Five grouped bar charts showing potential years of life lost to tuberculosis, cancer, and heart disease in the US in 1944 and grouped by Non-White Female, Non-White Male, White Female, White Male, and All Groups. For Non-White Females, tuberculosis had the most potential years of life lost of the 3 causes with 191,530. For Non-White Males, tuberculosis also had the most potential years of life lost of the 3 causes with 153,664. For White Females, cancer had the most potential years of life lost of the 3 causes with 810,302. And for White Males, heart diseases had the most potential years of life lost with 979,107.
*Chart and language adapted from Table 3 of "Decline in Tuberculosis: The Death Rate Fails to Tell the Whole Story," published in 1947.