The Portland daily press., 1872-05-23
THE PRESS.
Mortality Statistics.

The census report on the mortality Oh the
United States exhibits the intense care, ac
curate discrimination and economic use Vi
The defective schedules OF the census-law
which have marked General walkers prevl-
GUS reports The number OF deaths during
the year covered by the nintn census was
1872, 263, or LIS per cent. OF our population.
'Tbe average of 1850 was 1.25; of 1850, 1.39.
of the deaths reported in 1870, 26O,673 were
males, and 231 500 females, being nearly in
the proportion of rs OF the former to % OF the
latter. The greatest mortality-2.6 81 per cent.
was in Arizona, where Indian hostilities
were rife during the census year; the smallest
-033 per cent.-was in Idaho or the
States the greatest ratio of deaths to popula-
ton .0O-waS in Louisiana; the smallest
O.69-was in Oregon. The ratio OF the Ter
ritCries, with the exception of Arizona-2.61
and New Mexico-1. 28-were all below the
general average, nearly all being less than one
per cent. of the population. The sparseness
of the population in the Territories, however,
prevented as accurate returns as might other
wise have been secured. The ratio doubtless
is too small.
The following States exhibit averages be-
low the general average, viz: Alabama LOS;
Arkansas, 1.26; Connecticut, 1926; Delaware,
1.25; Florida, 1.21; Georgia, LIS; Indiana,
LOS; Iowa, 0.81; Kansas, 1.25; Kentucky,
100; Maine, 1.23; Maryland, 1.24; Michigan,
O.94; Minnesota, 0.SO; Mississippi, Ill; Ne
braska, 0.S1; New Jersey, LII; North Caro-
lima, 0.9S Ohio, Ill; Oregon, 0.69; Rhode
Island, 1925; South Carolina, LOS; Tennes-
see, LIB; Vermont, LOT; Virginia, 1.24 !;
West Virginia, O.91; Wisconsin, 094. The
States above the general average were Cali
tornia, 1.61; Illinois, 1.33; louisiana, 200;
Massachusetts, LII; Missouri, 1893; Nevada,
Las; New Hampshire, 1.35; New York, 1.5S;
Pennsylvania, LAG; Texas, 1.37. The rate
OF mortality has increased, in ten years, in
California, Delaware, Illinois, Louisiana,
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,, Minnesota,
Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio,
creased in Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut,
Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska,
New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Caro-
lima, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tenncs-
see, Texas, and Virginia. The District of
Columbia is above the average, showing
ratio of deaths to population of 1.53 per cent,
which, however, is q decided improvement
over the ratio of 1860 of LIB per cent.
OF the deaths reported in 1870, 203, 213, or
Alps per cent, were children of five years
old and under, the proportions of the sexes
being about 10 males to females. The
deaths from the age of ten years and younger
were 229, 542, or 1852 per cent, the males
being 10 the females about the ration of II to
III. The deaths from fifteen years and
younger were 245, 1921, or not quite so per
cent, the population of the sexes being about
ID males to II females. This result, then, is
in confirmation of the general impression
that at least half of our population die before
the age of II. The mortality increases with
each subsequent 5 years up to IS. From 10
to 20 the deaths were 9,521 males and 10, TAI
females; from 20 to 25, 1859 males and 49,
449 females from rs to 30, 1926 males and
11,796 females; from 80 to IS, 9,456 males
and 10,072 females.
1t is observable that during the period from
fifteen to thirty-tve the deaths of females
are in excess of the males. In all the earlier
and in all the later ages the males preponder-
rate except in the extreme old ages, in which
the females predominant, from the fact that
more of them survive the contingencies of
middle age than of the other sex. From
eighty-fve to ninety the deaths embraced
2,205 men and 1922 women; from ninety to
ninety-five, 941 men and ], 042 women; nine
ty-five and upwards, 565 men and 1852 women.
The preponderance of female deaths be-
comes more decided as the age increases.
The aggregate of reported deaths embraces
424, $50 native born, and Is, 963 foreign born.
OF the native born 1856, III were white; 67,-
461 colored; "a Chinese, and 464 civilized In
dians. OF the foreign born 1925 were Ger
mans; 1924 Scandinavians; 27,053 Irish;
1859 English and WEIGH 1853 Scotch, 1881
French; 1907 of other nationalities.