NY Marble Cemetery: Causes of Death

NEW YORK MARBLE CEMETERY – CAUSES OF DEATH

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The Cemetery registers note the cause of death for most burials. This list
is in order of frequency. The first 12 diseases caused half of all deaths.

1	Phthisis or Consumption (TB)	49	Hypertrophy of the heart	97	Septicemia or Pyaemia
2	Still-birth	50	Nervous fever or complaint	98	Suffocation
3	Scarlet fever or Scarlatina	51	Rheumatism	99	Ulceration of the bowels
4	Dropsy or Hydrothorax (Edema)	52	Sore throat or Quinsy	100	Anasarca (Massive edema)
5	Apoplexy (Stroke)	53	Suicide	101	Aneurism
6	Dysentary	54	Angina pectoris	102	Aphtha or Sprue (Thrush)
7	Croup	55	Exhaustion	103	Arachnitis (Meningitis)
8	Hydrocephalus	56	Influenza	104	Asphyxia
9	Cholera infantum	57	Palsy or Tremor	105	Astrophia
10	Inflammation of the lungs	58	Blood vessel burst	106	Chlorosis (Anemia)
11	Debility or Asthenia	59	Bowel complaint	107	Chorea (Spasms)
12	Heart disease	60	Carditis or Pericarditis	108	Compression of the brain
13	Convulsions	61	Dyspepsia or Indigestion	109	Cystitis
14	Cancer, Tumor, or Carcinoma	62	Epilepsy or Fits	110	Defective organization
15	Old age or Decay of life	63	Fever	111	Effusion of the lungs
16	Inflammation of the bowels	64	Gastritis	112	Embolism
17	Cholera or Ch. asiatica	65	Inflammation of the stomach	113	Empresmas pneumanitis
18	Congestion of the brain	66	Smallpox or Varioloid	114	Feebleness of birth
19	Marasmus, Inanition, Cachexia	67	Abscess	115	Fistula
20	Accidental death	68	Albuminuria	116	Fractured thigh
21	Childbed or Puerpural fever	69	Asthma	117	Gastralgia
22	Pneumonia	70	Congestion of the liver	118	Hæmerrophysis
23	Inflammation of the brain	71	Continued or Congestive fever	119	Hæmoptisis (Spitting blood)
24	Whooping cough or Pertussis	72	Constipation	120	Hæmatemesis (Vomiting blood)
25	Erysipelas ("St. Anthony’s Fire")	73	Cyanosis	121	Hives
26	Bronchitis	74	Diabetes	122	Hydropericardia
27	Liver disease	75	Gangrene	123	Ilisis
28	Measles or Rubeola	76	Hepatitis	124	Intemperance
29	Bilious fever	77	Malaria	125	Malformation
30	Typhus	78	Pleuritis or Pleurisy	126	Membris carditis
31	Diarrhea	79	Purpura (Scurvy)	127	Mental derangement
32	Meningitis, Phrenitis, Brain fever	80	Schirrus (Hard organ or tumor)	128	Milk crust ( Vesicular eczema)
33	Paralysis	81	Ulceration of the throat	129	Mitral stenosis
34	Remittent or Remitting fever	82	Arnemia	130	Mortification
35	Teething	83	Ascites (Hydroperitoneum)	131	Otitis (Ear inflammation)
36	Diptheria	84	Bladder disease	132	Perforation of the stomach
37	Peritonitis	85	Carbuncle (Boils)	133	Prostration
38	Typhoid	86	Catarrh	134	Pulmony
39	Premature birth	87	Delirium	135	Rachitis (Rickets)
40	Enteritis or Gastric enteritis	88	Flux infantile	136	Ramollisement
41	Tabes mesenterica	89	Gout	137	Scrofula ("King's Evil")
42	Congestion of the lungs	90	Hemiplegia or Paraplegia	138	Stricture of the colon
43	Lung disease	91	Hernia	139	Syncope (Fainting)
44	Hæmorrhage	92	Jaundice	140	Tetanus
45	Kidney disease or Nephritis	93	Phlebitis	141	Tonsilitis
46	Softening of the brain	94	Rheumatic fever	142	Winneplegia
47	Bright’s disease	95	Sarcoma	143	Womb complaint
48	Effusion of the brain	96	Senectus or Senility	144	Wrengitis
				145	Yellow fever