Births and Deaths with Rates in the United States

Source: United States Bureau of the Census

Number. Rate.
420,881 398,102 818,983 25.0
696,101 657,691 1,353,792 24.7
701,164 662,485 1,363,649 24.6
705,593 667,845 1,373,438
775,322 733,552 1,508,874

Number. Rate.

264,498 222,184 486,682 14.8

423,359

352,863

776,222 14.2

534,720

461,907

996,627 18.3

22.3

422,252

375,852

798,104 13.0

23.7

438,201

397,933

836,134 13.1

1921

881,591

832,670 1,714,261 24.2 434,019 911,831 863,080 1,774,911 22.3 921,020 871,626 1,792,646 22.2 992,431 938,183 1,930,614 966,973 911,907 1,878,880 21.5 555,267 475,251 953,638 902,430 1,856,068 20.7 589,653 503,858 1,099,287 1,038,549 2,137,836 20.6 638,080 538.725 1.147,625 1,085,524 2,233,149 19.8 738,891 623,096 1,361,987 12.0 1,114,814 1,055,106 2,169,920 18.9 745,491 624,266 1,386,363 11.9 1,131,976 1,071,982 2,203,958 18.6 723,315 598,052 1,343,356 11.4 1,084,404 1,028,356 2,112,760 714,277 1,063.885 1,010,157 2,074,042 1,068.871 1,012,361 2,081,232 1,112,703 1,054,933 2,167,636 1,105,489 1,049,616 2,155,105 1,099,465 1,045,325 2,144,790 1,130,641 1,072,696 2,203,337 1,172,541 1,114,421 2,286,962 1,162,600 1,102,988 2,265,558 17.3 768,877

22.4 542,637

464,357

992,237 12.3 1,006,994 11.7

The birth and death rates in the above table are per 1,000 population.
There were 2,353,988 live births and 1,417,257 deaths in 1940.

BIRTH RATES IN UNITED STATES BY STATES, 1925-1939
1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
21.5 20.7 20.6 19.8 18.9 18.9 18.0 17.4 16.5 17.1 16.9 16.7 17.0 17.6 17.3

26.3 24.5 24.0 24.0 23.3 23.0 21.4 22.6 22.0 21.0 21.3 22.2 21.8
21.1 20.9 21.4 22.4 24.0 22.0 20.3 19.7 20.9 22.5 23.5 25.5 22.3 22.2
22.1 20.8 20.2 22.1 21.7 19.5 18.4 19.0 17.9 16.6 17.2 19.2 18.3
18.4 17.1 16.6 15.8 14.8 14.8 14.1 13.4 12.8 13.2 13.4 13.9 15.3 15.3 15.2
18.8 17.4 18.1 17.7 16.8 16.3 16.9 17.7 17.1 18.3 18.7 18.6
19.8 19.1 18.7 18.0 17.1 17.2 15.6 14.3 13.4 13.1 13.0 12.8 13.1 14.1 13.8
20.2 18.0 18.2 18.3 18.1 18.7 17.4 17.4 15.7 15.8 15.8 15.1 16.7 16.9 16.6
19.6 19.0 19.1 18.7 18.4 19.1 18.4 19.3 18.3 18.1 18.2 18.9 19.7 20.5 21.6
23.8 27.1 25.6 21.5 18.8 18.3 18.0 17.9 16.5 16.8 17.4 17.1 17.7 17.4 17.5
20.3 20.1 20.8 21.0 21.5 20.4 21.5 20.8 20.1 20.8 21.0 20.9
21.2 20.8 20.5 19.8 20.5 20.0 19.0 15.4 19.8 19.8 21.1 21.0 22.1 21.4
19.1 18.6 18.3 17.4 17.0 16.8 15.4 14.4 13.9 14.1 14.3 14.3 14.6 15.6 15.0
20.8 20.1 19.7 18.9 18.3 18.2 17.0 15.9 15.0 15.4 15.4 15.6 16.1 17.8 17.1
19.6
18.7 18.2 17.6 17.1 17.3 16.8 16.2 15.7 16.8 16.2 16.8 16.5 17.1 17.3
20.1 19.1 18.8 18.2 17.4 17.9 17.5 16.9 16.4 17.4 16.3 15.9 15.7 16.4 16.1
25.2 23.8 24.3 23.0 21.7 22.6 21.3 21.9 20.0 21.3 20.3 19.3 19.2 22.1 21.5
22.9 20.5 20.3 20.4 20.5 20.5 18.8 20.3 19.9 20.7 21.2 21.1 20.9
22.3 20.9 20.7 20.8 20.0 20.2 20.1 19.7 18.2 18.8 18.6 17.9 17.8 18.2 17.8
21.9 21.0 20.5 19.9 18.5 18.5 17.5 17.5 16.6 16.4 16.3 15.9 16.5 16.3 15.8
21.2 20.3 19.9 18.9 17.5 17.3 16.2 16.0 14.7 14.8 14.4 13.9 13.9 14.2 14.7
23.1 22.4 22.1 21.1 20.8 20.6 19.0 18.0 17.2 17.9 18.5 18.5 19.0 19.2 18.3
21.7 21.0 20.2 19.5 18.3 18.5 18.1 17.9 17.1 17.5 17.5 18.1 18.1 18.2 18.1
23.7 26.3 25.3 24.4 22.9 24.0 22.5 23.0 22.0 23.8 24.1 24.6 25.8 25.0 23.8
18.6 17.6 16.9 17.0 16.4 15.9 15.0 15.3 14.6 14.1 14.3 15.6 15.6
18.9 18.2 18.1 18.5 18.7 18.6 18.0 17.0 16.8 18.7 18.9 19.6 19.0 19.4 19.7
21.8 21.0 20.5 20.5 19.4 19.6 19.4 18.3 17.7 18.4 17.1 17.4 16.3 16.9 16.9
14.2 14.6 13.2 13.3 14.1 15.6 14.4 14.2 17.2 17.7 17.8
20.7 19.1 19.2 18.8 17.6 17.8 16.3 16.2 15.1 15.9 15.5 15.1 15.0 16.1 16.3
20.4 19.5 19.1 18.0 17.2 16.8 15.6 14.7 13.3 12.8 12.7 12.4 12.6 13.6 13.6
27.1 28.6 29.1 29.4 29.2 30.3 31.3 30.6 32.8 28.0 27.3
19.9 18.9 19.0 18.3 17.5 17.1 16.2 15.6 14.6 14.4 14.3 14.1 14.3 14.3 14.1
29.0 27.9 27.7 26.4 24.7 24.1 23.1 23.7 22.6 23.6 23.0 22.0 22.6 22.9 22.4
21.8 22.3 21.9 22.2 21.6 21.7 20.9 20.4 19.0 20.9 19.5 19.3 17.9 20.2 20.5
20.3 19.6 19.3 18.5 17.7 17.8 16.2 15.2 14.3 14.9 15.1 15.4 16.0 16.5 15.9
18.4 16.8 17.7 17.8 16.8 17.7 19.0 17.4 16.5 16.3 18.9 18.6
17.7 16.6 16.1 15.2 14.1 14.1 13.6 13.1 12.3 13.1 13.1 13.7 15.1 15.3 15.5
23.4 22.3 22.4 21.2 19.8 19.6 18.3 17.1 15.8 16.0 16.0 15.7 15.8 16.9 16.3
22.2 20.7 20.6 19.3 18.0 17.7 16.5 16.3 15.2 15.2 15.0 15.0 15.0 15.1 14.8
25.0 22.7 23.2 22.4 23.2 22.4 24.3 22.1 21.1 21.7 21.9 22.6
19.1 18.6 19.0 18.6 18.6 17.2 18.1 18.0
21.5 19.6 19.5 20.0 19.5 19.4 18.3 18.8 18.9 17.7 18.0 18.8 18.5
18.0 19.3 18.9 18.2 18.8 19.2 19.0
23.6 23.4 23.2 24.6 24.7 24.3 24.5 24.4 23.9
18.3 16.4 16.5 17.6 17.5 17.0 16 5 17.6 17.8
21.3 21.7 20.0 20.1 19.5 19.2 19.2 20:4 20.3
13.9 13.4 13.0 13.9 13.7 14.2 15.1 15.8 15.5
22.4 21.9 20.3 23.0 23.0 22.3 22.6 22.7 22.0
18.6 18.2 17.3 17.7 18.1 18.1 18.3 17.8 17.4
19.8 18.6 18.3 19.8 18.8 20.4 19.3 20.3 20.0

28.6 27.0 26.2 26.0 24.6 25.4
21.1 20.0 19.6 19.6 18.7 19.2
25.8 24.3 24.3 23.5 22.4 22.5
16.9 16.1 15.5 15.2 14.6 14.7
28.2 26.9 27.1 25.8 23.8 24.0
20.5 19.7 20.2 19.9 19.0 19.3
22.9 20.5 20.6 20.4 19.8 19.8

61,385 Idaho.
10,928 III.

LIVE BIRTHS IN U. S. BY STATES, 1939

11,068 | Mich.

94,418 |N. Y
50,237, N. C
51,721 N. D.

13,007

Ala.
Ariz..

187,575 Tenn.

117,841 Minn.

58,876 Ohio
10,897 Okla

79,149 Texas. 13,158 Utah 109,272 Vt.

53,353 121,049

6,375

14,987, N. H.

28,291 N. J.

63,657 N. M.

Death Rates in U. S. by States, 1922-1939

Source: United States Bureau of the Census; rates are per 1,000 estimated population

1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931|1932|1933|1934|1935|1936 1937 1938 1939 Regis. Area 11.7 12.2 11.7 11.8 12.3 11.4 12.1 11.9 10.9 10.7 10.5 10.7 11.0 10.9 11.5 11.2 10.7 10.6

Alabama.

Arizona..

Arkansas.

California.

Colorado..

Kentucky.

11.611.7 10.5 12.3 12.4 11.4 10.5 10.1 9.8 10.5 10.110.9 10.7 10.6 10.0 14.0 14.4 15.4 15.9 15.414.312.9 13.4 13.9 15.016.116.8 12.3 11.9 10.0 10.9 10.510.2 9.4 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.1 9.1 9.0 8.8 8.5 13.113.0 12.9 12.3 12.112.1 12.5 11.911.611.711.611.611.5 12.1 12.6 13.0 11.411.4 13.7 12.7 12.8 12.7 12.3 13.0 13.8 12.5 12.711.912.011.4 11.8 12.4 12.8 12.9 11.4 11.3 Connecticut. 12.1 12.2 11.5 11.8 12.0 10.8 11.4 11.5 10.710.5 10.210.4 10.3 10.3 10.3 10.3 10.410.4 Delaware... 13.2 14.113.1 13.5 14.812.8 13.6 13.213.6 13.6 12.913.213.3 12.5 12.8 12.6 12.212.0 Dist. of Col. 14.0 15.614.3 15.115.814.7 15.1 15.4 15.0 15.2 15.114.5 14.814.3 14.7 13.9 12.6 12.8 Florida... 11.5 12.4 13.4 13.6 15.6 13.6 13.7 12.7 12.4 12.011.9 12.0 12.8 12.4 12.8 12.6 11.811.5 Georgia. 10.7 11.7 12.0 12.4 12.2 12.111.210.810.411.811.3 12.2 11.211.0 10.3 Idaho. 8.6 7.6 8.7 7.8 8.8 8.6 9.4 9.2 9.3 8.8 8.6 8.7 9.3 9.5 10.3 9.6 8.9 9.2 Illinois.. 11.2 11.9 11.0 11.511.811.3 12.111.6 10.9 11.210.810.6 11.210.911.811.110.811.1 Indiana. 11.9 12.8 12.1 12.5 12.811.9 12.7 12.7 12.111.811.611.312.011.5 12.3 11.811.4 11.6 Iowa... 10.5 9.810.0 10.4 10.0 10.3 10.410.610.3 10.210.210.6 10.4 11.210.410.2 10.5 Kansas 10.5 10.9 9.810.210.410.0 11.2 10.4 10.4 9.9 10.410.5 10.7 10.811.5 10.310.3 10.2 10.7 11.810.711.3 11.8 10.6 11.8 12.011.210.810.7 10.3 10.7 10.3 11.210.6 10.5 10.5 Louisiana...11.111.8 12.7 12.8 12.2 11.8 12.211.911.711.111.0 10.911.011.212.211.7 10.7 10.5 Maine 14.7 15.0 13.8 13.8 14.4 13.9 13.9 14.3 13.9 13.0 13.113.413.113.0 13.3 13.4 12.6 12.9 Maryland. 13.6 14.6 13.7 14.0 14.5 13.3 13.6 13.5 13.213.212.712.4 12.6 12.7 13.113.211.7 11.6 Massach'ts.12.9 13.112.3 12.7 12.811.9 12.2 12.311.611.4 11.511.811.711.5 11.811.811.5 11.8 Michigan. 11.112.111.3 11.5 12.3 11.2 11.8 11.8 10.7 10.3 10.410.3 10.8 10.8 11.5 11.110.0 10.1 Minnesota. 9.7 10.3 10.0 10.210.3 9.8 10.3 10.110.0 9.8 9.9 9.7 10.1 10.0 10.9 10.1 9.5 9.7 Mississippi. 10.5 10.9 11.211.612.311.9 13.1 13.012.011.010.110.8 10.9 10.6 12.011.810.6 10.4 Missouri. 11.212.111.6 11.7 12.111.4 12.6 12.3 11.811.911.611.112.111.0 12.311.3 11.311.3 Montana. 9.3 9.0 9.1 9.6 10.0 9.9 10.7 10.710.1 9.9 9.9 9.810.611.811.811.410.3 10.7 Nebraska.. 9.4 9.5 9.3 9.3 9.4 9.1 10.0 9.8 9.7 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.8 9.7 10.1 9.7 9.0 9.2 Nevada 13.312.7 14.5 14.112.813.213.4 14.4 13.111.911.6 New Hamp..14.615.0 14.0 14.4 14.7 13.8 14.0 14.113.5 12.5 13.113.3 12.913.0 12.7 12.8 13.212.9 New Jersey 12.0 12.0 11.5 11.6 12.111.111.6 11.6 10.710.8 10.310.410.3 10.1 10.410.410.6 10.6 New Mexico 15.415.6 14.6 14.113.814.514.914.8 15.211.711.4 412.3 12.811.7 12.4 12.4 11.711.711.611.611.611.5 11.9 11.9 11.111.2 N. Carolina.11.411.6 11.811.3 11.7 10.9 11.8 11.811.210.2 9.5 9.210.4 9.8 10.3 9.7 9.6 9.0 N. Dakota.. 7.3 7.6 7.9 7.8 8.2 8.0 7.9 7.5 7.5 7.9 8.4 8.4 8.0 7.7 8.1 8.4 Ohio 11.4 12.4 11.4 11.8 12.4 11.5 12.3 12.4 11.5 11.3 11.410.9 11.5 11.5 12.111.9 10.9.11.2 Oklahoma. 9.0 9.0 8.2 7.7 7.9 8.2 8.6 8.4 9.2 8.4 8.5 8.7 Oregon. 11.310.711.111.011.111.2 11.3 11.311.010.610.510.610.611.312.212.011.110.9 Pennsyl'v'a. 12.4 13.4 12.4 12.6 13.0 11.9 12.6 12.311.611.511.110.711.0 10.8 11.111.3 10.9 10.9 Rhode Isld..13.0 13.6 13.0 12.7 13.4 11.9 12.5 13.111.711.611.811.611.311.511.9 12.211.811.0 So. Carolina 12.2 12.1 13.4 12.8 13.6 12.6 14.1 13.3 12.911.911 110.711.711.111.5 11.0 11.0 10.2 S. Dakota.. 8.5 8.5 8.3 8.8 9.3 9.1 8.9 8.6 8.4 8.5 Tennessee. 10.711.7 11.4 11.2 12.5 11.4 12.2 12.2 11.410.7 10.6 10.210.9 10.6 11.410.5 10.2 9.9 9.8 9.9 10.1 10.8 10.6 9.5 9.4

New York.. 12.7

-2

Texas.
Utah.
10.5 9.610.6 9.3 10.6 9.6 10.3 10.1 9.9 8.8 8.6 8.5 9.4 9.8 9.9 9.6 9.0 8.6
Vermont.. 14.615.1 13.714.4 14.6 13.6 13.6 14.713.012 312.9 12.5 13.0 12.7 13.0 13.0 12.8 12.7
Virginia. 12.313.112.4 12.4 12.9 12.0 12.6 13.0 12.5 12.111.511.111.7 11.5 12.111.511.3 10.8
Washingtom 10.1 9.7 10.1 10.410.3 10.6 10.9 10.6 10.6 10.4 10.410 410.811.111.811.5 10.9 10.8
W. Virginia.
10.7 11.110.2 10.4 10.6 10.5 10.0 10.1 9.310.0 10.1 10.9 10.3 9.5 9.3
Wisconsin. 10.110.710.210.5 10.7 10.4 11.0 10.710.410.3 10.410.110.5 10.611.410.9 9.9 10.1
Wyoming.. 9.6 10.6 9.9 9.0 8.9 9.1 9.8 9.0 9.2 8.9 9.0 8.6 9.1 9.8 10.3 10.3 9.2 9.0
DEATH RATES (PER 100,000 POPULATION) FROM CHIEF CAUSES, IN U. S.

Deaths from certain causes:
Tuberculosis (all forms)-((1935) 70,080; (1936) 71,527: (1937) 69,324; (1938) 63,736; (1939) 61,609.
Alcoholism-(1935) 3,340; (1936) 3,714; (1937) 3,305; (1938) 2.569; (1939) 2,558.
Cirrhosis of the liver-(1935) 10,083; (1936) 10,587; (1937) 10,960; (1938) 10.808; (1939) 10,904.
Syphilis (1934) 11,726; (1935) 11,590; (1936) 12,612; (1937) 13,221; (1938) 12,670; (1939) 19.604.
Cancer (1934) 134,428; (1935) 137.649; (1936) 142,612; (1937) 144.774; (1938) 149,204; (1939) 153,846.
Diseases of the heart-(1934) 303,724; (1935) 312,333; (1936) 341,350; (1937) 346,401; (1939) 360,634.
Suicide (1934) 18,828; (1935) 18.214: (1936) 18.294; (1937) 19.294; (1938) 19,802; (1939) 18.511.
In 1939, apoplexy (intra cranial lesions of vascular origin) killed 114,967; nephritis, 108,512; influenza
and pneumonia (all forms), 99,097.

Auto.

Deaths in U. S. from Homicide, 1925-1939

Source: United States Bureau of the Census

1925 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938

Area

1939

Lynchings in the United States Since 1882

Source: Monroe N. Work, Director, Department of Records and Research, Tuskegee Institute, Ala. Year. W. N. Total Year. N. Total Year. W. N. Total Year W. N. Tota

W.

Deaths in 1939 due to automobile accidents (except collisions with trains or street cars) numbered 30,468.

Note: Ages of Army males are 18 to 64; of U. S. males, 20 to 64. U. S. males 20 to 64 were estimated to be 38,514,000 on July 1, 1939.

INFANT DEATH RATES (PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS) BY STATES
Source: United States Bureau of the Census

North Carolina.

66.5

51.9 66.0 77.9

48.0

47.0 45.1

40.6

39.3

North Dakota.

55.5

50.4

54.8

Virginia...

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin.

Wyoming..

79.1 78.6 72.9
67.2 61.7 58.8
60.0 57.3
68.8 60.7 60.0 58.5 52.7 53.7
70.2 60.7 51.5 50.0 56.4 60.5 54.6 60.0 56.6
47.9 50.0 43.7 41.3 40.3 39.8 41.2 44.3
70.5 68.0 66.7 60.0 53.4 55.0 50.8 51.2 50.3 45.9
72.0 61.8 60.8 57.2 55.5 53.9 47.2 48.2 47.6 43.8 39.4
91.0 88.7 81.0 77.2 78.2 83.0 79.3 80.8 75.6 80.3 66.2
(a) (a) (a)
58.0 52.5 47.8 51.1 43.8 41.4
77.1 75.7 67.6 67.6 69.3 73.7 64.0 68.5 61.1 63.5 53.9
(a) (a) (a) (a) 75.5 71.9 71.7 71.2 73.9 65.1 67.0
59.1 57.4 51.4 44.2 47.6 49.2 49.3 52.7 41.4 46.8 39.5
65.8 64.8 59.9 63.2 53.0 52.6 48.6 58.0 49.5 48.4 45.6
78.8 77.3 76.3 67.2 68.5 72.6 69.6 73.9 69.7 66.2 60.9
49.0 48.7 48.3 45.2 38.8 43.2 45.2 45.4 39.9 38.7 36.8
77.6 81.0 77.2 75.0 68.2 67.4
60.6 71.2 61.8 62.3 54.7
59.6 55.7 53.1 50.4 48.5 49.4
46.0 47.7 43.4 41.8 40.2
70.3 69.3 66.8 57.0 54.7 53.0 51.1
57.6 55.6 51.8

The United States infant death rate in 1940 was 46.4. The deaths totaled

Deaths of infants under 1 year in 1939 from chief causes-Whooping cough (2,013); influenza (2,311); pneumonia (13,786); diarrhea (9,096); premature birth (32,251); congenital malformations (10,390); injury at birth (10,164); dysentery (1,012); syphilis (1,300); congenital debility (2,806); accidental mechanical suffocation (1,008); cerebro spinal meningitis (153); tuberculosis, respiratory (269); thymus gland troubles (962).