The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-10-11

Starting at the beginning it may
be said that the average infant in
Vermont is twice as likely to be of
native parentage IS the average infant
in the state of Massachusetts. But
while in Massachusetts there is likely
to be q $40 births in year to each
l, 600 of inhabitants, in Vermont the
number of births to each 1000 people
would be only 10 TO Having once
been started in life. though there was
less chance of the original start being
made it is better for the infant to
have his or her early existence pass I'M
der the healthful conditions of the
Green Mountain state. Only about l6
per cent. of those who die in a year in
Vermont are under | year of age, while
in Massachusetts the table of mortal
ity shows that % per cent of those
that die in year have not attained
the age of II months. 1t is the same
between the ages of Ii and 10. The
rate of mortality during this period
runs nearly twice as high in Massa
chusetts as it does in Vermont though
between the ages of and 90 the con
dition in one state is about the same
as in the other. But from 20 years
onward up to GO years, the percentages
count decidedly against the Bay state.
OF those who die in year the number
between 20 and 30 years of age is per
cent. in Massachusetts, and Go per
cent. in Vermont. Between the ages
of 30. and 40 500 per cent. in Massa
chusetts. and 6.1o per cent. III Yer
mont Between the ages of 40 and
so 1862 per cent. in Massachusetts,
6. II per cent in Vermont Between
the ages of 30 and GO s. 53 per cent. in
Massachusetts, and 10 per cent in
Vermont. OF all those who die in 1t
year, - of each 100 in the Bay state
die before they have reached the age
of 60, while in Vermont, taking in
the case of this state, as in the case
of Massachusetts, Il typical year, IT IS
found that only 80 out of Il hundred
die before they reach the age of 60.
That is, it might be fairly assumed
that every child born in Vermont
stood one chance in two of living to
the age of 60. while in Massachusetts,
its chance of living to the age OF GO
would not be quite one chance IN
three. Naturally, death has rich
harvest in those in Vermont who live
beyond the age of GO years up to that
of 100 and as an illustration of this
it may be SAID that out of each 100
death in the typical year taken there
were, proportionately, more than twice
as many in Vermont between the ages
of 80 and 100 as in the state of Massa
chusetts.
A cause for this prevailing Longevity
is found in the classification of dis
eases that are the cause of death.
Pulmonary consumption and bronchl
tbs stand on relatively low scale IN
Vermont, and on tolerably high one
in this state while on the other hand,
pneumonia and influenza are diseases
which seem to be relatively much more
| frequent in Vermont than they are Mas
| sachusetts. There are relatively twice
as many deaths from diseases of ner-
vous tpye in Massachusetts as there
are in Vermont. where the even quiet OF
country life does not produce such a
strain upon the system. There are al
so, relatively. about twice as many
deaths with us by suicide as in Yer
mont, and also nearly twice as many
by accidents On the other hand,
the chances of dying of what is
termed "old age are 30 per cent.
better to the average resident OF Yer.
mont than to the averaged resident OF
the Bay state.
The average resident in Massachu-
setts has about ten chances of mar
riagc to nine chances that he or she
would have in the state of Vermont,
while if marriage takes place, the
chances of its continuance without
divorce are about twice as good IN the
state of massachusetts, as they woulG
be in the state of Vermont,