No. 100. SPECIFIED REPORTABLE DISEASES-CASES REPORTED, BY MONTH: 1958 [Excludes Alaska and Hawaii. Figures in this table and table 101 should be interpreted with caution. Reporting of most of these diseases is known to be seriously incomplete. However, these figures have proved valuable to health authorities by indicating significant changes in disease incidence. They should not be interpreted as measures of total amount of illness caused by the diseases concerned] Tetanus. Typhoid fever. Whooping cough (pertussis). 1 Includes some cases not tabulated by month. Source: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, National Office of Vital Statistics; Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (annual supplement), Vol. 7, No. 54. No. 101. SPECIFIED REPORTABLE DISEASES-CASES REPORTED: 1945 TO 1958 [Excludes Alaska and Hawaii. For qualifications of data, see headnote, table 100. See Historical Statistics, Colonial Times to 1957, series B 275-281, for rates for selected diseases] For 1945-50, figures from Agricultural Research Service, Department of Agriculture. None of these cases fulfills the generally accepted criteria for a diagnosis of smallpox. *For 1945-50, figures (civilian cases only) from the Division of Venereal Diseases, Public Health Service. Source: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, National Office of Vital Statistics; Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (annual supplement), Vol. 3, No. 53, and Vol. 7, No. 54. No. 102. DAYS OF DISABILITY PER YEAR AND PER 100 POPULATION, BY ACUTE OR CHRONIC CONDITION GROUP: 1959 [For year ending June 30. Excludes Alaska and Hawaii. Data refer to civilian noninstitutional population and contain some duplications, since time lost because of several concurrent conditions is counted under each contributing condition. Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability; see source for detailed explanation. For definitions of types of time lost, see footnotes, table 103] * Computed for children 6 to 16 years old. Population upon which rate is computed is only persons 17 years old and over who reported "working" as their major activity during the 12-month period preceding the week of interview. Source: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, U.S. National Health Survey. No. 103. DAYS OF DISABILITY PER YEAR AND PER PERSON, BY TYPE OF TIME LOST AND SEX: 1959 [For year ending June 30. Excludes Alaska and Hawaii. Data refer to civilian noninstitutional population. Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability; see source for detailed explanations] 1 A day when a person cuts down on his usual activities for the whole of the day because of an illness or an injury. Includes bed-disability, work-loss, and school-loss days. A day on which a person was kept in bed either all or most of the day because of an illness or injury. Includes those work-loss and school-loss days actually spent in bed. A day is counted as a work-loss day if a person loses the entire work day because of illness or injury. Computed for persons 17 years of age and over. Population upon which rate is computed is only persons who reported "working" as their major activity during the 12-month period preceding the week of interview. A day is counted as lost from school if the child lost the entire school day because of illness or injury. Computed for children 6 to 16 years of age. Source: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, U.S. National Health Survey. No. 104. AVERAGE WEIGHT OF MEN AND WOMEN, BY Age and Height [Height with shoes; weight in pounds, in indoor clothing. Excludes Alaska and Hawaii. Based on a survey covering the experience of several million people insured by 26 large life insurance companies in the U.S. and Canada during the period 1935-1953] Source: Society of Actuaries, Chicago, Ill.; Build and Blood Pressure Study, 1959. No. 105. NUTRITION-APPARENT CIVILIAN PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF MAJOR FOOD COMMODITIES: 1910 To 1959 In pounds, except as noted. Data on calendar year basis except as follows: Dried fruit, pack year; fresh citrus fruits and rice, crop year beginning previous year; peanuts, crop year beginning September of year indicated; and prior to 1950, canned fruits and vegetables on a pack year. Excludes Alaska and Hawaii. Based on Bureau of the Census estimated population as of July 1. See also Historical Statistics, Colonial Times to 1957, series G 552-584] 'Not available. 1.2 2.9 3.0 4.8 4.6 3.8 4.2 3.7 3.9 2.5 3.0 3.2 5.0 4.5 4.1 4.5 4.5 4.9 Excludes canned food products containing small quantities of fish such as clam chowder, etc. No. 106. NUTRITION-NUTRIENTS AVAILABLE FOR CIVILIAN CONSUMPTION PER [Excludes Alaska and Hawaii. Computed on basis of estimates of apparent civilian consumption (retail basis) including consumption from rural and urban home gardens. Based on Bureau of the Census estimated population as of July 1. No deductions have been made in nutrient estimates for loss or waste in home or for destruction or loss of nutrients during preparation of food. Deductions have been made for inedible refuse. Data for iron, thiamine, riboflavin, and niacin include amounts of these nutrients added to prepared cereals, bread, and white flour under enrichment program] Source: Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service; published annually in National Focd Situation. No. 107. FEDERAL FOOD PROGRAMS-DIRECT DISTRIBUTION, INDEMNITY Plan, and [For years ending June 30. Participation data for peak month. Includes Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands. See also Historical Statistics, Colonial Times to 1957, series G 546-551] 1 Represents cost to the Federal Government of the commodity as delivered to the State distributing agency and includes cost of purchase, handling, warehousing, and transportation, but excludes administrative costs. 2 For 1940, represents School Milk Program, which was merged with indemnity plan in July 1943. See also headnote, table 109. 3 Initiated in September 1954 to increase the consumption of fluid milk in schools and child-care institutions authorized under the Agricultural Act of 1954, as amended. Source: Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service; annual report, Agricultural Statistics. No. 108. FEDERAL FOOD PROGRAMS-DIRECT DISTRIBUTION, BY FOOD GROUPS: 1959 [Quantity in thousands of pounds; cost in thousands of dollars. For year ending June 30. Includes Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands] Source: Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service; annual report, Agricultural Statistics. 1,308 |