Show Us S BIRTH RATE REACHES LOWEST POINT IN YEARS but fewer babies die during first year washington the birth rate la in the united S tates states dropped during 1031 1931 to tho the lowest point it has reached since the establishment 0 of birth registration in this country nearly 17 years ngo ago according to statistics made public by the bureau of the census at the same time the bureau reported the infant mortality rate showed a continued decline in the year dropping to its lowest level since such statistics have been systematically compiled during the year the infant death rate was for every 1000 live births as compared with a rate of 0 in 1930 tile the birth rate for the country in 1031 1931 was for every 1000 of population ula tion according to the bureaus report in 1030 1930 the rate was the 1031 birth rate in illinois was compared with in 10 1030 10 the total number of children born in this country during last year was as compared with in the preceding year of the more than born in 1031 died in their first years of life while in 1030 the number reached the registration area on which the bureaus report was based includes all except two states and comprises per cent of the total population of 0 the country in the rural part ot of this registration area the birth rate and infant mortality rates were higher than in the urban section the report showed while the still birth rate was lower the rural section had a population of while the urban section had a population of in the city area the birth rate was per 1000 of population the infant mortality rate was per 1000 births and the still birth rate was 4 for every live births in the rural area the birth rate was the infant mortality rate and the still birth rate 37 |