Page Four
Some Facts
And Figures
Pennsylvania compares favor
ably with the rest of the nation in
regard to urbanization of its pop
ulation. 6n education, however, it
ranks above the average, and in
marriages, births, and Federal
grants Pennsylvania ranks behind
other states.
These conclusions appear in the
current statistical survey of the
U.S. made by the Federal depart
ment of Health, Education and
Welfare. The statistics appear in
Trends, a recent departmental
publication..
A large portion of Trends is de
voted to various aspects of pop
ulation, e. g., amount, composition,
birth and death rates, and mar
riage and divorce rates. Of Penn
sylvania’s 11,319,000 people, 71.6
percent lives in urban centers.
This is slightly higher than the
69.9 percent for the whole nation.
New Jersey and North Dakota are
high and low in this category with
88.6 percent and 35.2 percent re
spectively. Pennsylvania’s non-
Whites comprise 7.6 percent of the
state’s population. The national
figure is 11.4 percent. While 68
percent of Hawaii’s population is
nonwhite, the highest figure for a
continental state is Mississippi’s
42.3 percent. Vermont’s 0.2 per
cent is lowest.
• In both marriage and divorce
rates (figured annually per 1,000
people) Pennsylvania falls below
the national figures. This state’s
rates of 6.6 and 1.2 contrast with
the national rates of 8.5 and 2.2
Nevada—and this is no surprise to
anyone leads in both categories
with rates of 214.5 and 34.0. Del
aware is low in marriages with a
5.3 rate and New York is low in
divorces with a 0.5 rate.
The national birth rate (also
figured annually per 1,000 people)
is 23.7. Pennsylvania is next to
lowest with a 21.3 rate, just a
shade above West Virginia’s 21.2
with 33.4. Pennsylvania is above
rate. Alaska has the highest rate
the national death rate of 9.6 with
10.6 deaths per 1,000 people annu
ally. Massachusetts and New
Mexico are high and low with
rates of 11.6 and 7.1 respectively.
In the infant mortality rate
(deaths under age one, excluding
fetal deaths, per 1,000 live births
annually), the national figure is
HIGH ACRES COLLEGIAN
26.4. Pennsylvania is a little lower
with a 24.9 rate. Alaska and Mis
sissippi are very high with 42.9
and 39.0 rates respectively. Min
nesota’s 21.1 rate is lowest.
Another major topic in Trends
concerns health and medical facil
ities, In the United States there
are 142 physicians per 100,000
people. Pennsylvania’s 143 figure
is far behind New York’s 193 but
much higher than Alaska’s 50. The
national figure for dentists per
100,000 people is 56. Above this
figure are Pennsylvania’s 60 and
New York’s high of 82. South
Carolina’s 21 is low. Pennsylvania
has an above average number of
mental hospital patients: 378.6 per
100,000 people. The national figure
is 334.8 with New York’s 586.1
and Utah’s 127.8 ranking high and
low.
“ Statistics dealing with education
and economic conditions are also
included. In the ratio of pupils to
teachers, the national figure is
25.6-1 with Pennsylvania just a
shade over that with 25.7-1. Ala
bama’s 29.91-1 is high and South
Dakota’s ■ 19.2-1 is low. The na
tional percentage of full-time
teachers with substandard creden
tials is 7,4 percent of all elemen
tary teachers and 4.3 percent of
all secondary teachers. Pennsylva
nia’s 1.4 percent and 2.2 percent in
these categories rank near the
bottom. Maryland has the dubious
distinction of being high in both
areas with percentages of 34.0 and
17.2.
Personal income per capita in
the United States is $2,265. Penn
sylvania is slightly higher with
$2,280. Delaware and Mississippi
are high and low with $3,026 and
$1,233 respectively. All forms of
federal grants-in-aid to state and
local governments amount to
$37.90 per capita across the na
tion. Pennsylvania is below this
figure with $27.38. Alaska and
Wyoming are very high with
$137.75 and $103.71 respectively.
New Jersey is low with $21.70.
These figures were selected at
random and are only a sample of
what is contained in Trends. The
current edition is for sale by the
Superintendent of Documents,
U. S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D. C., at $l.OO per
copy.
TEAMS 1 AND 5 BATTLE
FOR DIAMOND SUPREMACY
Poet’s Beat
“I draw the line at kissing,”
She said with fiery intent.
But he was a football player,
So over the line he went.
Preacher Ben despite adversity,
Saved a southern university;
Said his nephew: “Ain’t that nice?
Uncle Ben’s converted Rice.”
A serious thought for today
Is one that may cause dismay;
Just what are the forces
That bring little horses
If all of the horses say “Nay?”'
There was a young girl named
Anheiser,
Who said that no man coulr sur-
prise her,
But a fellow named Gibbons
Untied her Blue Ribbons
And now she is sadder Budweiser.
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The softball season is now al
most over at Highacres. Team No.
1 has won the second half cham
pionship. The members of the
team are: Taylor Searfoss, Joseph
Fulton, Larry Lash, Harry
Scheidy, Thomas Tucker, Thomas
Pugliese, Richard Houk, and Rich
ard Gasper.
However, before Team No. 1 can
claim the title, they must defeat
Team No. 5, with whom they are
tied for the first half champion
ship.
An allstar team from Highacres
defeated the employees of Globe
Lighting in a double-header. The
scores were 8 to 5 and 8 to 1 in
favor of Highacres.
is the essence of
public contact.
—CYRUS H. K. WHITE
June 4, 1963
THANK YOU!
the staff