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Baltimore City Health Department WEEKLY LETTER TO THE MAYOR Wk. 35 In his WEEKLY LETTER TO THE MAYOR dated September 3, 1971, the Commissioner . of. Health wrote: . Dear Mayors According to a report recently released by the National Safety Council, Baltimore City's accidental death'rate is third lowest of lk cities with a population over 500,000. Only Chicago and New York have accidental death rates lower than Baltimore. The death rates are estimates of the rates for the year 1971 and are based on the number of deaths reported by the cities during 1971 to the Safety Council and on the previous experience of the particular city. The statistics are based on deaths which occurred within the boundaries of the cities. The ranks of the cities and those estimated 1971 death rates per 100,000 population are as follows: 1. Chicago, 111. - 15.5 2, New York, N.Y. -28.4 3. Baltimore, Kd. - 32.5 4, Dallas, Texas - 33.3 5- Detroit, Mich. - 35.1 6. Indianapolis, Ind. - 37.4 7. Denver, Col, - 38,2 8. Phoenix, Ariz. - 40,3 9. Washington, D.C. 10. Kansas City, Mo, - 41.5 - 44,,4 11. San Francisco, Cal, - 45.3 12, Seattle, Wash, - 49.7 13. Cleveland, Ohio 14. New Orleans, La, - 58.5 - 64,3 Miss Alice M.Sundberg, Director of the City Health Department's Bureau of Public Health Nursing and new Vice-President of the Home Safety Division of the Baltimore Safety Council, points but that through August 26, 1971, 220 deaths of Baltimore City residents were due to accidents. During the comparable period of 1970 there were 218 accidental deaths. Of the 220 accidental deaths recorded thus far in 1971, a total of 77 were home accidents and 90 were due to automobile accidents. When compared to a similar period in 1970, home accidents in 1971 show a slight decrease while automobile accidents show a slight increase. Other public accidents decreased from 42 in 1970 to 30 in 1971; industrial accidents Increased from 7 in 1970 to 23 in 1971. Very truly yours, (Signed) Robert E. Farber, M.D, Commissioner of Health B I* A. euzze Stp8 1971 ! N11997 LIR-76098 BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT STATISTICAL REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 2, 1971 WK. .35 BIRTHS Total recorded Residents only DEATHS Total recorded Residents only INFANT DEATHS Total recorded Residents only BIRTHS Total recorded Residents only DEATHS Total recorded Residents only INFANT DEATHS Total recorded Residents only WEEKLY SUMMARY OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND INFANT MORTALITY Week Ending September 2, 1971 Week Ending September 3, 1970 TOTAL WHITE NONWHITE TOTAL WH 1 TE NONWHITE NUMBER '415 295 254 134 161 161 431 295 232 110 199 185 215 190 126 , 105 89 231 150 85 194 _ 116 81 . 78, . 13 4 9 7 6 10 1 9 6 5 1 i 14.921 10,204 8,489 6,866 359 281 CUMULAT I'VE NUMBER FOR YEAR TO DATE 8,386 4,094 6,535 6,110 15,684 10,594 9,124 4,47? 5, 654 4,174 2,835 2,692 8,965 7 , 249 6,047 4, 467 159 200 397 202 91 190 276 97 6, 560 6,117 2,918 2, 782 195 179 BIRTHS DEATHS INFANT MORTALITY 16,8 11.3 27.5 RESIDENT RATES* FOR YEAR TO DATE 12.8 13.0 ... 22.2 21.4 a. 4 3l.l 17.4 11.9 26.1 13' 6 13.6 21.7 21.7 9 .9.. 29.3 _ *81RTH AND DEATH RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION. INFANT MORTALITY RATE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS. ALL RATES COMPUTED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS LIA-76099 .......' WEEKLY STATISTICAL REPORT CASES OF REPORTABLE DISEASES, NON-RESIDENTS EXCLUDED WEEK' ENDING September 2.. 1971 - DISEASE Tuberculosis, active....................................... Syphilis, primary and secondary........... Gonococcal infections..................................... Infectious hepatitis..................... .............. .. Meningococcal infections............................. Meningitis, other............. ................................. Encephalitis, infectious............................. Measles. ..................................... .................................. German measles...................................................... Mumps............................................................................... Chickenpox. . . ................... ...................................... Diphtheria... .............................................................. Whooping cough............................................... Streptococcal infections................... Poliomyelitis (paralytic cases)........... Typhoid if ever..................... .................................... Salmonellosis..................................... .................... Dysentery........................................ .. .......................... Diarrhea and enteritis................................ Lead poisoning....................................................... Inf luenzia.................................................................... Other rejportable diseases.......................... CASES CURRENT WEEK 2 9 106 7 1 2 0 .0 0 1 2 0 0 5 0 0 12 13 J1, i0 0 17 - 7 YEAR -RANGE* HIGH 22 8 233 12 3 9 . 33 7 2 9 2 0 2 5 0 0. 8 12 i 3 0 - LOW 12 2 74 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 w_ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - YEAR TO DATE CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF CASES . 1971 2970 . 292 231 7, 181. 211 14 41 X1 15 45 286 269 0 7 187 0 0 326 428 6 S 2 334 338 186 7.533 192 - . il 83 `2 722 , 191 553 421 0 9 84 0 26 "* \ "3 .8 18 .5 923 MORTALITY BY MAJOR CAUSES, NON-RESIDENTS EXCLUDED CAUSE OF DEATH CURRENT WEEK TOTAL 7 YEAR RANGE* HIGH LOW YEAR TO DATE CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF DEATHS 19 ~l 1970 All Causes............................................................... Diseases of the heart.................................. Cancer, all forms............................................. Cerebral hemorrhage....................................... Diseases of the arteries and veins. Influenza and pneumonia............................. Diabetes.................. ............................................... Cirrhosis of liver..................................... .. Tuberculosis (all forms)..................... Nephritis......................... ................... .. Puerperal causes......................... Malformations and diseases of early infancy................ ......................... Suicides........................ ................. ......................... Homicides..................................... ............................ Accidents Home................................ .................................... Industrial ..................................... Automobile.................. ....................... Other [public................... Other external causes........................... ... Other specified causes................................ 190 64 40 10 3 4 7 11 3 2 0 6 2 6 2 0 ;1 2 0 27 209 81 50 23 12 5 7 9 2 3 1 8 3 7 163 51 35 9 2 2 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 .2 4 1 3 .3 - . - 0 0 0 0 - -r 6.866 2 548 i ,262 476 200 145 206 224 53 30 3 220 54 197 79 23 91 32. 34 989 7,2"S 2.839 1. 320 479 227 169 244 220 59 36 4 205 63 153 - ' 95 8 81 , 44 25 . 978 ' . ! THE HI OH AND LOW FI CURES SHOWN ARE DERIVED FROM THE NUMBER OF CASES AND DEATHS FOR THE COMPARABLE WEEK FOR THE PERIOD :96A-I970 LIA--16100