Friday, September 22, 2023

N.C. Death, Birth Rates Down in August; Tuberculosis Leading Cause of Death, Sept. 22, 1923

August Births 5,839; Deaths 2,337 in North Carolina

Raleigh, Sept. 21—There were 2,337 deaths and 5,839 births in North Carolina during August, according to the monthly report of Dr. F.M. Register, director of the bureau of vital statistics of the state board of health.

The general death rate for the month was 10.5 per 1,000 population, while the death rate for the month previous was 15.43 per 1,000 population. The general birth rate for August was 26.4, while the birth rate for July was 36.43 for the 1,000 population.

The death rate for infants under 2 years of age was given for August as 3.3 per 1,000 population.

Two hundred and twenty-six of the deaths were attributed to tuberculosis; 59 to typhoid fever, 24 to diphtheria, 32 to pellagra and 203 to diarrhea and enteritis among children under 2 years of age.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Sept. 22, 1923

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