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 MORTALITY STA TISTICS 22^

The mortality figures given in the last column of Table VIII are apparently higher than those in the first column, but this is only relatively so, the comparative mortality of all males bein^ 1249, or 25 per cent, higher than that of occupied males.

At the average death rate of males between 25 and 65 years in the specified occupations there would be 1000 deaths to each 80,972 males, instead of 1000 deaths to each 64,558 males when the unoccupied are included.

Comparing the mortality of males in the different occupa- tions, it will be seen that it was highest among soldiers, sailors, and marines (United States service, 2380), laborers (1875), hat and cap makers (1864), boatmen and canal men (1654), cigar makers and tobacco workers (1624), servants (1414), plasterers and whitewashes (1404), launderers ( 1395), bakers and confec- tioners (1374), apothecaries, pharmacists, etc. (1371), journal- ists (1355), butchers (1349), sailors, fishermen, and pilots (1338), saloon keepers, wine and liquor dealers, etc. (1320), barbers (131 1), coopers (1290), brewers, distillers, and recti- fiers (1283), plumbers (1275), and bookbinders' (1271).

The occupations for which the mortality was most below the average are bankers, brokers, and officials of companies (277), farmers and farm laborers, etc. (446), commercial travelers (663), miners and quarrymen (682), steam-railroad employe's (700), clergymen (716), and collectors, auctioneers, and agents

(719).

The mortality, or death rate, from some of the principal causes and classes of causes in the whole registration area per 100,000 males engaged in each occupation is shown in Table IX.

Considering the causes of death specified in Table X, it will be seen that the average death rate from heart disease was 55 per 1 00, 000, being highest in the professional class (156.32), the laboring and servant class (144.91), and the class engaged in agriculture, transportation, and other outdoor pur- suits (121.52), and lowest in the clerical and official class

(63.03).