Fever 220 Cholera infantum 112 Diarrhea 52 Dysentery and colic 77 Typhoid fever 26 Bronchitis and pneumonia 91 Phthisis 42 Influenza 17 Dropsy 31 Heart failure 31 Apoplexy and paralysis 81 Indigestion 12 Gastro-enteritis 15 Enteritis 28 Inflammation 35 Cancer 16 Blood-poison 17 Syphilis 5 In regard to social conditions, the population of Costa Rica was distributed in 1892, by percentages, as follows: ------------+---------+----------+----------+--------+--------+-------- Province or | | | | | Single | Single Comarca. | Married.| Divorced.| Widowers.| Widows.| Male. | Female. ------------+---------+----------+----------+--------+--------+-------- San José | 27.52 | 0.38 | 0.89 | 2.98 | 33.77 | 34.46 Alajuela | 28.71 | 0.11 | 0.87 | 3.17 | 34.16 | 32.98 Cartago | 26.76 | 0.08 | 1.16 | 3.98 | 34.82 | 33.20 Heredia | 28.33 | 0.07 | 1.06 | 3.22 | 32.94 | 34.38 Guanacaste | 22.82 | 0.64 | 1.60 | 3.59 | 37.53 | 33.82 Puntarenas | 18.17 | 0.30 | 1.17 | 3.51 | 40.07 | 36.78 Limon | 5.05 | 0.16 | 0.39 | 0.70 | 69.18 | 24.52 ------------+---------+----------+----------+--------+--------+-------- With respect to instruction there were 28,208 individuals who could read, and 48,215 persons who could read and write, leaving 166,782 illiterates, or 68.58 per cent of the entire population who could not read or write. It will be interesting for the economist to know the percentage of the population capable of reading, or writing and reading. It is as follows: Province of San José. -------------+---------+--------- | | Readers | Readers.| and | | writers. -------------+---------+--------- San José | 20.00 | 38.98 Escasú | 8.08 | 9.52 Desamparados | 15.40 | 20.01 Puriscal | 9.16 | 11.82 Aserri | 5.32 | 6.55 Mora | 6.05 | 6.21 Tarrazú | 9.09 | 10.95 Goicoechea | 12.83 | 21.64 -------------+---------+--------- | 14.72 | 25.69 -------------+---------+--------- Province of Alajuela.