Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-05-09
THE STRUGGLE o. The SEXES.
How Women Outltve Men-Du cities Pro-
dee More Girls?

How Women Outlive M.n-Do cities Pro-
dlce More Girls?
In 1880 there we're $4,000 900 Of peo-
pleJin this country, and about so2, 900
more males than females That was
only because more males were born;
the females live the longer. OF the
centenarians !, 400 were men and 2,6O7
were women.
The boys start out nearly a million
ahead and are in the majority until the
10th year, when the girls are little
more numerous Sweet 10 is a num-
erous age, anyhow. After that, first
one and then the other is in the ma
iority, size girls gradually gaining
after 80 and leaving the men far be-
hind after -. To balance this longevity
Of the females, in almost every state a
few more boys are born; not many
more. but almost always a few. 1t IS
astonishing to see where the census
gives thousands and hundreds Of thous-
ands of boys and girls under year
old; there are, with one or two ex-
ceptiOus. always a few hundred more
bows, and only few hundred more.
In only SIX of the forly-nine States
and Territories are more girls born,
and i'm these States they are slightly in
excess from eleven TO eighty. These
exceptions are Arizona, Delaware,
Florida, Louisiana, Montana, and
North Carolina.
The fact that the females are in the
majority iu all the original thirteen
States but Delaware and North Caro-
lima. especially in Massachusetts, and
New England. has created the impress
sion that there IS something in the cli-
mate or tn the people that produces
more women than men. This popu-
lar but cyrogious error In Massa-
chuseus there were iu 1850 So more
bow than girls under ! year of age
Tho males are in the minority in all
most all the Eastern States because
many of the young men 90 West All
over the West there is am excess Of
men, and those who are not foreigners
have been Withdrawn from the States
farther East. In the new States and
Territories this is most noticeable. In
Idaho, for instance, there are twice AS
many males as females, but the male
infants are only a little i'm excess Of
the females
The West is drawing heavily on the
manhood of the East From this all
the old States have suffered. Mas
sacuusctts shows the loss and Ohio
shows the gain
Another curiousfact is that while all
over the country more boys than girls
are born, iu cities aud towns there are
more girls
BeJvcnh the ages of 3 and ~, i'm
elusive, there arc I,GsJmorc girl, than
boy in New York County, l,1JS more
in King, County, 2,72j more i'm the
CITY OF Baltimore. 1913 more in Suf-
folk County. Massachusetts (Boston),
zoos more in Cook County (Chicago),
Illinois, 2,l3l more in the city OF 81.
Louis, l,95l more in Phiiadelpha
County and q, G33 more in the Pa,ish
OF New Orleans All these cities eX-
cept New Orleans arc IN States where
more boys than girI, are born.
In Georgia there are l3I counties,
and iu aIl but 70 OF them there arc
more boys than girls. These % couu-
ties include the II large towns and
cities. Strange that not enc of tho
cities should be left out. Stranger
still, the cEcess of girls is about in
proportion 80 population. Savannah
leads Oh with o2S more girls than boys;
Atlanta, $50; Augusta, 30t; Macon,
l5i, Columbus 1871; Gainesville, 1913;
Rome, 30, Athens. 80; Albany, l6;
Gunu, n; and Amcricus, T.
savannah though She has a some
what smaller population than Atlanta,
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