Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1894 — Longevity. [ARTICLE]

Longevity.

From the Medical Record we learn that the average duration of life in woman exceeds that of man. It is, however, subject to great variations during its continuance. During the first year of existence 112.80 male babies out of 1,000 perish at birth, whereas only 92.64 females succumb, and at the end of the year the girl baby has the advantage of 81.87, as against 85.08. She holds this vantage ground up to her fourth year. From now until the twelfth year the female mortality is 4.28 and the male only 8.56. From the twelfth to the fortysixth year the mortality of the sexes is about even. From fortv-six to fifty-six, the period of the climacteric, the gain in male mortality is much greater than that of the female, being 6.32 per annum for the male per thousand, and only 3.47 for his more fortunate sister. This will surprise must people, but indisputable statistics absolutely establish the fact that the period of the cli-‘ macteric is much more fatal to man than to woman. After forty-six the female averages longer than male life. It is also a singular fact that there is also a plurality of female births, which would appear to indicate an excess of feminine humanity, which, however, is probably not the case.—f Atlanta Constitution.