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VOL. 22, No. 13

JUNE 27, 1974

VITAL STATISTICS REPORT

ANNUAL SUMMARY FOR

THE UNITED STATES, 1973

BIRTHS, DEATHS,

MARRIAGES, AND DIVORCES

U. S. DE PA RTLIENT OF HE AL TH, ED UC AT IO N, AND WELFARE

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Births---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Natural Increase----------------------------------------------------------------------

Deaths--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Major Causes of Death---------------------------------------------------------------

Death Rates by Age, Color, and Sex--------------------------------------------------

Maternal and Infant Mortality-------------------------------------------------------

Expectation of Life-----------------------------------------------------------------

Marriages-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Divorces------------------------------------------------------------------------------,

Explanatory Notes---------------------------------------------------------------------

Nature and Sources of Data----------------------------------------------------------

Current Mortality Sample------------------------------------------------------------

Cause-of-Death Classification-------------------------------------------------------

Correction for Bias-----------------------------------------------------------------

Sampling Variability----------------------------------------------------------------

Population Bases for Computing Rates------------------------------------------------$

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B.

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tables

Live-births, birth rates, and fertility rates, by month: United States,1972 and l973------------------------------------------------------------------

Deaths and death rates, by month: United States, 1912 and 1973------------------

Death rates for the 10 leading causes of death: United States, 1973-------------

Death rates by age: United States, 1972 and 1973--------------------------------

Infant mortality rates by.age and color: United States, 1950 and 1960-73--------

Infant mortality rates, by age and selected causes: United States, 1970-73------

Death rates for specified causes, by age groups over 1 year: United States,1972 and l973------------------------------------------------------------------

Deaths under 1 year and infant mortality rates, by month: United States,1972 and l973------------------------------------------------------------------

Marriages and marriage rates, by month: United States, 1972 and 1973------------

Estimated number of divorces and divorce rates, by month: United States,1972 and l973------------------------------------------------------------------

Divorces and divorce rates:United States and each reporting area, 1972 and 1973-

General tables

1. Live births, marriages, and rates: Each reporting area, 1972 and 1973-----------

2. Deaths, infant deaths, and rates: Each reporting area, 1972 and 1973------------

3. Abridged life table for the total population: United States, 1973---------------

4. Death rates by month: United States, 1961-73------------------------------------

5. Death rates by age, color, and sex: United States, 1950 and 1960-73-------------

6. Deaths and death rates by age, color, and sex: United States, 1973-------------

7. Deaths for selected causes: United States, 1968-73--------------------:---------

8. Death rates for selected causes: United States, 1968-73-------------------------

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VITAL STATISTICSOF THE UNITEDSTATES

~ Rate per 1,000 population

Item

19731 19721 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967

Births---------------- 15.0 15.6 17.2 18.4Deaths---------------- 9.4

17.8 17.59.3 9.5

17.8

Natural increase------ ::; :::9.4

1::: 11:::?::

Marriages------------- 10.98.4

1:::Divorces (est.)------- 4.4 4.0 13.7

10.6 1;.$ 9.73.5 3.2 . 2.6

lProvisional.

Tne provisionalvitalstatisticsreportedhere 1,000populationandthe fertilityratewas 69.3birthsmonthlyhave been summarized for the year.These per 1,000women 15-44 years of age.These ratespreliminarytotalsshow more marriages,divorces, were 4 and 6 percentlower,respectively,than inand deathsand fewer birthsin 1973 thanin1972. 1972(tableA).These declineswere more thanenough

tooffseta2-percentincreaseinthenumberofwomen

BIRTHS inthechildbearingages (assumedtobe 15-44years),

resultingina declineofabout115,000births.In 1973 thenumber of livebirthsin theUnited According to projectionsprepared by the U.S.

Statesdeclinedto an estimated3,141,000,about4 Bureau of the Census,the number of women inthepercentfewer thanthenumber estimatedfor 1972. childbearingages willincreaseanother4 percentbyThe birthand fertilityratesdeclinedto recordlow 1975. The projectedincreaseis greatestat ageslevelsin 1973.The birthratewas 15.0birthsper 20-29 (7percentbetween 1973 and 1975)where fer-

Table A. LIVE BIRTHS,BIRTH RATES,AND FERTILITY RATES, BY MONTH: UNITED STATES, 1972 AND 1973

~Ratesonanannu,lhasis.Birth rates perl,OOO population and fertility rates perl,OOO women age(l15-44 years]

Month

Total-----

January---------February--------March-----------April-----------May -------------June------------July------------August----------September-------October---------November--------December--------

Number

1973

3,141,000

259,000244,000267,000255,000260,000253,000267,000277,000277,000266,000255,000260,000

1972

3,256,000

278,000261,000275,000256,000270,000264,000265,000284,000284,000275,000269,000275,000

Birth rate

Unadjusted forseasonal

variation

1973

15.0

14.615.215.014.814.614.715.015.516.014.914.714.6

1972

15.6

15.915.915.615.015.415.515.016.116.6L5.615.715.5

Adjustedfor

seasonalvariation

1973

...

15.415.415.415.415.214.914.715.014.914.614.514.4

Ferti.li.tyrate

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Unadjusted forAdjusted

forseasonalvariation

seasonalvariation

1973

69.3

68.170.969.968.967.768.069.472.074.268.867.967.0

=

1972 1973

73.4 ...

74.874.973.570..872.272.670.575.477.972.973.372.6

71.571.671.971.870.6:;.:

69:268.967.267.166.6

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tility rates are highest. Unless there are further de-clines in the age-specific birth rates the projectedchanges in the number of young women will tend toraise the future number of births.

Provisional data by place of occurrence showthat the birth rate declined in all geographic divisionsbetween 1972 and 1973 and the number of births de-clined in all except the Mountain Division. The birthrate declined in all States except Georgia artd thenumber of births declined in all but nine States.

30 r BIRTH RATE 30— 1973

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NATURAL INCREASE

Natural increase (the excess of births over deaths)resulted in the net addition of 1,164,000 persons tothe population of the United States during 1973. Therate of natural increase was 5.6 persons per 1,000

Table B. DEATHS AND DEATH RATES, BY

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0population compared with 6.2 for 1972. This is less;han one-half of the high rates of about 16 per 1,000population observed in the mid- 1950ts. Since thedeath rate has been quite stable, the decline in therate of natural increase has been due almost en-tirely to the decline in the birth rate.

DEATHSThere were approximately 1,977,000 deaths to

residents of the United States during 1973, 15,000more than in 1972. However, the protiisional deathrate for 1973 was 9.4 per 1,000 population, the sameas the rate recorded for 1972.

The usual pattern of the highest death rates]ccurring in the winteq and the lowest in the summerwas evident again in 1973. However, the months oflecember and January had substantially lower deathrates than the corresponding months of the previousyear (table B).

~aior Causes of Death

The 10 leading causes of death shown in table Ceach had the same rank for 1973 as for 1972 exceptfor Cirrhosis of liver (9 in 1972) and Certain causesof mortality in early infancy (7 in 1972).

Cause-of-death ranking is based on the List of69 Selected Causes of Death, adapted from one of

●the special lists for mortality tabulations recom-mended by the World Health Organization for use withthe Eighth Revision of the International Classification

MONTH: UNITED STATES, 1972 AND 1973

[Rates on an annual basis per 1,000 population]

Month

Total---------i --------------------

January----------------------------------February ---------------------------------March ------------------------------------April ------------------------------------May------ ------- ------ ------ ------ -------June -------------------------------------July ------- ------- -------- ------- ------- -August -----------------------------------September --------------------------------October ----------------------------------November ---------------------------------December ---------------------------------

Number

1973

1,977,000. .

179,000177,000175.000

160;000156,000161,000161,000168,000

1972

1,962,000

186,000174,000171,000159,000159,000154,000159,000160,000153,000161,000157,000170,000

Rate

1973

9.4

10.111.0

9.89.49.29.28.99.09.0

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1972

9.4

10.61;.;

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9.39*O9.09.09.18.99.19.29.6

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9 Table C. DtiTH RATES FOR TRE 10 LEADINGCAUSES OF DEATH: UNITED STATES> 1973

~5asedon alO-percent sample of deaths. Rates perlOO,OOOpopu-lation. Seetable 7foroategory numbers ofcaysesofcIeath]

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2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

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Cause of death

All causes --------

Diseases of heart ------

Malignant neoplasms,including neoplasms oflymphatic and hema-topoietic tissues -----

Cerebrovasculardiseases --------------

Accidents --------------

Influenza andpneumonia -------------

Diabetes mellitus ------

:irrhosis of liver ------

arteriosclerosis --------

;ertain causes ofmortality in earlyinfancy ----------------

Bronchitis, empHysema,and asthma ------------

All other causes -------

Deathrate

942.1

359.5

168.4

102.3

54.8

29.1

17.4

16.0

15.9

14.8

14.4

149.4

Percentof

totaldeaths

, 100.0

38.2

17.9

“1O.9

5.8

3.1

1.8,

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.5

15.9

of Diseases. Two group titles—Major cardiovasculardiseases and Symptoms and ill-defined conditions—are not ranked. In addition, category titles that beginwith the words “Other” or “All other” are not ranked.The remaining titles are ranked to determine theleading causes of death. When one of the titles thatrepresents a subtotal is ranked (e.g., Tuberculosis,all forms), its component parts (in this caseTuber-culosis of respiratory system andTuberculosis, otherforms) are not ranked.

Diseasesof heavt. —The death rate for Diseasesof heart (the leading cause of death) showed a0.5-percent decrease from unestimated 361.3per100,000population in 1972 to an estimated 359.5 in 1973.

Malignant neopfasms.-1n 1973 the estimateddeath rate for Malignant neoplasms, including neo-plasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues, was168.4 per 100,000 population, an increase of l.l per-cent from the estimated rate of 166.6 in 1972. Higherdeath rates were recorded for theagegroups 55-64years, 75-84 years, and85 years and over.

CeYebrovascula~ diseases. — The provisionaldeath rate for Cerebrovascular diseases increasedfrom 100.9 per 100,000 population in 1972 toanesti-mated 102.3 in 1973, a 1.4-percent increase.

Accidents.—The provisional death rate for Acci-dents increased from 54.6 per 100, 000 population in1972 to an estimated 54.8 in 1973, an increase of0.4 percent. The death rate for Motor vehicle acci-dents in 1973 (26.5 )decreased 2.6 percent when corn-pared with the rate for 1972 (27.2). However, thedeath rate for All other accidents in 1973 (28.3) in-creased 3.3 percent when compared with the rate in1972 (27.4).

Influenza and pneumonti.— ~ 1973 the estimateddeath rate for Influenza and pneumonia was 29.1 per100,000 population, down 1.0 percent from the esti-mated rate of 29.4 in 1972. This decline was due en-tirely to a drop in the death rate for Pneumonia. TheInfluenza death rate remained the same (2.4).

Dtibetes mellitus.— The provisional death ratefor Diabetes mellitus decreased from 18.8 per 100,000

population in 1972 to an estimated. 17.4 in 1973, a7.4-percent decrease.

Ciwhosis of liver. —In 1973 the estimated deathrate for Cirrhosis of liver was 16.0 per 100,000 popu-lation, the highest ever recorded in the United States.This rate was 1.9 percent higher than the 1972 esti-mated rate (15.7).

Artwiosclwosis.— The provisional death ratefor Arteriosclerosis was 15.9 per 100,000 population,an increase of 0.6 percent from the estimated ra-teof 15.8 in 1972.

Cwtiin causes of movtility in early infancy.——The death rate for Certain causes of mortality inearly infancy decreased from 16.4 per 100,OOOpopu-

lation in 1972 to an, estimated 14.8 in 1973. This ratewas the lowest ever recorded in the United States,

12~ DEATH RATE 12.0-0 1974

1!PER 1,000 POPULATION

— 1973

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and represented a decrease of 9.8 percent from theestimated rate in 1972.

Bronchitis, emphysema, andasthma. -h 1973the estimated death rate for Bronchitis, emphysema,and asthma was 14.4 per 100,000 population, an in-crease of 4.3 percent from the estimated rate of 13.8in 1972.

Death Rates by Age, Colar, and Sex

During 1973 all the age-specific death rates per100,000 population decreased from the 1972 ratesexcept for the age groups 1-4 years, 5-14 years,

e 15-24 years, 75-84 years, and 85 years and over

(table D). The, largest declines occurred in the agegroups 35-44 years (down 4.0 percent) and 65-74years (down 3.3 percent).

White males. — In 1973 the age groups under 1

year, 35-44 years, 45-54 years, 55-64 years, and65-74 years had the lowest estimated age-specificdeath rates ever recorded for white males in the UnitedStates. The age group under 1 year had an estimateddeath rate of 17.5 per 1,000 population, a 1.7-percentdecrease from the estimated 1972 rate (table 5).

All othw roles. -–In 1973 the age group 65-74years had the lowest estimated age-specific deathrate ever recorded for the category’ ‘all other males. ”The age group under 1 year had a death rate of 33.O

per 1,000 population, an increase of 8.2 percent whencompared with the estimated rate for 1972 (30.5).

Table D. - DEATH RATES BY AGE: UNITED STATES,1972 AND 1973

[Jased on a 10-percent sample of deaths. Rates per 100,000 PO~UIQ-

tion in specified group]

IPercent

Age 1973 1972 differ-ence

All agesl --- 942.1 942.2 -0.0

Under 1 year ---- 1,7;; .: 1,795.4 0.01-4 years ------- 79.4 0.65-14 years ------ 41:4 40.7 1.715-24 years ----- 130.6 129.025-34 years ----- 152.7 156.9 -i:;35-44 yeara ----- 289.0 ;::. ; -4.045-54 years ----- 698.6 -2.255-64 years ----- 1,607.0 1,612:1 -0.365-74 years ----- 3,434.7 3,551.7 -3.375-84 years ----- 7,976.7 7,901.3 1.085+ years ------- 17,446.6 16,222.6 7.5

1Figures for age not stated included in

“All ages” but not distributed among agegroups.

STATISTICS REPORT

White fewles. —In 1973 the age groups under 1year and 65-74 years had thelowest estimated age-specific death rates ever recorded for white femalesin the United States. The age group under 1 year hadan estimated death rate of 13.1 per 1,000 population,a reduction of 4.4 percent from the estimated ratefor 1972 (13.7).

All othw females. — In 1973 the age groups 15-24years, 25-34 years, 45-54 years, and 55-64 yearshad the lowest estimated age-specific death ratesever recorded for the category “all other females,”The age group under 1 year hadadeath rate of 29.4per 1,000 population, an increase of 13.1 percentwhen compared with the estimated rate for 1972(26.0).

Maternal and infant Mortality

In 1973 the deaths of an estimated 470 womenwere assigned to Complications of pregnancy, child-birth, and the puerperium. The provisional maternalmortality rate was 15.0 per 100,000 live births. Thisrate is the equivalent of one maternal death for every6,683 live births. The maternal mortality rates per100,000 live birthsare as follows:

1973 (est. )--------1972 (est. )--------1971 -------------1970 -------------1969 -------------

1968 -------------1967 -------------1966 -------------

for 1950 and the last 14 years

●15.0 1965 ------------ 31.624.0 1964 ------------ 33.318.8 1963 ------------ 35.821.5 1962 ------------ 35.222.2 1961 ------------ 36.9

24.5 1960 ------------ 37.128.0 1950 ------------ 83.329.1

In 1973 there were approximately 55,300 infantdeaths resulting inanestimated infant mortality rateof 17.6 per 1,000 live births. This was the lowestannual rate ever recorded in the United States andrepresents a decrease of 4.9 percent from the esti-mated rate of 18.5 in 1972. The infant mortality ratewas a record low for every month in 1973 exceptFebruary. Both the neonatal (under 28days) and the

postneonatal (28 days to 11 months) mortality ratesdeclined in 1973 with the neonatal rate showing aproportionately greater decline than the postneonatalrate. The infant mortality rate increased for twocauses of death during 1973 when compared with1972—Certain gastrointestinal diseases increased50.0 percent and Birth injuries increased 20.0 Per-cent.

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oTable E. INFANT MORTALITY RATES BY AGE AND COLOR: UNITED STATES, 1950 AND 1960-73

[FIJr 1972 and 1973, based on a 10-percent sample of deaths; for all other years, based on final data. Itates per 1,000 live birth~

All otherTotal

1

Jnder28

days

12.913.714.215.115.616.116.517.217.717.918.218.318.418.720.5

White

Year 28 daysto 11nonths

9.08.58.9

1;::11.612.113.914.914.615.415.314.516.416.9

28 daysto 11

months

Under1

year

Jnder28days

Jnder1

year

28 daysto 11months

Jnder1

year

Under28

days

::;4.04.04.24.54.7

.;::5.45.55.55.55.77.4

28.829.028.530.932.934.535.938.840.341.141.541.440.743.244.5

19.820.619.621.422.523.023.824.825.426.526.126.126.226.927.5

1973 (est.)-----1972 (est.)-----1971------------;;;:------------

------------1968------------1967------------1966------------1965------------1964------------1963------------1962------------1961------------1960------------1950------------

17.618.519.120.020.921.822.423.724.724.825.225.325.326.029.2

4.74.84.94.95.35.75.96.57.06.9

;::6.9

;::

15.216.317.117.818.419.219.720.621.521.622.222.322.422.926.8

110512.313.013.814.214.715.015.616.116.216.716.916.917.219.4

lifeexpectancyever attainedin the UnitedStates.Expectation of LifeExpectationof lifeis the averagenumber of years

● The estimatedexpectationoflifeatbirthin1973 -thatan infantcouldbe expectedto liveiftheage-

was 71.3years for thetotalpopulation,thehighest specificdeath rates observed during the year of

Table F. INFA~ MORTALITY ~TES, BY AGE AND SELECTED CAUSES: UNITED STATES, 1970-73

[For1972 and 1973, based on a 10-percent sample of deaths; for all other years, based on final data. Rates per 1,000 live bithsl

1972

18.5

Age and cause of death 1973

17.6

12.9

4.7

0.3

1.1

2.8

0.6

1.9

1.7

5.6

3.6

1971 1970

20.0

15.1

19.1Total, under 1 year--------------------------

14.2

4.9

0.2

1.5

3.0

0.6

2.3

2.1

5.8

3.6

Under 28 days--------------------------------------

28 days to 11 months-------------------------------

Certain gastrointestinaldiseases-------------------004,006-009,535,561,563

Influenza and pneuraonia-------------486-474,48O-486

Congenital anomalies------------------------74O-759

Birth injuries-------------------764-768(.0-.3),772

Asphyxia of newborn, unspecified--------------776.9

Immaturity, unqualified-------------------------777

Other diseases of earlyinfancy-----------------------Remainderof 760-778

All other causes---------------------------Residual

13.7

4.8

0.2

1.3

3.0

0.5

2.1

1.9

6.0

3.5

4.9

0.2

1.7

3.0

0.6

2.5

2.3

6.1

3.5

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6

=

12

:

56

78

910

1112

1314

1516

1718

1920

2122

2324

2526

2728

2930

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3334

3536

3738

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Table G. DEATH RATES FOR SPECIFIED CAUSES, BY AGE

LBased on a 10-percent sample of deaths. Rates

Cause of death and year

Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphaticand hematopoietic tissues (140-209):

1973-------------------1972-------------------

Malignant neoplasms of digestive organsand peritoneum (150-159):

1973-------------------1972-------------------

Malignant neoplasms of respiratory sy;~(160-163):-------------------

1972-------------------Malignant neoplasm of breast (174):

1973-------------------1972-------------------

Malignant neoplasms of genital organsl$+~O-187):-------------------

1972-------------------Diabetes mellitus (250):

1973-------------------1972-------L-----------

Major cardiovascular diseases (390-448):1973-------------------1972-------------------

Diseases of heart (390-398,402,404,’41~;$~9):-------------------

1972-------------------Cerebrovascular diseases (430-438):

1973-------------------1972-------------------

Cerebral hemorrhage (431):1973-------------------1972-------------------

Cerebral thrombosis (433):1973-------------------1972-------------------

Arteriosclerosis (440):1973-------------------1972-------------------

Influenza and pneumonia (470-474,480-486):1973-------------------1972-------------------

Bronchitis, emphysema. and asthma (490-493):-. .

Cirrhosis of liver (571):

Accidents (E800-E949):

Motor vehicle accidents (E81O-E823):

1973-:-----------------1972-------------------

1973-------------------1972-------------------

1973-------------------1972-------------------

1973-------------------1972-------------------

All other accidents (E800-E807,E825-E949):1973-------------------1972-------------------

Suicide (E950-E959):1973-------------------

Homicide (E960-E978):1972-------------------

1973-------------------1972-------------------

All agesl

168.4166.6

46.546.7

37.336.9

15.214.9

20.220.4

17.418.8

494.4493.9

359.5361.3

102.3100.9

16.317.6

26.827.1

15.915.8

29.129.4

14.413.8

16.015.7

54.854.6

26.527.2

28.327.4

11.611.7

9.49.1

1-14years

5.66.2

:::

0.10.1

0.;

0.10.2

1.61.7

:::

0.60.6

::;

0.0

.

2.22.6

:::

o.i

24.122.4

10.510.7

13.611.7

0.40.1

1.60.9

l~ncludes deaths under 1 year ‘f age”


● GROUPSOVER 1 YEAR: UNITEDSTATES,1972 AND 1973

perlOO,OOO population in specified group]

15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85 yearsyears years years years years years years and over

7.2 15.4 54.9 181.4 428.6 778.2 1,208.1 1,457.77.4 15.8 55.6 183.4 426.3 784.2 1,178.4 1,348.4

2.2 8.8 37.0 108.6 226.5 401.4 556.4::: 2.1 9.1 38.1 108.0 231.5 409.9 518.5

1.0 10.6 49.7 122.7 193.6 191.6 128.2::; 1.0 10.8 49.0 123.0 191.4 192.4 121.1

0.1 1.7 10.7 26.4 43.0 58.6 77.3 106.70.1 1.7 10.0 27.0 39.7 57.7 77.5 116.9

0.9 2.2 6.3 18.4 38.7 89.9 190.3 243.60.7 2.6 7.0 19.6 40.6 96.7 176.1 223.7

0.4 1.7 4.4 11.4 33.1 82.0 171.1 227.00.5 2.6 4.3 13.2 34.6 95.5 176.2 224.3

:.; 14.3 73.3 268.1 762.6 1,914.5 5,229.4 12,914.7. 14.7 80.0 282.8 767.9 1,990.8 5,190.4 11,960.6

2.4 9.9 56.0 222.0 621.3 1,452.2 3,634.3 8,382.22.4 9.3 61.2 233.4 625.8 1,514.4 3,636.5 7,834.7

1.2 13.5 36.5 107.7 356.7 1,229.7 3,266.31.6 2:: 14.9 39.1 110.6 367.5 1,198.5 2,972.0

0.3 0.5 4.4 11.2 28.2 66.8 162.6 327.60.3 1.3 4.8 13.0 31.8 72.9 169.5 324.6

‘ 0.0 0.1 21.3 91.6 356.0 973.00.0 0.1 ::; ::: 21.3 93.9 368.8 915.9

0.0 0.1 1.1 6.3 34.4 193.1 910.40.1 0.0 1.1 6.5 35.0 192.3 860.4

2.0 3.7 14.6 31.0 79.9 288.3 875.52.2 2.8 ::: 16.0 31.8 84.1 282.3 816.8

1.9 8.3 ‘ 32.2 79.8 134.2 123.9;:; ::? 1.8 8.0 31.1 82.9 117.7 106.8

3.8 19.1 40.1 53.1 45.4 30.1 17.8:;: 3.9 18.6 40.2 50.9 44.8 29.4 25.7

71.0 51.6 45.3 49.2 52.2 75.2 157.0 404.967.2 51.7 46.2 48.5 56.5 79.4 172.5 389.0

48.2 30.9 23.8 ;:.; 22.3 28.4’ 42.0 36.247.3 31.5 25.1 . 26.4 31.0 46.1 35.2

22.8 20.8 21.5 25.1 29.9 46.8 115.1 368.719.9 20.2 21.1 23.8 30.1 48.4 126.4 353.8

10.4 14.2 15.4 19.8 ;;:; 19.8 18.8 19.69.7 14.3 16.7 19.7 . 20.3 20.4 18.5

13.2 17.5 13.5 10.8 9.7 5.2 5.612.4 18.3 16.3 11.1 7.7 4.4 2.5 ;:;

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Table H. DEATHS UNDER 1 YEAR AND INFANT MOR-TALITY RATES, BY MONTH: UNITED STATES, 1972AND 1973

[Rates Onan annual basis per 1,000 live births. hfontbly rates ad-justed for changing number of births]

Month

Total ------

January --------February -------March ----------April ----------May------------June -----------July -----------August ---------September ------October --------

, November -------December -------

Number

1973

55,300

4,8004,7005,0004,6004,5004,4004,5004,6004,5004,6004,3004,600

1972

60,200

5,3005,1005,2005,0005,1004,900:,;CI:

4;8005,0004,7005,100

Rate

1973

17.6

18.119.318.517.917.317.316.716.616.617.416.917.7

1972

18.5

18.519.018.618.818.418.418.318.217.018.117.618.4

birth were to continue unchanged througout his life-time. Based on the respective annual age-specific

death rates, the expectation of life at birth for eachof the last 10 years was as follows:

1973 (est.)-------- 71.3 1968-------------1972 (est.)-------- 71.2 1967-------------1971------------- 71.0 1966-------------1970------------- 70.9 1965-------------1969------------- 70.4 1964-------------

70.270.570.170.270.2

24 .

22

20

[

INFANT MORTALITY RATE—124

PER 1,OOOLIVEBIRTHS

‘~

1973‘----”’1972 22

20

,8[=...r*r*...*..~j:16 —

o IT I I o

MARRIAGES

The number ofmarriages continuedtorise in1973but at a decreasing rate. Theprovisional nationaltotalthis year was2, 277,000, about8 ,000morethanin 1972,or an increase of less than 0.5 percent. ln 1968 therewas a steep 7-percentincrease in thenumber of mar-riages, butsin$e then, the yearly increase hassloweddown and has averaged less than 2 percent ayear.

Theprovisional marriage rateremained thesamefor 1973 as for 1972, 10.9 per l,OOOpopulation. Thiswas preceded by a 3-year plateau of 10.6 perl,000population.

In 1973 four of the nine geographic divisionsofthe United States had slight decreases inthenumbrof marriages performed (New England, Middle Atlan-tic, East South Central, and Pacific). The marriagerate declined in the South Atlantic Division as wellas in the Middle Atlantic and East South Central Di-visions. There was no change inthe rate for the NewEngland and Pacific Divisions. The marriage rateincreased in the remaining four divisions. Changesin the rate ranged from -2.4 percent to-i-4.O percent.

The number of marriages increased in34 Statesand declined in 16 andthe District of Columbia. A con-siderable decrease in the number of marriages oc-curred in New York (down 11,000 or 7 percent). When ●compared with 1972, the 1973 marriage rates in-creased in 23 States, declined in 22 and the Districtof Columbia, and remained the same in 5 States.The. marriage rate increased noticeably for Ohio(up 13 percent) and Utah (up 10 percent). Sizabledecreases were noted in the rates for the Districtof Columbia (down 10 percent), New York (down 7 per-cent), South Carolina (down 7 percent), and Georgia(down 5 percent).

Marriage rates were higherin1973than in 1972

for only 4 months (February, March,. May, and

August). The 1973 rate was the same as for 1972 for

20

15

10

5

0

– MARRIAGE RATE~ 20

PER 1,000 POPULATION — 1973.-*..*. 1972 I

J F MA M J J AS OND J FM A”MJ JASOND

MONTHLY VITAL STATISTICS REPORT 9

Month

Table J. MARRIAGES AND MARRIAGE RATES, BY MONTH: UNITED STATES, 1972 AND 1973

[RatesonarIarrn.albasis per 1,000 population]

Number Rate

Unadjusted for Adjustedforseasonal

1973 variation seasonal1972 variation

1973 1972 1973

Total---------------------- 2,277,000 2,269,000 10.9 10.9 . . .

January-------------------------- 130,000 139,000 7.9 10.0February-------------------------March

145,000 146,000 ;:: 8.9161,000

11.7---------------------------- 139,000 9.1 11.5

April---------------------------- 159,000 166,000 9.3 ;:: 10.7May------------------------------ 198,000 188,000 11.1 10.7 12.0June----------------------------- 266,000 262,000 15.4 15.4 10.0July----------------------------- 210,000 225,000 11.8 12.7 11.2August--------------------------- 267,000 237,000 15.0 13.4 12.2September------------------------ 191,000 208,000October

11.1 12.1--------- ---:------ -------- 185,000 189,000 10.3 10.7 1;:!

November ------------------------- 183,000 182,000 10.6 10.6 1;.;December ------------------------- 183,000 187,000 10.2 10.6 .

the months of June and November and lower than for Table K. ESTIIVIATED NUM8ER OF DIVORCES AND

1972 for the other 6 months.

DIVORCES

Bo~h the number and the rate of divorces andan-nulments granted in the United States continued toincrease in 1973. The provisional number of divorcesgranted was 913,000. This represented an increaseof 74,000 or 9 percent over the number of divorcesgranted in 1972, similar to the increase from 1971to 1972. The divorce rate was 4.4 per l,OOOpopu-lation, the highest national rate ever reported and10percent above the 1972 rate. The increase inthedi-vorce rate between 1971 and1972 was 8 percent. Theprevious alltime peak of 4.3 per 1,000 populationoccurred in 1946. When comparing 1973 with 1963,the divorce rate nearly doubled. The average annualincrease was around 5 percent for the years 1963to 196.8 and. alittle over 8 percent from 1968 to1973.

The divorce rate among the States differs con-siderably. It ranges from 2.2per 1,000 populationinNorth Dakota to 15.6 per l,OOOpopulation in Nevada.Excluding Nevada, the highest rates for19730ccurredin Florida, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, with rates of7.3, 7.7, and 8.4 per 1,000 population, respectively.In 1973 New Jersey, Maryland, West Virginia, andArkansas had a20percent or more increase in theirdivorce rate over that for 1972. The provisional data

DIVORCE RATES, BYMONTH: UNITED STATES;-1972AND 1973

[Ratesonarrannual basis oer 1,000 population]

Month

Total------

January--------February-------March----------April----------May------------June-----------July-----------August---------Sep&ember------October--------November-------December-------

Number

913,000 839,000

73.000167;00078,00075,00079,00078,00077,00078,00074,00080,00077.00079; 0001

63.000,000000000000000000000000000000

76;000

Rate

1973-

4.4

4.14.14.44.3

2:;4.3

::;4.54.44.4

1972-

4.0

for 1973 show declines in the divorce ratefor Alaska,the District of Columbia, Georgia, and Oregon.

There were no changes from 1972 to1973 inthedivorce rate for Connecticut, Hawaii, or Wyoming.In contrast to marriages, which demonstrate monthlyvariations in the rate, there is little variability inthe divorce rate by month.


Table L. DIVORCES AND DIVORCE RATES: UNITED STATES AND EACH REPORTING AREA, 1972 AND 1973

~By place of occurrence. Rates per 1,000 population]

Area

United StatesI-----------------

Total, 45 areas2-----------------

Alabama--------------------------------Alaska---------------------------------Arkansas-------------------------------California-----------------------------Colorado-------------------------------Connecticut----------------------------

Delaware-------------------------------District of Columbia-------------------Florida--------------------------------Georgia--------------------------------Hawaii---------------------------------Idaho----------------------------------

Illinois-------------------------------Iowa-----------------------------------Kansas---------------------------------Kentucky-------------------------------Maine----------------------------------Maryland-------------------------------

Massachusetts--------------------------Michigan3------------------------------Minnesota------------------------------Mississippi----------------------------Missouri-------------------------------Montana--------------------------------

Nebraska-------------------------------Nevada---------------------------------New Hampshire--------------------------.NewJersey-----------------------------New Mexico-----------------------------New York-------------------------------

North Carolina-------------------------North Dakota---------------------------Ohio-----------------------------------Oklahoma-------------------------------Oregon---------------------------------Pennsylvania---------------------------

Rhode Island---------------------------South Carolina-------------------------South Dakota---------------------------Tennessee------------------------------Texas----------------------------------Utah-----------------------------------

Vermont--------------------------------Virginia-------------------------------Washington-----------------------------West Virginia--------------------------Wisconsin------------------------------Wyoming--------------------------------

Number

1973

913,000

824,000

‘21,2732,056

17,205l~,;;;

7:890

2,1872,975

56,02123;975‘3,9644,477

45.3239;17610,56612,7834,68014,165

14.46926;04610,96211,08122,0233,779

5,0718,5503,364

21,7616,179

47,460

18,6481,383

48,90720,52311,91730,497

2,4097,9031,808

22,12264,7595,270

2,14616,13121,7857,28611,6422;224

1972

839,000

‘753,000

1;,:;:

13:762111,16212,5038,003

1.8363;136

51,68823,9343,8953,801

---24,6121:,:;:

20:8093,628

4,458---

3,14117,49914,23040,937

17,2331,272

44,16717.48012;43527,142

---,14,17420,702

6,0119,7162,170

;Estimated.

Rate

1973

4.4

4.3

2:!8.45.75.82.6

:::7.3

;:~.

4.0

:::

:::3.5

2.52.9

:::4.65.2

1;::4.3

:::.

3.5

i::

::;.

2.52.9

;::

z::

4.6

2::;.;

6:3

1972

4.0

~Excludes”figures for Massachusetts, Nevada, and Vermont.Incomplete.‘Revised.

MONTHLY VITAL STATIST

EXPLANATORY

Nature and Sources of Data

All data for 1972 and 1973 in this report are pro-visional. Data for the United States, as a whole referto events occurring within the United States; otherdata refer to events within the reporting areas shown.

Beginning with 1970, final birth statistics excludedata for births to nonresidents of the United States andfinal mortality statistics exclude data for deaths ofnonresidents of the United S~ates. Data for nonresi-dents are included in provisional data for 1972 and 1973

Provisional or estimated figures for births, mar-riages, divorces, and deaths, except data estimatedfrom the Current Mortality Sample, summarize datafrom monthly reports of the numbers of birth, mar-riage, divorce, and death certificates received inregistration offices between two dates a month apartregardless of when the events occurred. Final figuresare counts of events occurring in the specified year.Monthly estimates of births and marriages for the en-tire United States are based on the monthly reportsadjusted for observed differences from final monthlyfigures. State figures are not adjusted in this manner.All mortality figures exclude fetal deaths.

● Provisional marriage data by State are shown intable 1. For most States data represent marriagesreported. The following areas reported marriage li-censes issued in 1973: Arizona, Arkansas, Kentucky,Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, New Orleans, andNew York City.

Seasonal adjustment factors reflect changes inthe Lenten season each year and in the number ofSaturdays in each month.

Provisional divorce data including reported an-nulments are shown in table L for the areas report-ing divorce data monthly. Divorce figures for theUnited States are estimated from a summary ofmonthly reports from 42 States and the District ofColumbia. These areas contain over 90 percent ofthe population of the United States as enumerated in1970.

Current Mortality Sample

The Current Mortality Sample is a 10-percentsystematic sample of death certificates received eachmonth in State vital statistics offices. Deaths anddeath rates for 1972 and 1973 by cause, age, color,and sex were estimated from this sample.

The sample was taken from death certificates

●received monthly during 1972 and 1973 in the vitaI

statisl

CS REPORT 11

NOTES

cs offices in the 50 States, the District of Co-lumbia, and two independent registration cities—NewOrleans and New York. The sample~for each of theseareas consists of one-tenth of the death certificatesreceived in the office between a given date and the samedate of the following month. All death certificates re-ceived during the 1-month period are sampled regard-less of the month or year in which the death occurred.As a result the monthly sample is not strictly com-parable to a sample on a month-of-occurrence basis.The proportion of death certificates received in the -samples for each month of 1973 representing deathsoccurring in the current month and those occurringin other months are shown in the following table:

Month

January -------February ------March ---------April ---------May-----------June ----------July ----------August --------September -----October -------November ------December ------

Deaths occurring in--

Samemonth

77.674.571.577.068.861.666.470.455.763.356.860.2

t

previous All otherm-onth months

17.2 5.222.218.1 1:::18.5 4.425.832.1 :::26.7 6.9

33.0 1?: :30.2 6.535.7 7.6

8.2

Because of the way in which death certificates areprocessed in California, this State contributes a highproportion of the certificates for deaths not occurring”in the sample month. For the sample exclusive ofCalifornia, the percentages of the sample deaths oc-curring in the current month constitute about 72 per-cent of the total as opposed to 67 percent of the entixesample. As for thz year of occurrence, 97.6 percentof the 193,863 transcripts in the 1973 sample were fordeaths occurring in 1973 and 2.4 percent for deathsoccurring in 1972.

Cause-of-Death Classification

The mortality statistics presented here are com-piled in accordance with the World Health OrganizationRegulations, which specify that member nations clas-

sif y causes of death in accordance with the currentrevision of the International Statistical Classification


i An adap-of Diseases, Injuries, and Causes of Death.tion of the Eighth Revision of the Classif ication—Eighth Revision, International Ctissification of Dis-eases, A&#ted for Use in the United States 2—wasused beginning with 1968. The Seventh Revision wasused for 1958 through 1967.

This introduction of a new revision has led to abreak in the comparability of data by cause of death.The comparability ratio is a measure that estimatesthe degree of comparability by cause.

For information about comparability ratios be-tween the Seventh and Eighth Revisions, see MonthlyVitil Statistics Repoyts, Vol. 17, No. 8, Supplement.For a list of other reports on the effects of revisionsof the International Lists on mortality statistics tabu-lated by cause, see Vitil Statistics-Spectil Reports,Vol. 51, No. 4, March 1965, p. 248.

Besides specifying the Classification, the WorldHealth Organization Regulations outline the form ofmedical certification and the coding procedures to beused. In general when more than one cause of deathis reported, the cause designated by the certifyingphysician as the underlying cause of death is the causetabulated.

Causes of death for data presented in this publi-cation were coded by procedures outlined in the 1969,1970-71, and 1972 issues of Part 2 of NCHS Instmc-tionManual, Vital Statistics, Instructions for MedicaiClassification of Death Records and the UnderlyingCause of Death.

.Co’rrection for Bias

The method of computing the bias factors whichadjust for over- or under-reporting of certain causesof death in the Current Mortality SampIe would haveinvolved comparing sample data for 1973 with finaldata for the 3 years immediately preceding 1973. How-ever, final 1972 data are not yet available. As a re-sult the usual correction factors that correct for

1world Health Organization:Manual of the Irsternational Sta-

tistical Clmsification of Diseases, Injun”es, and Causes of Death,

based on the Recommendationsof the Eighth Revision Confer-ence, 1965. Geneva.World Health Organization, 1967.

.‘National Center for Health Statistics: Eighth Reuision Inferna-

tiond Classification of Disemes, Adapted for Use in the UnitedStates. PHS Pub. No. 1693. Public Health Service.Washington.U.S.GovernmentPrinting Office, 1967.

●biases in the sample data for certain causes of deathwere not computed for the 1973 data.

Sampling Variability

Since the estimates of deaths and death rates pre-sented in this report (with the exceptions of total deathsand deaths under 1 year) are based on a sample of thedeath certificates, they are subject to sampling vari-ability. The estimated percent error shown in thisreport is a measure of the sampling variability to beexpected and represents the standard error of the es-timated number of deaths (or of the estimated deathrate) expressed as a percent of the estimate. Thechances are about 2 out of 3 that the percent differ-ence between an estimate and the result of a completecount is less than the percent error shown. The chancesare about 19 out of 20 that the percent difference isless than twice the percent error.

The percent errors of the estimates for givencauses of death or for a given age-color-sex groupare computed as follows:

whereV =the percent error of the estimate

x= the estimated number of deaths from a given ●cause-age-color-sex group

N = 1,977,000, the provisional number of registered

deaths in 1973.

The percent error due to sampling may be ob-tained by using the above formula where X is the es-timated number of deaths in a given group. For easyreference, the percent errors ascribable to samplingfor estimates based on several levels in the numberof deaths are

50------------ 42.4100-----------30.0200-----------21.2300-----------17.3400-----------15.0500-----------13.4600-----------12.2700-----------11.2800-----------10.6900-----------10.0

1,000---------9.52,000 ---------6.75,000 ---------4.210,000--------3.020,000--------2.150,000--------1.3100,000-------0.9200,000------- 0.6500,000-------0.41,000,000-----0.2


Population Bases for Computing Rates No 512. I!E stirnates of the Population of the United.States to December 1, 1973,”1974.

The populations used for computing rates shownin this report represent the population residing in the

Infant mortality rates are based on live births.specified area. They were published by the U.S. Bu-reau of the Census in the following issues of Cuwent

For an explanation of the method used in computing

Popuhtion Reports, Series P-25;infant mortality rates adjusted for the changingnumbers of births, see “Effect of Changing BirthRates Upon Infant Mortality Rates, ” Vitul S-tit~stics-’

No. 508. “Estimates of the Population of States, Spectil Repovts, Vol. 19, No. 21, Nov. 1944 (U.S.July 1, 1972 and 1973,”1973. Bureau of the Census).

SYMBOLS USED IN TABLES

Data not available ------------------------------------- ---

Category non applicable --------------------------------- . . .

QuantiT zero ----------------------------------------- -

Quantity more than O but less than 0.05 ------------------ 0.0

Figure does not meet standards of reliability or precision-- *

14 MONTHLY VITAL STATISTICS REPORTTable 1. LIVE BIRTRS , MARRIAGES , AND RATES: EACH REPORTING ARRA, 1972 AND 1973

[By~laceofoco.rren.e.Ratesper1,000population] ●

Area

New England --------------------------Maine ------------------------------New Hnpshire ----------------------Vermont ----------------------------Massachusetts ----------------------Rhode Island-----------------------Connecticut ------------------------

Middle Atlantic ----------------------New York---------------------------New Jersey-------------------------Pennsylvania -----------------------

East North Central-------------------Ohio-------------------------------Indiana----------------------------Illinois ---------------------------Michigan ---------------------------Wisconsin --------------------------

West North Central-------------------Minnesota --------------------------Iowa-------------------------------Missouri ---------------------------North Dakota-----------------------South Dakota -----------------------Nebraska---------------------------Kansas-----------------------------

South Atlantic -----------------------Delaware ---------------------------Maryland ---------------------------District of Columbia---------------Virginia ---------------------------West Virginia-------------------=--North Carolina ---------------------South Carolina ---------------------Georgia----------------------------Florida ----------------------------

East South Central-------------------Kentucky ---------------------------Tennessee --------------------------Alabama ----------------------------Mississippi ------------------------

We;~k~a~ Central----------------------------------------------

Louisiana --------------------------Oklahoma ---------------------------Texas------------------------------

Mountain -----------------------------Montana ----------------------------Idaho------------------------------Wyoming ----------------------------Colorado ---------------------------New Mexico -------------------------Arizona ----------------------------Utah-------------------------------Nevada-----------------------------

Live births

Number

1973

156,77415,3141:,:;;

74:77712,65936,642

489,387241,34993,478154,560

615,543160,99684,388166,844140,73162,584

239,50254,27339>30371,49610,37610,54522,89930,610

504,1028,22247,34919,91968,98028,14685,77247,78790,048107,879

a228,30655,66368,484a59,76044,399

356,54432,68765,88739,770218,200

165,82311,18913,9965,91239,34520,64337,98027,9588,800

399,78945,44731,731300,6376,64015,334

1972

166,51315,89211,2947,180;;,:;;

39:130

516,702254,43197,529164,742

644,471170,34787,191175,604147,18764,142

249,43556,62941,383::,;:;

10:72823,50031,637

514,9438,86751,05921,57971,93929,67989,49149,00784,337108,985

232,48955,41969,75261,86945,449

362,66432,98568,61141,246219,822

165,44611,36113,8285,81439,86920,58937,25827,9348,793

4:;,;;:

32:303303,5426,79715,324

Rate

1973

12.914.914.013.612.913.011.9

13.013.212.713.0

15.115.015.914.815.613.7

14.313.913.515.016.215.414.913.4

15.514.311.626.714.315.716.317.518.814.1

17.216.716.616.919.5

17.616.017.514.918.5

18.115.518.216.716.118.718.524.216.1

14.613.314.314.620.118.4

1972

13.815.414.615.513.713.912.7

13.713.913.213.8

15.715.816.515.616.214.2

15.014.514.415.816.715.815.414.0

16.215.712.628.815.116.717.218.417.915.0

17.716.817.317.620.1

18.216.718.415.718.9

18.715.818.316.916.919.3;;.;

16:7

14.913.714.814.820.918.9

Marriagesf

Number

1973

Pacific ------------------------------Washington -------------------------Oregon------; ----------------------California -------------------------Alaska -----------------------------Hawaii-----------------------------

lData are either marriages reported or marriage licenses issued; see Explanatory Notes.9Estimated.aRevised.

106,46811,9979,6154,98646,2137,69825,959

316,298155,80759,308101,183

420,575103,75461,144120,60694,97440,097

170,775;;,:;;

53:7555,74512,31213,77024,686

393,6664,2724:,:j;

58;33618,15247,29955,96166,97288,838

1170,49537,10256,326a48,17828,889

~2;j,:;;

~39;46941,053151,167

211,5927,8121:,;;:

27;26215,13626,02214,818102,866

245,40342,04019,59617:,;;:

9:758

1972

106,70911,7519,6515,13147,5957,82924,752

324,774166,73058,57399,471

4;;,;g:

60;649118,08795,27638,425

167,42931,81726,54053,7395,82612,09013,75623,661

39:,;;;

49;5536,29255,84918,28148,96358,57670,05681,322

1;;,::;

56:24949,56928,434

‘252,67724,949~38,03740,784148,907

‘202,0867,60812,1195,32826,513%14,273923,86413,116’99,265

‘246,190a40,39018,824173,5633,6829.731

Rate

1973

1::!12.210.77.97.98.4

8.48.58.18.5

10.3

1?:;10.710.58.8

10.28.49.511.3

1:::

1:;;

12.1

1:::

1;:!10.1

2::;14.011.6

12.811.113.713.612.7

912.712.8~lo.515.412.8

23.110.815.915.311.213.712.612.8187.7

1;:;8.8

1?:;11.7

1972

1;::12,511.18.28.18.0

8.69.18.08.3

9.98,611.510.51:.;.

12.4

1;:;8.411.710,39.422.014.811.2

13.111.314.014.112.6

212.612.6~lo.z15.512.8

222.910.616.015.411.2313.4~;;.;

2188:4

a9.0011.78.6

1::;12.0


● Table 2. DEATHS , INFANT DEATHS, AND WTES : EACH REPORTING ARRA , 1972 ANO 1973

[By placo of ooourrcnce. Rat.. for deathsatallagesa,t?per1,000population. Infant. morblity rales aro deaths under 1 year per 1,000 live births]

Area

New England --------------------------Maine ------------------------------New Hampshire ----------------------Vermont ----------------------------

Maaaachuaetta ----------------------Rhode Island-----------------------Connecticut ------------------------

Mi~rl~ygantic -------------------------------------------------

New Jersey -------------------------Pennsylvania -----------------------

East North Central -------------------Ohio -------------------------------Indiana ----------------------------Illinois ---------------------------Michigan ---------------------------Wisconsin --------------------------

West North Central -------------------Minnesota --------------------------Iowa-------------------------------Missouri ---------------------------

North Dakota -----------------------South Dakota -----------------------Nebraska ---------------------------Kansan -----------------------------

South Atlantic -----------------------Delaware ---------------------------Maryland-----------: ---------------District of Columbia ---------------Virginia ---------------------------

Weat Virginia ----------------------North Carolina ---------------------South Carolina ---------------------Georgia ----------------------------Florida ----------------------------

East South Central -------------------Kentucky ---------------------------Tennessee --------------------------Alabama ----------------------------Mississippi ------------------------

West South Central-------------------Arkansas ---------------------------Louisiana --------------------------Oklahoma ---------------------------Texas-----------,-------------------

Mountain -----------------------------Montana ----------------------------Idaho------------------------------Wyoming ----------------------------Colorado ---------------------------

New Mexico ---:---------------------Arizona ----------------------------Utah -------------------------------Nevada -----------------------------

Pacific ------------------------------Washington -------------------------Oregon -----------------------------California -------------------------Alaska -----------------------------Hawaii -----------------------------

Deaths (all ages)

Number

1973

121,53410,9067,7004,440

62,2149,49626,778

374,167179,44867,824126,895

.377,637101,08749,761107,87177,42741,491

167,044;$,:;;

53;433

6,0036,58815,15022,106

311,1455,13732,1919,769

40,540

20,24848,02724,58040,40290,251

‘1;:,::;

42;383‘35,60423,766

187,10121,88135,27226,720

103,228

72,7096,7636,2903,02019,060

8,12917,2387,6854,524

231,79530,53220,915

174,2971,4574,594

1972

122,23511,1747,4824,451

63,0379,60126,490

376,595182,57066,974127,051

379,691102,16448,622108,89477,92342,088

167,87734,99129,79952,653

5,8197,078

15,61521,922

309,8275,153

32,82610,39340,199

20,73947,34523,58744,18985,396

132,99833,85741,61034,31323,218

181,82321,571~:,.33:

99:971

70,5206,8476,1142,99918,453

7,99416,0827,5714,460

224,12829,88120,289

167,9791,4924,487

Rate

1973——

10.010.69,79.6

10.79.88.7

10.09.8

1?:;

9.29.49.4;.;

9:1

10.08.910.111.2

9.49.69.89.7

9.68.97.913.18.4

11.39.19.08.411.8

10.210.310.310.110.4

9.21 10.7

1;::8.8

~:~

8:67.8

i::6.68.3

8.5

;:!

4:45.5

1972

10.110.99.79.6

10.99.98.6

10.09.9

1;:;

9.39.59.2

:::9.3

10.1

1:::11.1

1:::10.29.7

9.89.18.113.98.4

11.69.18.9

1?::

10.210.310.3

1:::

1:::9.29.98.6

:::8.18.77.8

i:;6.78.5

8.2

;:;

::;

Infant deaths (under 1 year)

Number

1973

2,27923315499

1,156218519

8,2614,1891,4262,646

11,0212,8101,5783,2932,430910

3,957890620

1,290

173173361450

9,723125718483

1,288

546,1,8751,0991,5292,060

‘4,;;;

1,498‘1,3781,130

6,708618

1,342634

4,114

2,705208228

6;;

420583363154

5,952706471

4,439129207

1972

2,826265167114

1,386257637

9,1924,6021,6712,919

11,8772,9931,6733,5172,715979

4,401987720

1,363

166228417520

10,709168806550

1,483

6182,0581,0691,7892,168

5,1171,0711,5481,3751,123

6,935555

1,356766

4,258

2,;;:

215117701

409611~o

6,474748537

4,809112268

Rate

1973

15.215.213,915.7

15.517.214.2

16,917.415.317.1

17.917.518;719.717.314.5

16.516.415.818.0

16.716.415.814.7

19.315.215.224.218.7

19.421.923.017.019.1

21.616.821.923.125.5

18.818.920.415.918.9

16.318.616.316.116.6

20.315.413.017.5

14.915.514,814.819.413.5

1972

17.016.714.815.9

17.419.016.3

17.818.117.117.7

18.417.619.220.018.415.3

17.617.417.418.2

15.721.317.716.4

20.818.915.825.520.6

20.823.021.821.219.9

22.019.322.222.224.7

19.116.819.818.619.4

17.118.315.520.117.6

19.916.414.418.1

16.015.916,615.816.517.5

●“Revised.

16 MONTHLY VITAL STATISTICS REPORTTable 3. ABRIDGED LIFE TABLE FOR THE TOTfi POPULATION: ~ITED STATES, 1973

[For. explane.tion ofthecolumnsofthelifetable,seeSection5 of Vital Statistics of the United States, i968, Volume II,PartA]●

Age interval

Period of lifebetween two exact

ages statedin years

(1)

Averageremaininglifetime

Proportiondying Of 100,000born alive Stationary population

Proportion ofpersons aliveIt beginning ofage intervaldy~~in~alng

Average number>f years of liferemaining at

>eginning of ageinterval

In this and allsubsequent age

intervals

Number livingit beginning ofage interval

Number dyingd~in~

(4)

:n the ageinterval

(5) (6) (7)(2) (3)

lx d.x Txq“x L.x

fI

‘9s,439

~;:::

4S8,150

486,325

483,045

479,547

475,932

471,393

464,768

454,503

438,997

416,319

384,152

341,588

2S6,751

218,473

144,537

119,125

x tox+n

o-l-----------------

1-5-----------------

5-lo----------------

10-15---------------

15-20---------------

20-25---------------

25-30---------------

30-35---------------

35-40---------------

40-45---------------

45-50---------------

50-55---------------

55-60---------------

60-65---------------

65-70---------------

70-75---------------

75-80---------------

80-85---------------

85 and Over---------

71.3

71,6

67.8

63.0

58.1

53.4

48.8

44,1

39.5

34.9

30.5

26.2

100,000

98,243

97,929

97,718

97,523

96,961

96,244

95,565

94,771

93,716

92,074

89,543

S5,S37

80,390

72,911

63,362

50>981

36,156

21,947

1,757

314

211

195

562

717

679

794

1,055

1,642

2,531

3,706

5,447

7,479

9,549

12,381

14,825

14,209

21,947

7,133,339

7,034,900

6,642,680

6,153,605

5,665,455

5,179,130

4,696,085

4,216,538

3,740,606

3,269,213

2,804,445

2,349,942

1,910,945

1,494,626

1,110,474

768,886

482,135

263,662

119,125

0.0176

.0032

.0022

.0020

.0058

.0074

.0071

.0083

.0111

.0175

.0275

.0414

.0635

.0930

.1310

.1954

.2908

.3930

1.0000

22.3

18.6

15,2 ●12.1

9.5

7.3

5,4

Table 4. DEATH RATRS BY MONTH: DNT.TED STATES, 1961-73

~.~1972and1975,basedOn~lOVisiOn~lfigures;fOrallOtkerYears,basedOn finaldata.Ratesonanannualbasisper1,000population]

Month

Annual -----

January ----------

February ---------

March ------------

April ------------

May--------------

June -------------

July -------------

A~~st -----------

September --------

October ----------

November ---------

December ---------

1973(est.)

9.4’

10.1

11.0

9.8

9.4

9.2

9.2

8.9

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.3

9.4

1972(est.)

~

9.4

10.6

10.6

9.7

9.3

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.1

8.9

9.1

9.2

9.6

1971 1970 1969 1968

9.3 9.5 9.5 9.7

10.0 10.6 10.9 11.6

10.0 10.4 9.s 10.0

9.6 9.5 9.8 9.6

9.5 9.3 9.4 9.2

9.2 9.1 9.3 9.1

9.2 9.0 9.2 9.2

8.9 9.1 9.2 9.1

8.8 8.8 8.9 9.0

8.8 8.8 8.8 8.8

9.1 9.2 9.2 9.1

9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7

9.9 9.7 10.0 11.3

1965

9.4

10.1

10.4

10.1

9.5

9.2

9.1

8.9

8.7

8.8

9.3

9.5

9.9

1964

9.4

10.1

9.8

9.7

9.3

9.2

9.3

9.2

S.8

8.7

9.3

9.4

9.9

1963 1962 19611967 1966

9.4 9.5

9.8 10.1

9.8 10.1

9.6 9.9

9.3 9.9

9.3 9.4

9.1 9.3

8.9 9.6

8.7 8.7

8.9 8.8

9.2 9.3

9.5 9.3

10.2 9.8

9.3

10.0

9.8

9.4

9.4

9.1

9.0

8.9

8.6

8.8

9.2

10.4 10.4

11.2 10.3

11.1 10.0

9.6 9,6

9.1 9.3

9.3 8.9

9.0 8.8

8.5 8.8

8.7 8.7

9.0 9.2

9.2 9.5

10.3 10.1

9.4

10.00


●Table 5. DEATH SATES BY AGE, COLOR, AND S8X: UNITED STATES, 1950 AND 1960-73

[F.,197!?and1973,based..aICI..erCentsample.[death,;for,1,.~he~ye.t~,b...d..fi..ldata.Ratesper1,000populationi.specifiedgroup]

Color, sex,and year

T~AL

1973 (ese.)-----------~;;; (est.)-----------

------------------1970------------------1969-----------------1968------------------1967------------------1966------------------L965------------------:g::------------------

------------------1962------------------1961------------------1960------------------1950------------------

1973 (e8t.)-----------+~l:-(est.)-----------

-----------------1970------------------1969------------------1968------------------1967------------------1966------------------1965------------------1964------------------1963------------------1962------------------1961------------------1960------------------1950------------------

FEMALE

1973 (est.)-----------1972 (est.)-----------1971------------------1970------------------1969------------------196B------------------1967------------------1966------------------1965------------------1964------------------1963------------------1962------------------1961------------------1960------------------1950------------------

WHITE

-.. —1970------------------1969------------------1968------------------1967------------------1966------------------1965------------------1964------------------19633+;:~s:::::::::::::::::

------------------1960------------------1950------------------

WHITE, MALE

1973 (est.1

-----------;;;; (yt. -----------

-- ---------------1970------------------1969------------------1968------------------1967------------------1966------------------1965------------------1964------------------19633-----------------19623-----------------1961------------------1960------------------1950------------------

TAll ~deragesl 1 year

:::9.39.5

;:;9.49.5

;:;.

;:29.59.6

10.710.810.710,911.011.110.811.010.910.s11.110.910.711.011.1

:::8.08.1

;:;

;:?8.08.08.28.1

i:;8.2

9.5

::;

9:59.6;.;

9:49.49.59.4

;::9.5

10.710.810.710,910.911.110.810.910.810.811.010.810.711.010.9

1-4years

:::0.80.8

:::0.9

::;1.01.01.01.01.11.4

::;0.90.9

:::1.01.01.01.01.11.0

::;

::;0.70.8

j:;

0:8

8::0.9

::;1.01.3

::;0.70.8

:::0.80.8

:::0.9

::;1.01.2

:::0.80.80.80.80.80.9

:::0.90.9

:::1.4

-

5-14years

15-24years

1.21.2

1.21.2

;:;1.2.

;:i1.11.11.C1.C1.11.3

:::1.91.91.91.81.7

1::1.51.51.5

i::1.7

::$0.70.7

8:;0.60.6

:::0.60.60.60.60.9

1.2

;::1.2

:::1.11.1

i::1.0

i::1.0

, 1.1

‘ 1.8

::;1.71.81.71.61.61.51.51.41.41.4

:::

25-34years

::;1.61.6

;::1.5

;::1.51.51.51.41.51.8

2.12.22.12.2

;::2.0

2::2.01.9

!::1.92.2

;::1.01.0

:::1.01.1

::$

;:;1.01.11.4

1.31.31.31.31.3

i::1.3

i::1.31.21.21.21.5

i::1.71,8

::;1.7

i:;1.71.71.61.61,61.9

-35-44years

:::3.13.1

;:;3.13.13.13.13.C

::;3.C3.6

:::3.94.0

::;3.’93.93.93.83.8

::;3.74.3

2.22.22.32.3

;::

;::

;::2.3

3:22.32.9

:::2.62.72.72.72.72.7

::!2.62.6

::23.1

::;3.33.4

;::3.43.4

:::3.3

:::3,33.8

45-54years

;:;7.17.37.27.57.3

;:!7.47.s7.4

;::8.5

?:;9.39.69.69.89.69.8

;:!9.89.79,6

1?:;

4.95.05.05.2

;::;:;

:::.

:::5.36.4

;:26.56,76.66.86.76.8

:::6.86.86.76.97.7

::!8.68.8

::?9.09.19.09.09.29.1

;::9.8

55-64years

16.116.116.316.616.217.216.717.C16<$17.C17.316.$16.7

2;:::

22.122.222.522.823.123.723.023.323.123.023.222.622.423.124.0

10.610.710.911.011.111.411.111.211.311.411.811.611.512.014.0

15.215.315.52’5.815.816.215.916.116.016.016.215.915.816.318.0

21,221.321.622.022.222.722.222,522.222.122.321.821.622,323.0

55-74years

34.:35.535.s35.:37.438.537.538.437.537.E38.538.C37.2

2;:::

47.148.748.648.750.351.950.251.250.549.951.149.448.149.149.3

24,525.425.925.827.127.827.328.127.727.828.628.327.928.733.3

33.334.734.434.935.836.936.137.036.736.737.536.836.437.440.2

46.448.147.248.148.950.348.949.849.348,949.848.447.448.548.6

75-84years

85 yearsand over

174.5162.2177.6163.4190.8196.1194.2200.5202.0200.2210.1204.7195.9198.6202.0

162.0153.6174.2155.2188.0191.7188.6;;;.;

193:8201.4196.0187.8190.1191.9

● 8ee footnotesat end of table.


Table 5. DEATH RATES BY AGE, COLOR, AND SEX: fJNITEDSTATES, 1950 AND 1960-73--Con.

[For1972.nd1973,based.nalO-percenLsample.fde.ths;f.t.ll.tberye.rs,based.nfinaIdab.R.tasperl,OOOpo,ulaCioninspecifi4sroup]

Color, sex,and year

NHITE, MLE

1973 (est.)-----------1972 (est.)-----------1971------------------1970------------------1969------------------1968------------------1967------------------1966------------------1965------------------1964------------------19633-----------------19623-----------------1961------------------1960------------------1950------------------

ALL OTHER

1973 (est.)-----------1972 (est.)-----------1971------------------1970------------------1969------------------1968------------------1967------------------1966------------------1965------------------1964------------------19633-----------------19623-----------------1961------------------1960------------------1950------------------

ALL OTHER, MALE

1973 (est.)-----------1972 (est.)-----------1971------------------1970------------------1969------------------1968------------------1967------------------1966------------------1965------------------1964------------------1963319623:::::::::::::::::1961------------------1960------------------1950------------------

ALL OTH~ , FSMALE

1973 est.)-----------[1972 est.)-----------

1971------------------1970------------------1969------------------1968------------------1967------------------1966----------------Y-1965------------------1964------------------19633-----------------19623-----------------1961------------------1960------------------1950------------------

Allagesl

8.38.28.18.18.28.28.0

;::8.08.18.0

:::8.0

9.29.3

;::9.69.99.49.79.7

1:::9.8

1:::11.2

10.911.110.811.211.311.610.911.311.111.111.511.210.911.512.5

7.67.67.7

:::8.37.9

::28.38.78.58.48.79.9

fJnderL year

1-4years

0.60.60.70.70.70.70.70.70.70.80.80.80.8

::?

1.11.2

;::1.31.41.41.51.51.61.71.71.71.92.5

1.31.2

;::1.41.5

:::1.61.71.91.81.82.12.7

1.0

i:;

i::1.21.21.41.41.51.61.5

i:?2.3

5-14 I 15-24years years

1

:::0.30.30.30.30.30.30.30.30.30.30.30.30.5

0.50.50.50.50.60.60.60.60.60.60.60.60.60.60.9

::;

::;0.70.70.70.70.70.70.70.70.70.81.0

0.40.50.40.40.40.4

::$0.50.50.50.50.50.50.8

0.60.60.60.60.60.60.6

:::0.6

;::0.50.50.7

1.92.12.12.02.11.91.71.71.61.61.61.61.51.62.5

2.9

:::3.03.02.82.52.42.2

::;2.12.1

;:;

0.91.21.11.11.1

i::1.01.01.01.01.11.1

;:;

25-34years

3.33.63.63.53.73.83.53.53.43.3

:::3.13.24.4

4.85.45.15.05.2

::;4.6:.:

4:0

;:!

5:0

.

2.02.12.32.22.42.5

;::2.52.52.62.52.52.63.9

35-44years

1.8

i::1.92.02.01.9

::;1.91.91.91.91.92.4

6.16.6

z:;;.;

6:76.86.66.66.56.36.26.38.1

8.09.28.88.79.49.28.5

::?8.1

;:;

7:38.6

:::2::5.2

2:?5.35.45.35.55.45.35.57.5

45-54years

:::4.54.64.54.74.64.64.64.64.64.64.54.65.5

12.312.912.612.913.213.512.913.213.013.213.212.912.713.417.1

16.116.716.116.516.917.016.116.315.915.715.715.314.715.518.6

9.09.6

;:;10.010.310.110.410.410.911.010.710.811.415.5

55-64years

;:;10.010,,110.110.410.110.210.210.310.510.410.310.812.9

24.024.624.724.326.227.325.526.426.627.127.927.026.6

2:;::

31.331.831.430.532.533.830.931.831.331.531.830.530.031.534.8

17.818.418.918.920.621.520.621.422.223.024.223.723.424.127,6

55-74years

23.324.424.324.725.526.225.926.726.426.727.327.127.027.832.4

44.543.553.344.955.657.753.755.252.650.653.049.747.147.8252.1

53.754.063.8;:.;

69:865.066.963.861.464.459.556.256.657.9

36.934.9$:.:

46:147.644.145.242.941.443.141.238.939.846.1

75-84years

66.665.264.767.066.968.957.670.270.671.173.973.873.477.084.8

75.475.271.175.169.371.267.371,270.269.874.472.070.176.380.4

90.789,988.389.884.185.179.782.181.379.285.080.578,286.690.3

64.264.258.963.958.560.957.462.260.961.365.464.462.967.170,6

@85 yeeramnd over

166.4157,9184,1159.8198.0200.1197.0202.7202,1200.0206,6199,7192.0194.8196.8

124.11::.:

107:599.6111.5108,5120.0123.5128.0145.7144,0142.3139.1144.7

141.9119.089.6

114.1101.7115.6114.3127.0130.7134.3161.6161.0155.9152.4160.2

112.0103.389.2

102.998,1

109.9104.1114.6117.9123.3137,1134,8132.0128,7133,7

1Figures for age not stated included in ‘rAllages’”but not distributed among age groups.‘For 1950, rates for “Total” and “All other” based on enumeratedpopulation adjusted for age bias in the ‘rAllother’rpopulation

at ages 55-69 years.3Figuresby color exclude data for residents of New Jersey.

,

MONTHLY VITAL STATISTICS REPORTTable 6. DWTRS AND DF.ATR RATES BY AGE, COLOR, ANO SEX: UNITED STATES, 1973

● [d.scdon alO.peroentsnmPlo ofdeatis. Rabsper 1,000 population inspecifiedpoup. D.ebrounding estimates oideaths, figures maynoladdbbt.ls] J—

Age

NDMRER

All ages-------

Under 1 year---------

1-4 years------------

5-14 years-----------

15-24 years----------

25-34 years----------

35-44 years----------45.54 y~~~,----------

55-59 years----------

60-64 years----------

65-69 years----------

70-74 years----------

7S-79 years----------

80-S4 years----------

S5 years and over----Not ~tated-----------

RATE

All agesl------

Under 1 year---------

1-4 years------------

5-14 years-----------

15-24 years----------

Total White All other

Seth sexes

1,977,000

Male

1,097,830

Female

S79,090

oth sexes

1,731,010

Male

95s,130

Female

772,880

loth sexes

245,910

15,870

2,560

3>330

10,360

11,410

17,070

31,140

19,240

24,610

26,740

27,750

22,320

15,750

17,380

390

9.2

Male

139,700

Female

106.210

55,300

10,890

16>130

50,370

43>460

65,700

166,300

132,740

176,910

212,400

241,570

265,240

251,890

284,380

3,500

9.4

31,480

6,220

10,140

37,990

29,920

40,350

105,900

S6,700

114>810

131,000

139,820

135,910

117,150

108,650

1,780

10.7

23,830

4,670

5,990

12,430

13,560

25,370

60,420

46,040

62,100

81,400

101,750

129,330

i34,740

175,770

1,740

I

8.2

39,440

8,330

12,800

40,060

32,070

48,650

135,180

113,500

152,300

185,660

213,820

242,920

236,140

267,040

3,130

9.5

23,000

4>7s0

S,olo

30,250

22,220

30,260

S6,930

75,070

99,970

116,290

124,970

124,110

109,630

101,130

1,510

10.7

16,440

3,550

4,790

9,810

9,850

18,390

4S,250

38,430

52,330

69,370

8S,850

118,810

126,510

165,910

1,620

S.3

8,48o

1,440

2,130

7>740

7,700

10,090

18,970

11,630

14,840

14,710

14,850

11,800

7,520

7,520

27o

10.9

7,390

1,120

1,200

2,620

3,710

6,9S0

12,170

7,610

9,770

12,030

12,900

10,520

S,230

9,S60

120

7.6

18.0

0.8

0.4

1.3

1.5

2.9

7.0

13.1

19.4

27.9

43.1

67.7

98.1

174.5

20.0

0.9

0.5

2.0

2.1

3.6

9.2

17.9

27.0

3s.7

59.1

87.2

123.7

199.4

15.8

0.7

, 0.3

0.6

0.9

2.2

4.9

8.7

12:8

i9.2

31.4

54.9

83.2

162.0

15.3

0.7

0.4

1.2

1.3

2.4

6.4

12.3

18.5

27.1

41.7

67.3

99.8

179.2

17.5

0.8

0.5

1.s

1.8

3.1

8.4

17.0

26.1

3s.1

58.1

86,9

126.7

205.1

13.1

0.6

0.3

0.6

0.s

1.8

4.4

8.0

11.9

1s.2

29.S

54.4

84,3

166.4

31.2

1.1

0.5

1.9

3.3

6.1

12.3

20.6

27.7

35.6

58.5

73.7

78.0

124.1

33.0

1.3

0.7

2.9

4.8

8.o

16.1

26.7

36.2

44.0

68.8

90.1

91.7

141.9

29.4

1.0

0.4

0.9

2.0

4.6

9.0

15.2

20.4

28.8

49.8

61.2

68.6

112.0

●25-34 years----------

35-44 years----------

45-54 years----------

55-59 years----------

60-64 years ----------

65-69 years----------

7,0-74years----------

75-79----------------

80-84 years----------

85 years and over----

lFigures for age not stated included in “All ages” but not distributedamong age groups.


Table7. DEATSS FOR SELECTBD CAUSES: UNITED STATES,1968-73

[For1972and1973.bm.dO..10.pcrccncs.mplcOFd.achs; for all .rbcr years. based o. final dat.t Io

Causeof death

All CaUSeS--------------------------------------------------------

Bacillarydysenteryand mebiasis----------------------------------OO4,OO6Enteritisand otherdiarrhealdiseases-----------------------------OO8,OO9%berculosis,all foms--------------------------------------------OlO-Ol9Tuberculosisof respiratorysystem-------------------------------OlO-Ol2Tuberculosis,otherfoms----------------------------------------Ol3-Ol9

Nhoopingcough---------------------------------------------------------O33Streptococcalsore throatand scarletfever----------------------------O34Meningococcalinfections-----------------------------------------------O36Septicemi:-----: -----------------------------------_-___-_-------------o~8Acutepolzoqelltis------------------------------------------------O4O-O43

Measles----------------------------------------------------------------O55Infectioushepatitis---------------------------------------------------O7OS~hilis and its sequelae------------------------------------------O9O-O97Other infectiveznd parasiticdiseases----------------Remainderof 000-136

Malignantneoplasms,includingneoplasmsof lymphaticandhe~topoietic tiss"es---------------------------------------------l4O-2O9Malignantne.plasmsof buccalcavity and pha~-----------------l4O-l49Malignzntneoplasmsof digestiveorgansand peritoneum-----------15O-l59Malignantneoplasmsof respiratorysystm------------------------l6O-l63Mali~ant neoplasmof breast-----------------------------------------l74Malignantneoplasmsof genitalorgans----------------------------l8O-l87Malignantneoplasmsof urinaryorgans----------------------------l88,189Malignantneoplasmsof all otherand unspecifiedsites---l7173,3,190-199Lefietia---------------------------------------------------------2O&2O7Otherneoplasmsof lymphaticand hematopoietictissues---2O203O3,208,209

Beni@ neoplasmsand neoplasrnsof unspecifiedmature---------------2IO-239Diabetesmellitis------------------------------------------------------25OAvitaudnosesand othernutritionaldeficiencies--------------------26O-269timias------------------------------------------------------------28O-2S5Meningitis-------------------------------------------------------------32O

Major cardiovasculardiseases--------------------------------------39O-448Diseasesof heart--------------------------------39O-398,4O2,4O4,4lO-429Activerh:matic feverand chronicrheur@aticheart disease-----398-398Kypertensxveheart disease-----------------------------------------4O2Hypertensivehezrtand renaldisease-------------------------------4O4Ischemicheart disease-----------------------------------------4lO-4l3Acutemyocardialinfarction--------------------------------------4lOOtheracuteand subacuteformsof ischemicheart disease---------4IlChronicischemicheart disease-----------------------------------4l2Anginapectoris--------------------------------------------------4l3

Chronicdiseaseof endocardim and othermyocardialinsufficiency-------------------------------.-----------------424,428

All otherformsof heart disease-------------------42O-423,425-427,429Hnertension-------------------------------------------------4OO,4Ol,4O3Carebrovasculardiseases-----------------------------------------43O-438Cerebralhemo=kge------------------------------------------------43lCerebralthrombosis------------------------------------------------433Cerebralembolism--------------------------------------------------434All othercerebrovasculardiseases---------------------43O,432,435-43S

Arteriosclerosis-----------------------------------------------------WOOther diseasesof arteries,arterioles,and capillaries----------44l-448

Acutebronchitisand bronchiolitis-------------------------------------466Influenzaand pnemonia------------------------------------47O-474,48O-486Influenza--------------------------------------------------------47O-474~e=mia--------------------------------------------------------48O-486

Bronchitis,emphysema,and asthma----------------------------------49O-493Chronicand unqualifiedbronchitis-------------------------------49O,49l~hysm------------------------------------------------------------492Astha---------------------------------------------------------------493

Pepticulcer-------------------------------------------------------53l-533Appendicitis--------------------------____------_------------------54o-543Herniaand intestinalobstmctim------------------------------55O-553,56OCirrhosisof liver-----------------------------------------------------57lCholelithiasis,cbolecystltisand cholangitis----------------------574,575Nephritisand neptiosis--------------------------------------------58O-584Acutenephritisand nephroticsyndrome---------------------------58O,58lChronicand unqualifiednephritisand renal sclerosis------------582-584

Infectionsof kidney---------------------------------------------------59OHyperplasiaof prostate------------------------------------------------6OOComplicationsof pregnancy,childbirth,and the puerperium---------63O-678AbOrtims---------------------------------------------_----------64o-645Othercomplicationsof pregnancy,childbirth.and thepue~eria----------------------------------------------63O-639,65O-678

Congenitalan0mlies-----------------------------------------------74O-759Certaincausesof mortalityin earlyinfancy---7676969.2,769.4-772,774-778Birthinjury,difficultlabor,and otheranoxicand h~oxiccmditions----------------------------------------------764-768,772,776Othercausesof mortalityin earlyinfancy----------Remainderof 760-778

SwPtOms and ill-deftiedconditians--------------------------------78o-796All otherdiseases------------------------------------------------Residual

Accidents--------------------------------------------------------E8OO-E949Motorvehicleaccide"ts----------------------------------------E8lO-E823A21 otheraccidents----------------------------------E8OO-E8O7,E825-E949

Suicide----------------------------------------------------------E95O-E959Haicide---------------------------------------------------------E96O-E978Other externalcauses--------------------------------------------E98O-E999

Nuuber

1973I I 1’7’1972

L,977>OO0 1,962,000 1,927,54:

353,4408>350

97,61078,33031,9s042,46016,81043,02015,05019,830

5,54036,450

2,3603,2501,600

4,87o39,9008,01U

214,65034,27056,260

940123,18033.43026,910

Slo61,1604,97056,190

2,1::4,5503,580970

42;4,180

20

70;320

3,360

346,9307,52097,18076,86031,07042,47015,52041,87014>63019,810

5,87039,070

2,4003,0601,350

SL2,46<4,5013,59(913

1(

5::3,90;

1[

9:[37!

3,13[

337,3917,72:94,91/72,S9[30,2fi42,0G15,28:40,68:14,46<19,12:

4,95E38,2562,5373,4491,553

L,;::,::: 1,028,560 1,017,145752,450 743,368

13:580 14,090 14,6447;810 7,570 7,86C5,390 52550 6,19C

682,910 683,100 674,292348,010 357,590 357,7144,330 4,400 4,027

330,440 320,950 312,351130 160 20C

5,33036,8107,680

2;:,:::

56:460890

116,12032>82025,56o1,0s061,1605,01056,150

30, 2s05,810

22,5401,9307,830

9406,710

33,6303,2807,7401,3806,360

6,1001,70047010

460

13,94031,030

17>79013,24038,3IO

112,700

1:;,:::

59:35024,4401:,;!:

,

28,7605,36021,3102,0907,6601,1306,2S032,76o3,630S,1901,5506,640

7,0101,90078o140

640

15,05034>240

18,94015,30036,170

110,910

113> 67056,59057>08024>28018, 8S0

5,690

6>13234,25C7,s37

209,09238>56?57,229

954112,34631,52125,3271,15457,1941,50455,690

30,2S45,59122,5392,1548,1201,2956,98931,8083,7358,4431,3737,070

7,5581,91866899

569

15,9573s,494

20,99217>50226,534104,680

113,43954,38159,05s24,09218,7875,070

1970

1,921,031

s!2,56;5,2Z4,16:1,05:

u2!55(

3,53!

8!1,011461

3,07!

330,73[7,61:94,70:69,5ti29,9X41,19(15,51~39,06E14,49218,717

4,82838,3242,47C3,4271,701

1,007,984735,54214,889s,4136,578

666,665357,2414,246

304,962216

6,70532,2928,273

207,16641,37957,s45

884107,05s31,68225,3211,31062,7393,70759,032

30,ss95,84622,7212>322S,6071,3977,23531,3993,973S,8771,3547,523

8,1902,168803128

675

16,82443,205

22,80120,40425,781101,128

114,63854,63360>00523,48016,8485,427

1,921,990

942,6125,567f,:;;,

13

7;:3,009

3.3

1,0!;543

3,103

323,0927,55393,98666,03S29,08341,00814,89737,82514,45018,252

4,67738,5412,5343,3181,719

1,013,015739,26515,4328,9767,310

669,82936:,:;;

303:362207

7,47530,2438,426

207,17943,30358,7481,005

104,12333,0632j,o::

68;3655,97162,394

3;,;~j

22:9392,3629,3121,4077,50029,8664,2629,4171,3928,025

8,7502,499801132

669

17,00843,171

21,93921,23226>16097,982

116,38555,79160,59422,36415,4775,147

1968

1,930,082

1112,94o6,29Z5,0091,283

36

7:;2,991

24

318,5477,29493,56363,48529,08140,93614,79237,24714,37517,774

4,94838,3522,543;,$:$

1,023,3997::;:6:

9,8117,887

67’4,74736:,;6;

300;216230

7,83628,0199,063

211,39047,0026;,;3:

1:::;;:

24:7201,43273,4927,06266,43o

33,0786,20524,1852,6889,4601,4857,75829,1834,3859,3111,2948,017

9,3952,647859133

726

16,79343,84o

22,13221,70823,65697,305

114,86454,86260,00221,37214,6864,315

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●Table8. DSATHRATESFOR SELSCTEOCAUSES:UNITEDSTATES,196S-73

[For 1072 nnd 197a, based on . 111.porconls.mpl. of d..th% for .11 olh.c y.ar., based on final d.t.. 1:.tos por 100,000 popul.bion]

causeof death

All CaUS,,------------------------------------------- -- .. -4------- .

BacillnrYdysenteryand amebiasis----------------------------------OO4,OO6Enteritisand otherdiarrhealdiseases-----------------------------OO8,OO9Tuberculosis,all foms--------------------------------------------OlO-Ol9Tuberculosisof respiratorysystem-------------------------------OlO-Ol2Tuberculosis,otherfoms----------------------------------------Ol3-Olq

Whoopingcough---------------------------------------------------------o3~Streptococcalsorethroatand scarletfever-----------------------.----O34WenLngococcalinfections-----------------------------------------------O36Scpticemia-------------------------------------------------------------O38Acutepoliomyelitis------------------------------------------------O4O-O42

btansles----------------------------------------------------------------o55Infectioushepatitis---------------------------------------------------o7CSy hilisand its sequelae------------------------------------------o9o-o97EOt @r infectiveand parasiticdiseases----------------Remainderof 000-136

M;}~u~t neoplasms,includingneoplasmsof lymphaticand hematopoietic-------.---------------------------------------------------l4O-2O9

Ffalisnantneoplasmsof buccalcavityand pharynx-----------------l4O-l49Malisnantneoplasmsof digestiveorgansand peritoneum-----------15O-l59Malisnantneoplasmsof respirato>;ysystem------------------------l6O-l62Nalignantneoplasmof breast-----------------------------------------l74Malignantneoplasmsof genitalorSa”s---------------------------l8O-l8iMalignantneoplasmsof urinaryorgans----------------------------l8S,185}Ialignantneoplasmsof all otherand unspecifiedsites---l7173,3,190-195Leukemia---------------------------------------------------------2O4-2O;Otherneoplasmsdf lymphaticand hematopoietictissues---2O203O3,20S,20$

Benignnooplasms and neoplasmsof unspecifiednature---------------2lO-235Diabetesmellitus------------------------------------------------------25(Avitaminosesand othernutritionaldeficiencies--------------------26O-265Anemias------------------------------------------------------------2SO-2S:l[eningitis-------------------------------------------------------------32(

Majorcardiovasculardiseases--------------------------------------39O-MSDiseasesof heart--------------------------------390-398,402,404,410-429Activerheumaticfeverand chronicrheumaticheartdisease-----390-39sHypertensiveheartdisease--------------------------------_--------4o2Hypertensiveheartand renaldisease-------------------------------4o4Ischemicheartdisease-----------------------------------------4lO4l3Acutemyocardialinfarction--------------------------------------4lOOtheracuteand subacuteformsof ischemicheartdisease---------411Chronicischemicheartdisease-----------------------------------4l2Anginapectoris--------------------------------------------------4l3

Chronicdiseaseof endocardi”mand other,nyocardialinsufficiency-------------------------------------------------424,428

All otherformsof heartdisease-------------------42O-423,425-427,429Hypertensi0n-----------------------------------------------4OO,4Ol,4O3Cerebrovasculardiseases-------------------------------;---------43O-438Cerebralhemorrhage--------------------------_---------_--_--------43lCerebralthrombosis----------------------..-------------------------433Cerebralembolism--------------------------------------------------434All othercerebrovasculardiseases---------------------43O,432,435-43S

Arterioscler.sis-----------------------------------------------------44OUtherdiseasesof arteries,arterioles,and capillaries----------44l-448

Acutebronchitisand bronchiolitis-------------------------------------466Influenzaand pnewonia------------------------------------47O-474,48O-4S6Influenza------------------------------------------.--------------47o-474Pneumonia--------------------------------------------------------4SO-486

Bronchitis,emphysema,and asthma----------------------------------49O-493Chronicand unqualifiedbronchitis-------------------------------49O,491Emphysema------------------------------------------------------------492Asthma---------------------------------------------------------------493

Pepticulc~r--------------------------------------_-------_--------53l-533Appendicit1s-------------------------------------------------------54O-543Herniaand intestinalobstruction------------------------------55O-553,56OCirrhosisof 1iver-----------------------------------------------------57lCholelithiasis,cholecystitisa“d cholangitis----------------------574,575Nephritisand nephrosis--------------------------------------------58O-584Acutenephritisand nephroticsyndrome---------------------------58O,581Chronicand unqualifiednephritisand renalsclerosis------------5S2-584

Infectionsof kidney---------------------------------------------------59oHyperplasiaof prostate------------------------------------------------6OOCornlicationsof pregnancy,childbirth,and the p“erp~ri”m---------63O-678A!ortions---------..----------------------------------------------64O-645Othercomplicationsof pregnancy,childbirth,and thepuerperium----------------------------------------------63O-639,65O-678

Congenital an0malies-----------------------------------------------74O-759Certain causes of mortalityin earlyinfancy---7676962,76964.772,774777878Birthinjury,difficultlabor,and otheranoxicand hypoxicconditions----------------------------------------------764-768,772,776Othercausesof mortalityin earlyinfancy----------Remainderof 760-77S

Symptomsan$ ill-clefinedconditio"s--------------------------------78o-7g6All otherdlseases------------------------------------------------ResiduaI

Accidents--------------------------------------------------------E8OO-E949Wotorvehicleaccide"ts----------------------------------------E8lO-E822All otheraccidents----------------------------------ESOO-ESO7,ES25-E949

SuiciQe----------------------------------------------------------E95O-E95$HomLclde---------------------------------------------------------E96O-E978Otherexternalcauses--------------------------------------------E98O-E999

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1973

942.L

0.01.11.81.40.4

0.00.00.1

8::

0.0

8:21.6

16S.4

4;::37.315.220.2

2:::

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1;:21.11.50.8

:::.;

6:53.7

32;::165.8

15;:i0.1

1;:~

102:316.326.S

5::$15.912.80.429.1

2::k

14.4

1::;0.9

:::

1:::1.63.70.73.0

::;0.20.0

0.2

1:::

8.56.?18.253.i

54.e26.:28.211.69.42.e

1972

942.2

0.01.02.2

::;

0.22.00.0

0.30.21.6

LE.:1.21.50.6

493.9361.36.83.6

:;!:;

15:::0.1

1;:?10::;17,627.1

5:::15.s12.3

2::22.427.0

13.8

1::;1.03.70.53.015.71.7

::?3.2

3.40.90.40.1

0.3

1:::

9.1

1;;:53.3

54.627.227.411.7;.;

1971 I I 1’6’I 1’6s1970

932.2 945.3 951.9 965.7

0.01.22.2

i::I

0.00.00.21.90.0

0.00.40.21.5

163.2

4:::35.314.620.37.419.77.09.2

1::21.21.70.8

491.9359.57.13.8

;;::;

lsi:?0.1

3.70.90.30.0

0.3

Ii::

10.2

1:::50.6

54.926.328.611.79.12.5

0.01.32.6

:::

0.00.00.3

:::

0.00.50.21.5

162.S

4::2::.;

2;::

19:2

;:;

1::$1.2

;::

496.036;.:

4:1

32;:i175.s

15;::0.1

3.315.9

10:::20.428.5

5!:!15.612.5

3:::

2;::

15.2

1::2

::;0.73.615.5

::80.73.7

4.01.10.40.1

0.3

2:::

111.210.012.749.8

;:.:

29:511.68.32.7

0.01.32.8

::;

0.00.00.41.50.0

0.00.50.31.5

160.0

42:;32.714.420.3

1::+

;::

1;::1.31.60.9

501.736?.;

;::

331:7179.1

15::20.1

0.1

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0.00.00.4

k:i

0.00.40.31.6

512.1372.6

;:;

337:6184.9

15:::0.1

4.71.30.40.1

0.4

10.9 11.110.5 10.913.0 11.848.5 4s.7 >

57.6 57.527.6 27.530.0 30.011.1 10.77.7 7.32.5 2.2

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