TB Deaths in the "Death Registration Area" of the USA

these data are not for the whole country---death statistics were not kept

for the whole country until the 1930s. In 1918, the death registration area

comprised about 75% of the total population of the USA. Source: hand-entered from annual vital statistics volumes.

TB, All Forms

Pulmonary TB

TOTAL POPULATION

M

F

M

F

of registration area (M+F)

1913

53,253

40,168

44,900

32,835

58,156,740

1914

55,724

41,179

47,435

33,812

60,963,309

1915

56,081

42,113

47,933

34,920

61,894,847

1916

57,474

43,922

48,894

36,644

66,971,177

1917

62,243

47,901

53,292

39,998

70,234,775

1918

67,567

53,637

58,521

45,445

79,008,412

1919

57,817

49,168

49,701

41,840

83,157,982

1920

51,076

46,290

43,525

39,213

86,079,263

1921

45,106

40,633

39,083

35,088

87,814,447

1922

46,747

41,638

40,936

36,302

92,702,901

1923

46,820

41,968

41,070

36,710

96,788,197

1924

46,075

41,271

40,051

35,925

99,318,098

1925

45,560

40,950

39,823

35,782

102,031,555