The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-05-26
VITAL STATISTICS IN THE UNITED STATES

ton is invcrscly lis the density Of the States
This is especially true of the agricultural
States. In the manufacturing States, and
i'll the manufacturing counties
of the manufacturing States, the rule is
changed. Thus, Massachusetts, with Il
population to the square mile Of 94.5e,
increased from 1910 to 1850 3I.Sl per
cent, willie North Carolina, with a popula-
tion to the square mile OF 1886, in
creased during the same period only l5.35
per cent.
The population Of the United States is
younger llan in England and in Middle
AMI Northern Europe. a new people,
or one that is growing, hy immigrant or
natural increase has a larger population
of the y"un" and fewer of the aged than
one that is old or stationary. The aver
age of the population in England in 1917
was 2J.4 wears, in Prussia in 1887 the
average WAS 21.2J, while in the United
States in 1910 it WIS only 22.7l. In
1870 it had iScn II liittle-22.S9 years.
lh" people are younger in the new States
IN New hampshire 81 per cent. Of I'LL the
people ar" over 60 vcals OF age, while III
Iowa only 90 per cent. are over GO years
Of age.
The proportion between the productive
AMI the unrrodmciivc population, Of those
able to work and those not able, varies very
materially in the different States. In Ar
kansas, Illinois, Michigan and Missouri,
which, III ten years, from 1871 to 1881, had
gained 9i, the dependant were to the s,ls-
tanning class ;,> 80 to 1900 But in Con
ncctirnt New Hampshire, North Carolina
an'l Vermont, which had gained only
Is per cent, these proportions were GIG
u 1000.
T!" ratio Of births to the average an
nnal population, has not been ascerlaincl
wi:!' certainly in any State except Mas
saci.uSrils. The ratio there from 1919 10
1856 was Que birth to SIS Of the total
i"rcig" population. The diSproporl,"nalc
excess Of births among the foreigners in
Massachusetts, is accounted for by the fact
that they srem more disposed to marry
than the natives, and is countcrbalapcei hv
an inordinatc morality among their infants
the eXccs, being % per cent. greater among
the strangers.
''.hcrc seems TO be = universal LAW that
more males than females are born This
is ,u- tainc,l by the records of every nation
wl'cr', record, have been kept. The excess
Of males varies with different people, but
50 far as known, the excess is greatest in the
Tn ted States. |: varies widely among the
different States, the excess in South Caro-
lna anl kentucky being more than three
time, us great us Massachusetts. The cf.
feet of climate and other apprrciabc causes
i'll producing this di>propor.ion in the
SEXES is not settled. The excess is greatest
i'll extreme ciilnatcs-lsussa and South
Carolina.
The proportion of births to marriages rs
asccltaincd oI Iy III Massachusetts, is 2.15
to a marriage, while in England and Wales
it is 4.0l5; but these arc not to be taken
as tie exact proportions Of fecunJity in the
two countries.
1t seems that marriages take place ear
lcr ut the South than ut the North. In
Sou,l, Carolina 1921 Per cent, in Ken
tucky 4l.7 per cent Of the females when
married we're under 20 years Of age, while
in Massachusetts only 1880 per cent. were
under that age. Again, we find in South
Carolina 3S3 per cent, kentucky 374 and
III Massachusetts, IG.96 per cent Of lie fc-
males were married between 20 and %
years Of age.
The rate Of mortality for the United
States has not been fully determined, but
the relative proportion Of early mortality
III the tx" sexes, is thus stated for the year
lSi9-50: Under one year, males III
females lG..i per cent. Of all. Over one
year, and under five, males 2lO. females
2l.5. The ratio Of living was: under one
year, males 2.GS, females . 0l per cent. Of
all; over one year and under five, males
l2.2, females. 1914. This shows, III the
first period, IL considerable difference in ia
vor Of the females. Although more males
are born than females, it is asserted that
females enjoy Il greater lcng,l, Of life,
and perhaps Il create: degree Of health than
males.
In regard to the diseases Of which Amer
lean people die, it is suid that consumption
destroys one fifth Of all who die in the
Northern, and one twelfth of all who die
III the Southern States. Apart from con
SUMPTION, other respiratory diseases occas-
ion large proportion Of mortality in the
warmer sections. Pneumonia, Group and
whooping cough show large excess of
mortality at the South, and the various fe.