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XiNETEENTH BlENNiAL REPORT 25 THE I\VESTMENT IX PUBLIC HEALTH North Carolina today holds rank as one of the most healthful States of the Union. For the past two years this State has maintained the highest birth rate, and at the same time has had a death rate below the average death rate of the United States registration area which now comprises approximately SO per cent of the population of the country. Coincident with the tremendous development of agriculture and industries during the years of the "present century has been an improvement in general health conditions no less remarkable. On account of its geographical location the State is especially susceptible to two semi-tropical diseases, malaria and hookworm disease. On account of its predominating rural population typhoid fever and other fecal borne diseases have largely affected the public health. Yet today hookworm disease is becoming rare in the State; malaria is making a last stand in certain sections of the State as yet undrained or only partially developed agriculturally; and typhoid fever has been removed as a major factor in the public health. The vital statistics records for the State as compared with those of the nation show that North Carolina has made a greater degree of improvement in the health of its people since 1900 than has the country as a whole. In 1900 the death rate for the registration area was 17.6 per thousand of population. At that time North Carolina had no accurate records, but it is estimated that the death rate for the State was approximately 22 per thousand of population. This very high death rate has been steadily decreased year by year until in 1921 the State had a rate of 11 per thousand of population as compared with a rate of 11.7 for the country as a whole. This marked reduction in the death rate is the more noteworthy when considered in connection with the high birth rate. In 1921 the latter was 33.4 per thousand of population, for the second successive year being the highest rate in the United States. This means an addition annually to the population of a large group which is most susceptible to a number of fatal diseases. Despite this large annual infant population, however, the mortality rate among infants has been reduced, and the State stands well toward the top in this particular. Tuberculosis, which holds a place throughout the world as one of the major causes of death, in 19 21 claimed more than a thousand less victims in this State than in 1914, the first year for which dependable records are available. The total number of deaths from this cause in 1921 was 2,641, giving the State a rate of 98.4 per hundred thousand, or slightly under the rate for the registration area. This enviable record was made despite the fact that nearly five hundred deaths from this cause were of nonresidents, patients at government or private hospitals maintained in North Carolina because of its excellent climatic conditions. This rate is far under that of any other Southern State, with the single exception of Florida. Sustaining the records of the vital statistics of the State were the findings of the United States Government in connection with medical examinations made of men called for military duty under the Selective Service
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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 | 1920-1922 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-019 |
Form General | Periodicals |
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. |
Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 19 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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Fixed Title * | Page 25 |
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 | 1920-1922 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-019-0031 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; report/review |
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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Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 19 |
Page Number | 25 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | XiNETEENTH BlENNiAL REPORT 25 THE I\VESTMENT IX PUBLIC HEALTH North Carolina today holds rank as one of the most healthful States of the Union. For the past two years this State has maintained the highest birth rate, and at the same time has had a death rate below the average death rate of the United States registration area which now comprises approximately SO per cent of the population of the country. Coincident with the tremendous development of agriculture and industries during the years of the "present century has been an improvement in general health conditions no less remarkable. On account of its geographical location the State is especially susceptible to two semi-tropical diseases, malaria and hookworm disease. On account of its predominating rural population typhoid fever and other fecal borne diseases have largely affected the public health. Yet today hookworm disease is becoming rare in the State; malaria is making a last stand in certain sections of the State as yet undrained or only partially developed agriculturally; and typhoid fever has been removed as a major factor in the public health. The vital statistics records for the State as compared with those of the nation show that North Carolina has made a greater degree of improvement in the health of its people since 1900 than has the country as a whole. In 1900 the death rate for the registration area was 17.6 per thousand of population. At that time North Carolina had no accurate records, but it is estimated that the death rate for the State was approximately 22 per thousand of population. This very high death rate has been steadily decreased year by year until in 1921 the State had a rate of 11 per thousand of population as compared with a rate of 11.7 for the country as a whole. This marked reduction in the death rate is the more noteworthy when considered in connection with the high birth rate. In 1921 the latter was 33.4 per thousand of population, for the second successive year being the highest rate in the United States. This means an addition annually to the population of a large group which is most susceptible to a number of fatal diseases. Despite this large annual infant population, however, the mortality rate among infants has been reduced, and the State stands well toward the top in this particular. Tuberculosis, which holds a place throughout the world as one of the major causes of death, in 19 21 claimed more than a thousand less victims in this State than in 1914, the first year for which dependable records are available. The total number of deaths from this cause in 1921 was 2,641, giving the State a rate of 98.4 per hundred thousand, or slightly under the rate for the registration area. This enviable record was made despite the fact that nearly five hundred deaths from this cause were of nonresidents, patients at government or private hospitals maintained in North Carolina because of its excellent climatic conditions. This rate is far under that of any other Southern State, with the single exception of Florida. Sustaining the records of the vital statistics of the State were the findings of the United States Government in connection with medical examinations made of men called for military duty under the Selective Service |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-02/nchh-02-019.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-a; nchh-02 |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-02-019 |
Title Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/documa/searchterm/NCHH-02 |
Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb2375275 |
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