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TABLE 3.-Deaths from Certain Principal Causes, with Proportion per 1,000 Total Deaths, for Main Geographic Divisions: 1905-1906.

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Table 3 shows that the various epidemic diseases cause rather large proportions of all deaths in Northern California, the proportion for this division being higher than the State average in the case of every epidemic disease except measles and scarlet fever. In Northern California, also, the proportion is high for diseases of the nervous system other than meningitis, being 112.2 here against a general average of only 81.0. Central California excels particularly in the proportion of all deaths caused by diseases of the circulatory system (heart disease, etc.), the proportion for such diseases per 1,000 total deaths being 136.5 for this division, against only 126.3 for the State. Southern California leads especially in the proportion of all deaths due to tuberculosis, the proportion for tuberculosis of the lungs being 196.9 per 1,000 total deaths for the seven counties south of Tehachapi, as compared with only 134.0 for the State as a whole. In Southern California, too, the proportion is high for measles, being 7.2 here against a State average of 4.7 per 1,000 total deaths.

Table 4 presents similar figures for the eight minor geographic divisions.

TABLE 4.-Deaths from Certain Principal Causes, with Proportion per 1,000 Total Deaths, for Minor Geographic Divisions: 1905-1906.

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TABLE 4.-Deaths from Certain Principal Causes, with Proportion per 1,000 Total Deaths, for Minor Geographic Divisions: 1905-1906—Continued.

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It appears from Table 4 that the coast counties of Northern California have a very high proportion of deaths due to diseases of the nervous system other than meningitis. This is accounted for by the fact that many of the deaths reported for this geographic division occurred at the Mendocino and Napa State Hospitals.

The interior counties of Northern California have high proportions for various epidemic diseases. Thus, the proportion for this division as compared with the average for the State is 21.4 against 3.3 for malarial fever, 19.0 against 8.0 for influenza, 12.2 against 6.4 for whooping-cough, 22.0 against 15.7 for typhoid fever, and 11.6 against 8.7 for diphtheria and croup.

In San Francisco the proportion is particularly high for diseases of the circulatory system, being 150.1 here against 126.3 for the State. The proportions for San Francisco are also considerably above the State averages for pneumonia and broncho-pneumonia, 92.6 against 79.7; for diarrhea and enteritis among children under 2 years of age, 30.7 against 25.9; and for suicide, 22.8 for the metropolis, against 17.5 for the State.

In the other bay counties, as in the metropolis itself, the proportion of all deaths caused by diseases of the circulatory system is very high,

being 143.0 for this group of suburban counties, against only 126.3 for the State as a whole.

The coast counties of Central California, like the coast counties of Northern California, have a high proportion for diseases of the nervous system other than meningitis (101.6 against 81.0), and the explanation is that the returns for this division include numerous deaths at the Agnews State Hospital.

The interior counties of Central California, like the interior counties of Northern California, have high proportions for certain epidemic diseases. The proportion of all deaths caused by malarial fever is 6.8 for this division, against 3.3 for the State, and the proportion due to typhoid fever is 28.4 for the division, against 15.7 for the State.

Los Angeles has a very high proportion of deaths due to tuberculosis of the lungs. The proportion for Los Angeles is no less than 201.4, as compared with only 134.0 for the State. Los Angeles also has a high proportion for measles and for diphtheria and croup, the proportions being 8.4 and 10.4 for the county, against 4.7 and 8.7, respectively, for the entire State.

The other six counties south of Tehachapi likewise have a high proportion for tuberculosis of the lungs, 188.7 against 134.0, as well as for diseases of the nervous system other than meningitis, 100.6 against 81.0. As for the coast counties of Northern and Central California, so for the counties of Southern California, the high proportion for nervous diseases is explained by the inclusion of deaths at State hospitals. The very high proportions of all deaths caused by tuberculosis both in Los Angeles and the other counties south of Tehachapi are accounted for by the great number of newcomers from Eastern states who succumb to the " great white plague " even after they reach the Land of Sunshine. Tuberculosis. -Table 5 brings out sharply the contrasts between different parts of the State in the mortality from tuberculosis.

TABLE 5.-Number and Per Cent of Total Deaths from Tuberculosis and All Other Causes, for Geographic Divisions: 1905-1906.

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It appears from this table that the 4,183 deaths from tuberculosis in California are 15.5 per cent, or over one seventh, of the total 27,026, reported in 1905-1906. The per cent of total deaths caused by tuberculosis is no less than 22.2 for Los Angeles and 20.8 for the other six counties south of Tehachapi. The per cent is below the State average, 15.5, for every geographic division north of Tehachapi. It is as low as 11.9 for the bay counties other than San Francisco, and only 10.6 for the interior counties of Northern California.

However, it must be remembered that deaths of newly arrived consumptives are much more numerous in Southern California than in the rest of the State. This appears clearly from Table 6, showing the length of residence in California of those who died of tuberculosis in 1905-1906.

TABLE. 6.-Deaths from Tuberculosis classified by Length of Residence in California, with Per Cent Distribution, for Geographic Divisions: 1905-1906.

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