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Puerto Rico in the Great Depression
Cause of Death Statistics, Puerto Rico (1939-1943)
Death rates per 100,000 population by leading causes, Puerto Rico, 1939-43
Rate per 100,000 population
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| Cause of death | 1943 | 1942 | 1941 | 1940 | 1939 |
| Diarrhea and enteritis (all ages) | 286.1 | 331.5 | 420.2 | 400.4 | 399.7 |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | 231.1 | 244.5 | 242.8 | 260.9 | 258.4 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 122.0 | 141.5 | 160.0 | 169.7 | 177.9 |
| Diseases of the heart | 103.2 | 112.0 | 117.3 | 125.8 | 116.2 |
| Malaria | 58.9 | 99.4 | 124.6 | 97.0 | 89.1 |
| Nephritis | 80.8 | 98.7 | 107.6 | 108.7 | 108.0 |
| Cancer | 50.8 | 54.7 | 54.2 | 51.9 | 53.8 |
| Disease of pregnancy, childbirth, and puerperium1 | 35.3 | 41.7 | 49.3 | 44.4 | 49.2 |
| Accidents | 29.9 | 35.1 | 38.3 | 34.6 | 27.3 |
| Diseases of the arteries | 25.8 | 28.5 | 31.7 | 32.3 | 34.3 |
| Cerebral hemorrhage, embolism, thrombosis, hemiplegia, etc | 29.5 | 27.7 | 32.8 | 27.1 | 28.0 |
| Suicides | 20.6 | 25.4 | 28.0 | 25.4 | 27.3 |
| Anemia | 19.2 | 23.7 | 22.0 | 19.2 | 17.9 |
| Bronchitis | 19.4 | 21.6 | 23.8 | 32.4 | 38.9 |
| Syphilis | 15.7 | 19.9 | 34.7 | 27.5 | 27.9 |
| Homicides | 16.4 | 15.7 | 15.9 | 13.7 | 13.3 |
| Uncinariasis | 9.1 | 11.7 | 18.0 | 17.1 | 18.0 |
| Whooping cough | 8.7 | 10.9 | 15.4 | 11.7 | 13.6 |
| Influenza | 16.6 | 6.6 | 13.0' | 64.9 | 14.1 |
| All other causes | 310.2 | 330.1 | 348.4 | 296.7 | 292.0 |
| Total | 1,469.1 | 1,656.3 | 1,860.0 | 1,841.2 | 1,776.6 |
1Rates computed per 10,000 total births. Source: P. R. Department of Health.
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