The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-19
SEXES IN oLb1AGE.
Is leaned from the Statistics
- OF One Year.
omen Live to BE Over One Hun
80 Years Old Where Only Ono
NIan Reaches That AEe--InGu-
enco of Occupation.

Years Old Where Only Ono
FL SIan Reaches That AEe--InGu-
enco of Occupation.
The Morning Post ofT.ondon las tab.
all the cases of exceptionally
~ life recorded in its obita,rv col
during 1902 In dcaliig with
ch fdcts, scientists are always bcsct
&1tF the difficulty of deciding k-hcthnr
le apparent conclusion is really ::
l'al law or only an crroncn,4 rem
alton which would be corrccid nv
pr induction. Thus, though the
EESSFcentnge of those who attained thn
Sge of so and upward was onlvd7 il,
~ as compared with 1916 in 1Sola9 q
Fl lS90 and l51 in 1889, it would bcy,rv
fh to conclude that there wasl,ny
BB4neral decline of longevity. No d,tbt
Us low figure is an accidental nucna-
Hn and requires to be read in the | sht
he averages of Il long series of ycas
- octogcnarians recorded in thsc
pies numbered 1l5l, and it is found
B OF these 505 were males and GAG D.
Sc es. 1T appears, also, that at al
above so, with perhaps casual e.
ION or two. the proportion of long
Is fsmnles exceeds that of long-livcc
flve women exceed the limit
nv. years as compared with one man.
|sS 40 SO steadily maintained as this
possess some significance even
pg every deduction for the limited
sof the data. We are disposed to
3.nf explanation. not in any sexual
parity, but rather in the different
mst;t{iccs which characterize the
OF cla&rlymen and elderly women.
therssArc many exceptions. there
pc n9gAe6,bt that on the whole,
len :leqd easier lives than men.
occupntiohs, however haraS,ing
engrossing. age still in thc"lnain
(s3f less iaborious than thos.A-o men.
IN addition, womcn.ivG. as n class
rcmoycd from many Of the
8t perils which shorten the lives
in various Occupations. The
thesnavy. the mercantile Murine
Snajority of the most langcrou.
employ men only, and it may he
here is hardy any single occupa-
exceptional risk which is carried
lusiSely ~ women. Sicll-mursing.
might I've thought 10 be an cxccp-
on ne whole. when properly
(, fcd, asncalthy occupation. the
ity of life and habit. the lino>vl-
bsscssct by the trained nurse and
n moEilc required of her more
.Pmpcns,tng for the risk arising
rcquent contact with infectious
Wom'n, especially when they
A9 anced N years, are largely re-
s from conditions which impcril
4ty in men. a woman over 20
B3s$s btiil works laboriously for her liv-
fortunately an exception. where
3st men, even when there is no
tc necessity, d;alikc tie idea of
bent and inaction. and worl: on.
zE to die in harness. The inilu-
{; akk} sex upon the duration of and
of life is an interesting subject
lhich we possess Il good deal of
ton. As is we'll known. the
5 ION of male births definitely en-
INT of female births in the pro-
of thirty or forty per thousand.
H 3z!f tally of males in early life OK
hat of females, while in middle
pcrilS incidental To child bearing
r. rate of female mortality. In
I'll years again. as we have seen,
bcctation of life is decidedly
at better in the female. DR.. O.,
Pfc table compiled fron the NOR
turns of l11l-'S0. shows that ut
pc cXpcCta;io OF life is 4ls3
A the male, as compared with
the female. Al each succeed
fnt the female average keeps
ahead The expectation of life
81 bulatcd as follows:
EXPECTATION OF LIFE.
BY Male. By Feriaic.
5s3s, 50S7 years moro, ~ Us years moro
EkStss8&5S, fTG) years more 80 20 years more
rs, 20 10 wears l:.orc, II ~ wears more
fs. - ~ ycat; more. 3'.li wear. more
f3&Sfs, Is % years more - - wears more
r., 81 years more. sos wears more
ignrcs can hardly be arbitrary
Sading, and we can safely infer
conclusion which they warrant
H. natural law. As We have in
we arc disposed 10 look for It's
ton rather To The circumstances
les of life of the two sexes than
tructura! or sexual popularity.
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