Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1891 — An Interesting Census. [ARTICLE]

An Interesting Census.

Dr. George van Mayr, who was at one time an under secretary of state, lately read a paper before the Anthropological Society of Munich, Germany, upon the variations shown by the census returns of the various countries in the proportionate numbers of persons living at each age of life. Limiting the periods of life to three, namely 1 to 15 years, 16 to 60 years, and 70 years and upward, the number of persons of those ages per 1,000 inhabitants were in the undermentioned countries as follows: 70 year*. Cen- Ito IS 16ti60 and bus. jears, ye r». upward. Germanylßßs 355 618 28 ' F anoe ..1886 270 682 48 Great Britain and Irelandlßßl 363 608 29 Italvlßßl 322 647 81 Austrialßßo 340 637 23 ’ Hungary....;. ....1880 353 629 18 Spainlß77 325 651 24 Swedenlßßo 326 641 81 Norwa?lß7s 347 613 40 . Switzerlandlßßo 321 C 49 30 ' United Stateslßßo 381 .'93 20 AU trail® 1381 396 592 12