The Health bulletin [serial] - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

November, 1951The Health BulletinMID WEST AND WESTERN STATESWyoming 3.8Utah 6.8Iowa 8.0Nebraska 8.2Idaho 9.4SOUTHERN STATES, HAWAII ANDPUERTO RICOFlorida 18.1North Carolina 18.4South Carolina 19.8West Virginia 20.5Oklahoma 22.2Delaware 22.3Hawaii 22.8Georgia 23.8Mississippi 25.6Texas 26.0Virginia 27.5Arkansas 31.3Tennessee 33.3Maryland 33.8Kentucky 34.1District of Columbia 49.1Puerto Rico 128.1EASTERN STATESConnecticut 15.9Maine 16.2Pennsylvania 22,7New Jersey 24.3New York 25.5Death rates in cities outside theUnited States are of considerable interest.The death rates per 100,000 population01 certain large cities are tabulatedbelowCITIES OUTSIDE THEUNITED STATESLondon (1945) 87Berlin (1946) 260Vienna (1945) 257Rio de Janeiro (1942) 312Rome (1945) 176Copenhagen (1945) 49Stockholm (1945) 60Oslo (1945) 61b. Morbidity or Case RateAlthough the death rate from tuberculosishas fallen steadily for Tnanyyears, the morbidity has been consistentlyhigh. Community-wide chest surveysbegan in 1945, and these surveysmay have stimulated more accurate reporting.The number of cases reportedin 1950 was 3,653, which is the largestnumber reported in the history of theState. However, a smaller number ofcases has been reported for the first sixmonths of 1951 than was reported inthe first six months of 1950. This declinein the number of cases may be dueto variations in the reporting of casesof borderline significance. Again, it maymean that a peak has been reached fornew cases; and that from now on, therewill not be such a wide difference betweenthe number of cases found andthe niunber of deaths.c. Mortality and Morbidity by Race.The 1950 population of North Carolinawas 4,061,929. The white populationwas 2,983,110 and non-white (mostlynegroes) 1,078,819. The death rate forwhites in 1950 was 10.0 per 100,000 population,and the death rate of non-whitewas 41.8.The white morbidity rate was 69.5 per100,000 population, and the non-whitemorbidity 146.5.Both the death and morbidity ratesamong non-white is much higher thanamong the white population; but, asbefore stated, it has been found thatthe white population shows a higherdisease incidence in cormnunity-wideX-ray surveys than does the non-whitepopulation. In all probability, a selectivenon-white group comes to the mobiletmits for X-ray. The Negro Health Educatorresigned in June of this year, andanother Negro Educator has recentlybeen employed. It is hoped that moreinterest can be stimulated among theNegro Race in having X-ray examinations.5. BUDGETAppropriations both Federal and Stateare tabulated below:1950-1951Federal $234,731.00State 27,965.00Total $262,696.001951-1952Federal $176,700.00State 27,965.00Total $204,665.00