HB I3Z3 .ZH-UC> 1^0 RELEASED FOR IMMEDIATE USE. >-^ m hi 8-5009 Department of Commerce ^('-Z^l M ^^3 BUREAU OF THE CENSUS WASHINGTON INFANT MORTALITY IN THE BIRTH REGISTRATION AREA OF THE UNITED STATES: 1920, BIRTHS (EXCLUSIVE OF STILLBIRTHS), PER CENT OF INCREASE OVER 11)10, DEATHS OF INFANTS UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES IN THE lURTH REGISTRATION AREA: 1920. Calilornia Connecticut Indiana Kansas Kentucky (total). White Colored Maine Maryland (total) . White Colored Massachusetts -!ii«iMgatt. -. Minnesota Nebraska 57, 737 53, 658 4,079 15, 496 33, 972 27,448 6,524 87, 709 51,942 1,508,874 67, 199 34, 096 64,809 39, 632 62,888 58, 747 4,141 17,325 36, 212 29, 452 6,760 91, 692 92,740 55, 909 30,911 5,523 3,259 Per cent of in- crease. DEATHS OF INFANTS UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE. 3,134 5,301 2,898 4,597 4,025 3,768 2,657 Per 1,000 births |.g| ill -^2 - 1 Mew Hampshire. . Now York M.Carolina (total) White..: Colored Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania S. Carolina (total). White Colored Utah Vermont Virginia (total). . . White Colored Washineton. .^.„ . Wisconsin Increase Per Births, Births, of 1920 cent 1919. 1920. over of in- 1919. crease. 8,778 9,916 1,168 13.3 220, 108 235, 243 9,135 4.0 73,854 81,407 7,553 10.2 51,832 57,054 5,222 10.1 22,022 24,353 2,331 10.6 113,054 123,729 10,675 9.4 13,540 14,942 1,402 10.4 207,685 220,462 12,777 6.2 44,624 47,777 3,153 7.1 22,016 23,813 1,797 S.2 22, 608 23, 964 1,356 6.0 13,040 14, 157 1,117 8.6 7,032 7,409 377 5.4 60,785 65,794 5,009 8.2 >: 41,656 45, 229 3,573 8.6 19,129 20,565 1,436 7.5 25. 112 54,^781 27.072 1,960 H- 68,697 ~ 3, 916 7.1 DEATHS OP INFANTS UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE 875 20, 309 6,909 4,168 2,741 10,252 924 3,545 1,011 5,500 3,241 2,259 -1,797 4,493 - 3 -1- 3 -I- 7 -10 -t- 3 I II the registration area tor 1920 is made comparable with that tor 1919 by excluding Nebraska, the per cent of increase of births is 7.6. 3 Not added to the registration area until 1920. POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS IN THE BIRTH REGISTRATION AREA: 1920. .\REA. Population, 1920. Births, 1920. Birtb rate. Deaths, 1920. Death rate. 63,659,441 1,508,874 23.7 836,154 13.1 BIRTHS, INFANT MORTALITY RATES, AND THE INCREASE OR DECREASE IN THE INFANT MORTALITY RATES SINCE 1919, IN THE REGISTRATION CITIES: 1920. CALIFORNIA. Alameda... Bakersfleld. Berkeley — Eureka Fresno 1,332 Glendale 194 LongBeach ! 1,031 Los .\ngeles 11,635 Oakland 4,142 Pasadena Pomona Richmond RlTerside Sacramento San Bernardino. . 329 Deaths of infants +-^go under Ills 1 year of age per 1,000 p.g2 births. 59 + fi 80 - 1 44 ! 67 + 8 1 101 +23 67 (') 60 +n 71 + 4 71 -1-10 31 -14 94 . +28 36 (') 88 -20 78 -t- 4 97 -10 CALIFORNIA— continued . San Diego San Francisco . - San Jose Santa Ana Santa Barbara Santa Cruz — Santa Monica.. Stockton Vallejo Venice Ansonia Bridgeport Bristol Danbury town., Derby CONNECTICUT. Deaths ^Tp of infants +^|« Births. under age per eg £ ^ O 1,000 ^^52 births. 1,651 67 - 5 9,034 62 723 62 -1- 1 365 85 (') 435 76 +13 196 46 -19 316 47 (') 990 80 + 11 392 56 + 1 57 88 (■) 416 143 +44 4,178 92 + 4 643 132 +00 ■ ,562 96 + 7 610 91 (') i 1 Population less than 10,000 in 1910. CONNECTICUT — Continued East Hartford town Knfield town Fairfield town Greenwich town Hartford Manchester town Merlden town Mlddlctown town Milford town Naugatuck Now Britain New Haven New London Norwalk Norwich town 1,763 4,229 Deaths [ ° — ; of U^- infants +w' under p o 1 yearofiffl «. age per a £ 1,000 "" births .^KTHS. ..PANX MOKX.UT. ^TgS. -? - -?-- OK^O^^^ MOUT^L™^ ^ ^ Auburn Augusta Bangor Bath BIddeford Lcwiston I'ortland Sanford town WatervUle. FEB4-1922 OOCUMCNTtf . ..*ION BIRTHS, INFANT MORTALITY RATES, AND THE INCREASE OR DECREASE IN THE INFANT MORTALITY RATES SINCE 1919, IN THE REGISTRATION CITIES: 1920— Continued. NEW TOKK— contiuiiod. Nowbiirgh.. Nlngara Falls. North Tonawaiida.. OEclonsburg Olcan Oneida... Onconta. . Ossiiiing.. Osweso. . . Peeks kill. Plattsburg Port Chester... Port Jervis Pouglikeepsie.. Rensselaer Rochester Rome Saratoga Springs. . Schenectady Syracuse Tonawanda.. Trov Utica Watertown... Watervliet White Plains. Yonkers NORTH CAROLINA. Asheville Charlotte Durham Gastonia Ooldsboro Greensboro High Point Newbern Raleigh Rocky Mount. Salisbury , Wilmington Wilson , Winston-Salem. Akron Alliance. .. Ashtabula. Barberton. ■ Bellah"e Bucyrus Cambridge Canton Chillicothe Cincinnafl Cleveland Cleveland Heights . Columbus Coshocton Cuyahoga Falls Dayton East Cleveland East Liverpool East Youngstown . El>Tia FIndlay... Fremont... Hamilton.. Ironton Kenmore., Lakewood . Lancaster.. Lima Lorain Mansfield.. Marietta ... Marion Martins Ferry. Ma.ssillon Middletown . . . 6,716 2,392 1,192 Now Philadelphia. Newark Niles Norwood Fiqua Deaths of Infants +-?o under "sag 1 yearof ago per 1,000 births. 92 + 3 92 -22 92 -22 190 +67 86 -10 75 (■) 51 (■) 67 + 14 76 + 4 90 +21 87 -40 64 -13 92 w 96 + 3 98 +49 84 +10 109 +28 81 -12 86 + 7 105 +14 113 0) 102 -15 83 - 6 115 +24 98 + 6 63 + 1 89 + 9 118 +14 111 -27 143 -14 89 (■) 143 0) 87 -35 81 (') 111 « 97 +10 128 m 69 m 134 + i 125 (') 122 - 1 S4 -22 96 + 6 66 - 4 101 (') 114 +13 57 (') 72 -41 96 + 8 59 -33 82 - 6 87 - 9 78 (■) 96 + 2 63 (') 54 « 85 - 4 115 (') 114 + 11 183 (') 90 -20 63 - 6 47 (') 100 - 2 160 +28 no (') 61 -21 70 -13 112 + 14 HI - 5 65 + 17 82 - 5 105 + 14 118 (') 74 -29 69 - 5 58 (•) 85 + 5 88 (') 74 - 1 95 +29 omo — continued. Portsmouth . . Salem Sandusky Springflold... Steubenville. . Tiffin Toledo Warren Youngstown.. Zanesville Astoria... Eugene... Portland. . Salem PENNSYLVANIA. AUentown Altoona Ambridge Beaver Falls.. Berwick Bethlehem. Braddock... Bradford... Bristol Butler Canousburg.. Carbondale.. Carlisle Carnegie Carrick Chambersburg. . Charleroi Chester Coatesville Columbia Connellsville.. Dickson City. Donora Du Bois Dunmore Duquesne... Easton Erie Farrell Greensburg. . Harrisburg. Hazleton . . . Homestead . Jeannette... Johnstown.. Lancaster Lebanon McKees Rocks.. McKeesport Mahanoy City.. Meadville Monessen Mount Carmel. Nanticoke Newcastle New Kensington. Norristown North Braddock.- 011 City Old Forge Olyphant Pmladelphia.. Phoenixville.. Pittsburgh... Pittston Plymouth Pottstown Pottsville Punxsutawney Reading I 2,677 1,335 5,340 772 3,956 1,692 2,579 43,642 362 14,740 619 Deaths of Infants under 1 yearof age per 1,000 births. +17 ^'l4 -16 + 5 -37 P) -30 (') -11 + 7 +35 {■) -18 - 4 C) ■ +23 + 12 + 7 (') +33 + 57 + 1 + 16 -14 -22 + 16 + 4 PENN3YLVANLA— continued . Scran ton Shamokin . . . Sharon Shenandoah. Steelton Sunbury Swissvale... Tamaqua... Uniontown. Warren Washington.. Westchester. Wilkes-Barre. Willdnsburg.. Williamsport. Woodlawn York SOUTH CAEOIINA. Anderson... Charleston.. Columbia... Florence Greenville Spartanburg.. Ogden Prove Salt lake City.. Barre Burhngton. ■Rutland Alexandria Charlottesville. . Danville Lynchburg Newport News. Norfolk Petersburg Portsmouth Richmond.. Roanoke.... Staunton... "WASHINGTON. Aberdeen Bellingham. . Everett Hoquiam — Seattle Spokane Tacoma Vancouver.... WaUa WaUa.. Yakima WISCONSIN. Appleton Ashland Beloit Eau Claire — Fond du Lac. Grcen Bay — Janesville. .. Kenosha — La Crosse... Madison Manitovfoc. Marinette... Milwaukee.. Oshkosh Racine Sheboygan. Stevens Point. Superior Waukesha Wausaii West Allis 1,558 1,315 3,326 2,862 872 1,396 4,197 1,534 2,446 2,221 1,047 Deaths of Infants under 1 yearof births, Jlli m - 2 +23 -16 (') -17 +27 +15 (') +18 -10 +41 + 8 + 9 +20 +14 +21 -41 -20 + 2 + 10 +23 + 2 + 1 - 7 +13 (') +28 (') 'Population less tban 10,000 In 1910. WASHINGTON : QOTBBNMBNI FBINTINO OVI'ICD : 1821 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 013 825 433 1 i Hollinger Corp. pH8.5