Examination of vital statistics for Pasquotank County shows that 276 people shuffled off this mortal coil in 1921, 163 of whom were negroes and 112 white people. Why do negroes die faster? In Elizabeth City township, 183 people die, 42 being white males, 39 white females, 53 negro males and 49 negro females. Longevity, however, occurred most among colored people, for the oldest persons in the county to die were Tamer McPherson of Elizabeth City, aged 90, and George Dance, a farmer of Nixonton Township, aged 93.
In Providence Township, eight people died, four of them being white males, two white females, and two colored females. In Salem Township 24 people died; five white males, five white females; five negro males and five negro females. In Nixonton Township, 12 died; two white males, two white females, three negro males and five females.
Newland Township 30 people died; one of them being a white male, the others were 10 negro males and 19 females. In Mt. Hermon Township there were 19 deaths, four white males and five females, and five each of negro males and females.
Tuberculosis in one form or another claimed the greater share of any one scourge, 25 deaths from this disease claimed five white people and 20 negroes. Pneumonia, asthma and contributary complaints killed 19 people. Disorders of the stomach and typhoid claimed a large share. Whooping cough and scarlet fever caused most fatalities among children and an unusually large percentage of stillborn children is shown.
From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Aug. 24, 1922
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