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MORTALITY RATES PER 100,000-POPULATION
FROM CERTA IN COMMUNICABLE DI SEASES
IN TEXAS, 1931-1940-
POPULATION (Est.) 5,883,726 5,942,737 6,001,748 6,060,759 6,119,770 6178,751 6,237,792 6,296,803 6,355,81'
1931 1932 1933 1934' 1985 1936 1937 1938 1939
DIARRHEA & ENTERITIS Under 2 Yrs. 25.0 26.0 31.1 27.2 29.0 26.6 31.2 24.6 28.1
DIARRHEA & ENTERITIS Over 2 Yrs. 7.9 8.0 10.1 8. 8.0 7.3 7.0 6.1 8.9
DYSENTERY (All types) 7,5 5.8 7.8 7.9 7.2 6.6 8.0 5.7 6.2
DIPHTHRERIA 10.0 14.3 10.7 7. 7.6 5.6 3.9 3.8 2.8
ENCEPHALITIS .4 .3 .7 .5 5 .41 .6 .5 .3
INFLENZA 28.8 57.3 43.1 28. - 39.0 52.6 52.5 24.0 2= 4
MALARIA 14.8 4.8 7.2 8.2 10.5 8.0 5.8 4.1 -2.6
MEASLES 2.3 2.2 9.8 10.7 2.6 2.7 3.5 1.8 1.2
MENINGITIS .6 .6 .9 .9 1.2 2.1 1.5 .6 .4
PERTUSSI S 4.0 5.2 6.1 8.2 3.4 2.2 5.9 5.9 4t.6
P EUMON I A (All Types) 65.41 66.2 65.7 77.7 83.1 99.9 85.5 69.0 610.2
POLIOMYELITIS .8 .9 .8 1.2 .8 .6 2.2 .7 1.0
SCARLET FEVER 1.5 1.7 1.2 1.1 .9 1.0 .7 .5 .4
SMALLPOX .2 .2 .2 .1 .1 .0 0 .1 .1
SYPHILIS 8.7 8.7 9.8 10.2 10.3 10.6 10.5 9.5 9.5
TUBERCULOSI S 77.0 72.5 71.8 65.4 68.8 70.8 68.8 65.6 617.7
TYPHOID & PARATYPHOID 9.8 9.1 9.9 8.1 8.8 6.5 6.3 6.2 4.5- 6,411,824
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Texas. State Department of Health. Communciable Disease in Texas: 1940, report, 1941; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1418623/m1/3/?q=%22Science+and+Technology+-+Biology%22: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.