State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. OFFICE OF THE STATE REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS, PROVIDENCE, December, 1881. To the Honorable the General Assembly: The Twenty-Eighth Annual Report of the Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths in Rhode Island, is herewith submitted. The statistics presented are for the year ending December 31, 1880. The methods of classification employed are the same as in previous Reports, and the arrangement and order of the Tables are nearly the same. Diagrams have been introduced for the first time, to show the average annual proportion to the population, of the births and deaths in each of the several towns, during a period of ten years; and some additional summaries and synopses, with comments, are also presented, to elucidate particular subjects of inquiry, or show various comparative relations in a concise form. The general results of registration in the State, as reported for the year 1880, are as follows: There were 6,295 births; 2,769 marriages; and 4,829 deaths. Of the births, 192 were still-born, and 6,103 were of living children. The whole number of births were 55 less than in 1879, and the number of still-born 24 less. There were 373 more marriages, or 746 more persons married in 1880 than there were in 1879, and the number of deaths were 357 more. The following summary will show in a condensed form, the proportion of the several events of births, marriages and deaths in 1880, to the population, in the different divisions of the State, on the basis of the Census of 1880: There has been considerable improvement in the forms of the returns, as made out by some of the town clerks, and there is evidence that the canvass has been more thorough and complete in many of the towns, than in some years heretofore. There will, however, never be perfectly accurate and complete returns of births and deaths, until the Statutes require, and the law enforces, a return of each to the town or city clerk or registrar, at the time of occurrence. Respectfully, CHAS. H. FISHER, M. D., State Registrar of Vital Statistics and Secretary of the State Board of Health. CONTENTS. TABLE I. General abstract of the births, marriages and deaths in 1880; showing the number of births, the sex and parentage of those born; the number of marriages, with the nativity of those married; the number of deaths, with the sex and parentage of those who died; the aggregate and average age of the decedents of each sex, and of the whole number of decedents whose age was given; also the population of each town and division of the State, by the Census of 1880..... TABLE II. Births; showing the number of each sex born, in each month of the year, in the several divisions of the State. TABLE III. Plurality births; arranged by months, sexes and divisions of the State; and showing the nativity of the parents.... TABLE IV. Marriages; showing the number of marriages in each month, TABLE V. Ages of persons married; showing the number of each sex PAGE. TABLE VII. Deaths; showing the number of each sex who died at cer- tain stated periods of life, in each town and division of the State; also the population of every town and division; with the percentage of deaths TABLE VIII. Causes of Death and Season in 1880; arranged alphabeti- cally, showing the number of each sex who died from each cause, in each month, and in the whole year; and also the number of American and of foreign parentage, for the whole year...... TABLE IX. Causes of Death and age; arranged alphabetically, and show- ing the number of each sex who died from each cause, in each period of TABLE X. Classification and Percentage; showing the number and per- 26-32 TABLE XI. Occupations and Ages at Death; showing the number, and the aggregate and average age at death, of the decedents, in each occu- pation, and class of occupations, in the whole State, in Providence city, TABLE XII. Occupations and Causes of Death; showing the number in 37-43 |