941-11-14
Paper	Sugar House Bulletin
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Article Title	Death Rate in U. S. Army is Lowest in History
Type	death
Date	1941-11-14
Paper	Sugar House Bulletin
Page	5
OCR Text	Show Death Rate in U. S. Army Is Lowest in History WASHINGTON. The war department depart-ment reported that the army's death rate in 1940 was the lowest in history. his-tory. A preliminary analysis, the department de-partment said, showed that the 1940 death rate was only 2.8 per 1,000 men, compared with a 3.1 rate for 1939. It attributed the showing to "the entrance of a large number of young men and the absence of serious epidemics."
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