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Eighteenth Biennial Keport ' 27 special death rates for the entire country increased) there were 726 deaths and 7,260 cases; in 1918 there were 549 deaths and 5,490 cases; in 1919 there were 427 deaths and 4,270 cases; in 1920 there will be slightly less than 275 deaths and 2,750 cases. Here is a saving of 564 lives and the prevention of 5,640 cases of typhoid fever that would be occurring annually in this State, would have occurred this year, had the reduction in this disease since 1914 not been brought about. A minimum cost in physicians' bills, nursing, and druggists' bills and loss of productive labor for each case of typhoid fever is $200. The prevention, therefore, of 5,640 cases means the saving of $1,128,000. The earning capacity of the average person who dies from typhoid fever is $2,000, and the saving, therefore, of 564 lives is equivalent to another $1,128,000. The saving to the State on this one item alone amounts, therefore, to more than ten times the total cost of the health work of the State, that is, to $2,256,000. Item 2.—The death rate from diphtheria has been reduced during the last five years from 22.3 deaths per hundred thousand population to 9.5 deaths for the same population, or in actual figures, from 525 deaths to 242 deaths, a saving of 282 lives and the prevention of 3,300 cases of the disease. The cost in doctors', druggists', and nursing bills, and loss of time from labor for the average case of diphtheria is not less than $25. The prevention, therefore, of 3,300 cases means the saving of $72,500. The economic value of the 282 lives, saved, on account of most of these being children, may be safely considered at not less than $1,000 per capita, or a total saving of $282,000, a grand total in the prevention of sickness and deaths from this disease of $354,500. Item 3,—A total of 52,472 cases of contagious diseases have been quarantined and reasonable restrictions placed about these foci of infection. If we assume that but ten per cent prevention has been effected this would mean the prevention of 5,246 cases of contagious disease and a saving of not less than 250 lives. Again giving the cost of the average case of these diseases prevented at the censurably low figure of $25 and the economic value of the 250 lives saved at $1,000 apiece, we have here another saving of $281,150. Item —The death rate of North Carolina for 1919, the last figures available, was 12.4 deaths per thousand of the population. For the entire registration of the United States for the same year the rate was 12.9. During the last five years the death rate in North Carolina has been lower than that of any of the older states of the Union. The newer states in the West with a larger emigrant population from foreign countries and the older Eastern states and, therefore, with a larger proportion of the middle-aged healthy group and without the liabilities of a large infant or a large old-age population, have lower death rates than this State, but North Carolina's death rate is the lowest of any of the old states and the lowest of any known death rate on the Coast from Maine to Texas. This favorable index of the general health conditions in North Carolina is maintained notwithstanding an extensive prevalence of malaria and the milder types of hookworm disease and, what is much more important in its bearing upon the death rate, the highest birth rate of any state in the Union. The birth rate in North Carolina for the last five years has averaged about 31 births per thousand population, and promises in 1920 to reach 33 per thousand population. The average rate of the United States would probably not exceed 25 or 26 per thousand of the population. High hirth rates, in contributing to a large infant
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-02: Biennial Report of the North Carolina State Board of Health [1909-1972] |
Document Title | Biennial Report of the North Carolina State Board of Health [1909-1972] |
Subject Name | North Carolina. State Board of Health -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina. |
Description | Publication began with the 13th (1909/1910); ceased with the 44th (1970/1972) |
Creator | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh : The Board, 1911- |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1919-1920 |
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Document Title | Biennial Report of the North Carolina State Board of Health [1909-1972] |
Subject Name | North Carolina. State Board of Health -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina. |
Description | Publication began with the 13th (1909/1910); ceased with the 44th (1970/1972) |
Creator | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh : The Board, 1911- |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1919-1920 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-018-0033 |
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Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Volume Number | 18 |
Page Number | 27 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | Eighteenth Biennial Keport ' 27 special death rates for the entire country increased) there were 726 deaths and 7,260 cases; in 1918 there were 549 deaths and 5,490 cases; in 1919 there were 427 deaths and 4,270 cases; in 1920 there will be slightly less than 275 deaths and 2,750 cases. Here is a saving of 564 lives and the prevention of 5,640 cases of typhoid fever that would be occurring annually in this State, would have occurred this year, had the reduction in this disease since 1914 not been brought about. A minimum cost in physicians' bills, nursing, and druggists' bills and loss of productive labor for each case of typhoid fever is $200. The prevention, therefore, of 5,640 cases means the saving of $1,128,000. The earning capacity of the average person who dies from typhoid fever is $2,000, and the saving, therefore, of 564 lives is equivalent to another $1,128,000. The saving to the State on this one item alone amounts, therefore, to more than ten times the total cost of the health work of the State, that is, to $2,256,000. Item 2.—The death rate from diphtheria has been reduced during the last five years from 22.3 deaths per hundred thousand population to 9.5 deaths for the same population, or in actual figures, from 525 deaths to 242 deaths, a saving of 282 lives and the prevention of 3,300 cases of the disease. The cost in doctors', druggists', and nursing bills, and loss of time from labor for the average case of diphtheria is not less than $25. The prevention, therefore, of 3,300 cases means the saving of $72,500. The economic value of the 282 lives, saved, on account of most of these being children, may be safely considered at not less than $1,000 per capita, or a total saving of $282,000, a grand total in the prevention of sickness and deaths from this disease of $354,500. Item 3,—A total of 52,472 cases of contagious diseases have been quarantined and reasonable restrictions placed about these foci of infection. If we assume that but ten per cent prevention has been effected this would mean the prevention of 5,246 cases of contagious disease and a saving of not less than 250 lives. Again giving the cost of the average case of these diseases prevented at the censurably low figure of $25 and the economic value of the 250 lives saved at $1,000 apiece, we have here another saving of $281,150. Item —The death rate of North Carolina for 1919, the last figures available, was 12.4 deaths per thousand of the population. For the entire registration of the United States for the same year the rate was 12.9. During the last five years the death rate in North Carolina has been lower than that of any of the older states of the Union. The newer states in the West with a larger emigrant population from foreign countries and the older Eastern states and, therefore, with a larger proportion of the middle-aged healthy group and without the liabilities of a large infant or a large old-age population, have lower death rates than this State, but North Carolina's death rate is the lowest of any of the old states and the lowest of any known death rate on the Coast from Maine to Texas. This favorable index of the general health conditions in North Carolina is maintained notwithstanding an extensive prevalence of malaria and the milder types of hookworm disease and, what is much more important in its bearing upon the death rate, the highest birth rate of any state in the Union. The birth rate in North Carolina for the last five years has averaged about 31 births per thousand population, and promises in 1920 to reach 33 per thousand population. The average rate of the United States would probably not exceed 25 or 26 per thousand of the population. High hirth rates, in contributing to a large infant |
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