. Annual Report of the State Board of Health of Maryland for the Year Ending December 31, ^dmr^ Cily $c^sm¥ STATE BOAKD OF HEALTH. 17. TluMlM^tyko^ J]^^iis l^ djes /m 18 REPOKT OF THE Table YI gives the distribution of the deaths in the ruraldistricts, Baltimore city and the State of Maryland, accordingto age,, giving the number of deaths at each age period and thepercentages of the total mortality. Chart 2 and Chart 3 showgraphically the percentage of deaths at the several age periods. The charts indicate the excessive number of deaths ininfancy (under 2 and under 5 years) and
. Annual Report of the State Board of Health of Maryland for the Year Ending December 31, ^dmr^ Cily $c^sm¥ STATE BOAKD OF HEALTH. 17. TluMlM^tyko^ J]^^iis l^ djes /m 18 REPOKT OF THE Table YI gives the distribution of the deaths in the ruraldistricts, Baltimore city and the State of Maryland, accordingto age,, giving the number of deaths at each age period and thepercentages of the total mortality. Chart 2 and Chart 3 showgraphically the percentage of deaths at the several age periods. The charts indicate the excessive number of deaths ininfancy (under 2 and under 5 years) and the large number ofadult deaths at about the age of seventy. The observation ofthe psalmist fixing the span of human life at three score andten 3ears is in a sense correct at the joresent day, inasmuch asa larger number of adults die at this age than at any other ageperiod. The table and the accompanying charts show thehigher infant mortality in Baltimore citj^ as compared with therural districts, and the much greater proportion of deathsabove the age of eighty in the rural districts. The infant mortality in the rural districts is lower than t
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