Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1898 — WOMEN LIVE LONGER. [ARTICLE]

WOMEN LIVE LONGER.

More Centenarians Among Women Than Among Men— Why Is It Sot A report from the office of the regis-trar-general of England shows that there are more female than male centenarians, says the Baltimore Sun. Out of 1,000,000 people 225 women reach the age of 100 years, while only 82 men rohnd out the century. 'Now, the great conundrum which is proposed is: Why is this so? According to the popular superstition, it takes much longer for a woman to reach even the age of 50 than it takes for a man to reach that age. If this is true, it makes the showing all the more remarkable. It has even been asserted that association with women makes a man |iye longer, as shown by the fact that the average life of the married man is longer than the average life of a single man. The fact, however, is denied b3‘ the endmen at the minstrels, who says that the life of the married man is not really longer, but only seems so. So far there is no satisfactory explanation of the original proposition why more women live to be 100. Some say it is because women are less addicted to tobacco and strong drink, others say that it is foecause it is more healthy to spend money than it is to earn it, and so on. It may be many of the men who would live to be 100 are killed at an early age in casualties to which women are not exposed. It may be that tight lacing is a life preserver, and it may be not a fact,, after all. Possibly the English registrar-general may be mistaken. The situation is replete With possibilities. ,