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Increase of Marriages, for Geographic Divisions: 1906 to 1907.

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Counties. The table on the following page gives the increase (or decrease) of marriages for each county, as well as the per cent of increase for those showing gains in 1907 over 1906.

The apparently high rate of gain shown for Inyo County is due only to the fact that complete returns for 1907 are contrasted with incomplete ones for 1906.

The per cents of increase in marriages were highest for the following counties: Tehama, 39.3; Kern, 35.5; Butte, 31.4; Napa, 27.2; Calaveras, 26.8; Mono, 25.0; Orange, 21.8; Madera, 20.4; Humboldt, 20.3; Kings, 20.0; San Francisco, 17.5; Yuba, 17.1; Santa Barbara, 16.1; Modoc, 15.2; Fresno, 14.8; Sacramento, 13.9; San Bernardino, 13.4; Monterey and Tulare, each 12.6; Nevada, 12.5; Glenn, 11.1; Santa Cruz, 10.4; Mendocino, 8.5; and San Diego, 8.1. Each of these twenty-four counties shows a rate of gain above the average rate for the State, 7.9 per cent. There were also increases in marriages, but at rates below the State average, in the following thirteen counties arranged in descending order: Los Angeles, 7.6; San Luis Obispo, 6.0; Sonoma, 4.7; Riverside, 4.2; Stanislaus, 4.0; Tuolumne, 3.3; Ventura, 3.1; Lake, 3.0; Placer, 2.3; Contra Costa and San Mateo, each 2.0; Merced, 1.3; and Santa Clara, 0.5. For Plumas County exactly the same number of marriages were reported in 1907 as in 1906.

There were decreases in marriages for 1907 as compared with 1906 in the following eighteen counties arranged alphabetically: Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Colusa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Lassen, Marin, Mariposa, San Benito, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sutter, Trinity, and Yolo. In most of these cases, however, the decreases were only slight.

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*Includes 5 marriages in Imperial County, formed August 15, 1907.

County Totals.-The following table shows the counties for which at least 100 marriages were reported to the State Bureau of Vital Statistics in 1907 and 1906, respectively:

Rank of Counties with at Least 100 Marriages: 1907 and 1906.

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*Includes 5 marriages in Imperial County, formed August 15, 1907.

Each year there were thirty-three counties with at least 100 marriages, Tehama replacing Yolo in the list in 1907. While there were only eighteen counties reporting 200 marriages for 1906, there were twentytwo reporting this number for 1907, the additional counties being Butte, Kern, Napa, and Contra Costa.

Comparison of the ranking of these leading counties in the number of marriages registered shows, notable gains in certain cases. Thus, Orange County rose from ninth place to seventh, passing San Diego and Fresno, while Humboldt rose from fifteenth to thirteenth, passing Riverside and Santa Cruz. Santa Barbara displaced San Mateo in sixteenth place in the ranking. Butte rose from twenty-fourth place to nineteenth, passing Contra Costa, Solano, San Luis Obispo, Mendocino, and Monterey; Napa rose from twenty-fifth place to twenty-first, passing these same counties; and Kern rose from twenty-seventh place to twentieth, passing these counties and Shasta besides. Likewise, Kings rose from thirtieth place to twenty-seventh, passing Ventura and Siskiyou. Finally, Tehama rose from below thirty-third place to thirtieth, passing Siskiyou, Yolo, Nevada, and Stanislaus.

VITAL STATISTICS FOR MARCH.

Births. For March there were reported 2,135 living births, as compared with 2,021 for February. For an estimated State population of 2.019,519 the March total represents an annual birth-rate of 12.5 against 12.6 for February.

The March totals, as reported to the State Bureau of Vital Statistics, were highest for the following counties: Los Angeles, 579; Alameda, 314; San Francisco, 296; Santa Clara, 100; Fresno, 61; San Diego, 58; and Sacramento and San Bernardino, each 51.

Births, so far as registered in the leading freeholders' charter cities. for March, were as follows: Los Angeles, 388; San Francisco, 296; Oakland, 150; Alameda, 58; Berkeley, 52; Pasadena, 40; Sacramento, 36; San Diego, 33; Fresno, 31; San José, 29; and Eureka, 26.

Marriages. The marriages reported for March number 1,470 against 1,532 for February, and represent an annual rate of only 8.6, as compared with 9.6 for the preceding month.

The March totals were greatest for the following counties: Los Angeles, 313; San Francisco, 294; Alameda, 185; Santa Clara, 70; Sacramento, 59; and Fresno, 50.

Deaths. Altogether 2,866 deaths, exclusive of stillbirths, were reported for March, against 2,759 for February. The annual death-rate for March is 16.8, as compared with 17.2 for February.

The March death totals were highest for the following counties: San Francisco, 607; Los Angeles, 546; Alameda, 308; San Diego, 106; San Joaquin, 101; Sacramento, 98; Santa Clara, 92; Fresno, 82; and San Bernardino, 73.

Deaths for March were reported as follows for the principal cities: San Francisco, 607; Los Angeles, 356; Oakland, 149; San Diego, 89; Sacramento, 61; Stockton, 52; Pasadena, 44; Berkeley, 42; San José, 35; and Alameda and Fresno, each 31.

Causes of Death.-In March there were altogether 463 deaths, or 16.2 per cent of all, from various forms of tuberculosis; 442, or 15.4 per cent, from diseases of the circulatory system; and 366, or 12.8 per cent, from pneumonia and other diseases of the respiratory system. As compared with February, March showed an increase in the proportion of deaths from heart disease and a decrease in the proportion. for pneumonia.

Other notable causes of death in March were violence, diseases of the nervous system, diseases of the digestive system, Bright's disease, epidemic diseases, and cancer.

As in recent months, diphtheria and croup led typhoid fever with 39 deaths for the former against 35 for the latter. March deaths from other epidemic diseases were as follows: Influenza, 27; measles, 17; whooping cough, 13; malarial fever and scarlet fever, each 5; and scattering, 11.

Further details appear in the following table, which gives the number of deaths from certain principal causes reported for March, as well as the proportions from each cause per 1,000 total deaths for both March and February:

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Geographic Divisions. The table below shows the number of deaths from main classes. of diseases reported for March for the several geographic divisions of the State, including the metropolitan area, or Greater San Francisco," in contrast with the rural counties

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