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Leading Causes of Death in Lynchburg, 1944

In most of the disease categories that were leading causes of death in Lynchburg in 1944 there were many more African Americans than whites. Especially significant were the differences in chronic nephritis (kidney disease), premature births, and tuberculosis.

Lynchburg Health Department statistics assembled by Jessica Lane and Farah Marks

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