Vital Statistics of the United States 1937. Part I. Natality and Mortality Data for the United States Tabulated by Place of Occurrence with Supplemental Tables for Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands

摘要

This volume--Vital Statistics of the United States, Part 1 contains official statistical tabulations of natality and mortality data for the calendar year 1937. Detailed tables are given for live births, stillbirths, total deaths, and infant deaths in continental United States. Supplementary tabulations for Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands are also included. The natality data are classified by geographic area, race, sex, age and natality of parents, etc. Mortality data are classified by geographic area, sex, age, race, cause of death. etc. The geographic classification refers to the place of birth or death, irrespective of the usual place of residence or the mother or the child, or the usual place of residence or the decedent. The tabulations are derived from transcripts of original birth and death certificates which are received from registration officials of States, cities, and outlying possessions of the United States.