The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-06-11
LONGER LIFE.
ASTEADY INCREASE IN OUR SPAN OF
YEARS SHOVN BY FIGURES.
Citv Against Country Bred People-The
sHetter Born" Man of tho Future Will
Live to an Age Now Undreamets OF.

We shall be a long lived race in days to
come. The Biblical promise of "three-score
years and ten" VIII be far more than full
filed. The influences which have gone out
from the minds OF Il multitude of students
during the first century and viii grow more
powerful with each coming year. The men
who cry of waning vitality are only cack-
lerS.
In twenty years the average life of each
human individual has increased almost
eighteen months.
There is no more careful student cf such
matters than DR.. Rogers S. Tracy, statis-
tician of the New York board OF health
Says he:
The average of human life is certainly
increasing with ot.r increasing knowledge
of the laws of health. 1t could not be cher
wise. This applies not only to the United
States, but to practically all the countries
OF Europe, except, perhaps, France. Compi-
lation of statistics on this subject is a most
difficult matter, and it has been best done
in England. Most elaborate comparisons
have been made there Of the periods be-
tween 1888 to 1881 and 1871 to 1880 with amaz-
ing results. During the first period the
average lifetime 1891 years; during
the latter period it 1.35 years. This is
gain o. LA, or nearly one and one-half
years.
While no calculation so elaborate and
in the United States, inquiry Of any OF the
great life insurance companies viii show
that the same thing i'll a general way is
known TO be true here, although Ameri-
cas- gain has been more in the saving Of
children's lives than in Iengthening the
lives of adults.
Concerning this there is nisapprchen-
sion. The progress Of sanitary reform has
brought about q lessening Of infant NOR
taility. With this has come an increase Of
mortality among adults. This does not in
d!cate n decrease of vitality in mature peo-
pie. 1t is que TO the fact that through the
saving Of infancy and childhood of many
lives Of delicate persons there are more
people who easily yield to the stress of
adult life; but there is no decrease of those
vigorous adults, who, in time past, would
alone have survived at all.
Our Present Length Of Life.
Just how large a proportion of the pop
ulation lives to maturity and beyond is
shown in this table for 1885, Out of 100, 600
children born alive
0,9t1 survive to be-. :. q years Old
7S.000 survive TO be % years Oh
q, 200 survive 10 be-. II years old
- 003 survive TO be-. :. :. =. IS years old
q. 500 survive to be. E. :. :. 10 years Old
1900 survive to pc 20 years Old
IS 600 survive to be-. :. :. :. ..25 years Od
cisco survive to be. e. :. =. 30 years Old
16,iG0 survive to be. =. :. :. rs years Old
calculations made from the tables of a
number Of life insurance companies show
that II this country the expectation of the
lie Of males at various ages is:
Age 1G-e&pectation.. -
Ace 15-eXrccta ton. 80. =. E. ..46.6
Ase 23-e>pectatlon.. So
Age Interpretations. So
Age G0-eNpecta ton. lib
This shows, by the way, that the eNpec-
taton Of life in America at birth is a little
more than eight and q half years greater
than it is III England. which is not n bad
commentary on the healthfulness OF the
United States.
IN this competition it is not uninteresting
to look at the expectations of life at differ
eut ages in the five biggest cities Of the
United States. It gives a hint as to the
heasthfulness OF sections. Here is The table: