Province of San José.
Province of Alajuela.
Province of Cartago.
Province of Heredia.
Province of Guanacaste.
Comarca de Puntarenas.
Comarca de Limon.
The movement of the population in regard tobirths,deathsandincreasewas in 1892 as follows:
During the first half of 1897 there were in the capitals of the same provinces or comarcas the followingbirthsanddeaths:
Deaths by Ages.
These data show in favor of births over deaths an increase of 337, of whom 148 were males and 189 females.
The causes of death in each 1000 cases were as follows:
In regard to social conditions, the population of Costa Rica was distributed in 1892, by percentages, as follows:
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.
Province of Alajuela.
Province of Cartago.
Province of Heredia.
Province of Guanacaste.
Comarca de Puntarenas.
Comarca de Limon.
The total literates were 76,423 persons, or 31.42 per cent of the population.
In the capitals of the different provinces and comarcas the proportion was as follows:
For these cities the total literates were 23,488 persons or 59.5 per cent. of their population.
There were, out of the total number, 17,483 school children, who were taught by 451 teachers in public schools.
There were also 6289 foreigners in the country, of which
These foreigners were distributed by nationalities as follows:
With respect to occupations, there were in Costa Rica in 1892:
A distribution of the people by their principal occupations in the different cantones was as follows: