The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-26
Statistics Showing That Man Lives Longer
In Marriage Than In CellhaCy.
WARNING GIVEN TO ALL BACHELORS
Tho Number OF Celibnics Who do
Aftor Attaining shc Ago of Twenty
Married Mcn nnd widowcrs-Un-
favorable Influence OF GelibncJ.
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~ oui SttNSS, We NcItti ~
ute TO its maintenance by hcahhful
methods of living. Independently Of
these, however, various inner and outer
Influences are OF great effect upon the
duration of life, such as marriage. her
cdity occupation, religion, race and
climate. This Is manifest to every one
III regard to certain Influences. as. for
instance. climate. but 1t is not SO mum
ifest as relates to marriage. And vet
the influence of marriage upon the dur
atlon of life IS highly rnvOilahlc.
Darwin said in his "Origin of Man..
According to an enormous :nass of sta
tisticS which were taken in the course OF
the year lSS3. 1t has been :isc,cr,aincd
THAT tho unmarried men In France be-
tween the ages Of twenty and thirty die
In much greater numbers than the mar
ricd. or the unmarried Il.3 die ycarHv
out OF every thousand, and OF the mar
ricd 60. In Scotland this was shown
as early as 1903 There. for Instance.
out of every Thousand unmarried men
between the ages OF twenty ana thirty
years H.? died yearly, and Of the mar
rica only -, or less than half"
| similar condition is observed IN
| nearly all other lands. According Ia
| Hufc!and In his "MakrohiotIilx. out OF
| every hundred persons II bachelors
ana q married men reach the age Of
seventy years. and % unmarried ana
| rs married women
| According to DR. ]. l.. Casper. the
| number of persons who rcach the period
| OF life between seventy nnd Que hun
drcd years Is as follows: Unmarried
men. !; married men. 20: unmarried
women. 10; married women ~
The French stntisticlan Dcpnrc,cux
who has recorded not less than As,htO
deaths from the parish Of St. Sulpicr
| gives the following. us tho result of
his researches:
1T appears that man lives longer In
| marriage than In cclbacy. The num-
per OF bachelors who DIE after attaining
me age of twenty years Is nearly twice
aS great as of married men and widow
crs. Also it Is found that. Of those who
survive the age OF ninety years. the pro.
portion OF unmarried To married Incn
or widowcrs is as to 43. The dispr0-
portion between the ages of married
and unmarried Honcn Is still more
striking; the numbers of those who
reach The tI&c Of ninety years are as IL
| TO ii. respectively"
Noirot found that in Dion married
men lived on an average seven, and
married women five ears longer than
the unmarried. According to the same
| author. the unfavorahle Influence Of
celibncy made itself felt most between
The ages of Twenty-Five and thrty-iivc
years. From then until the firly-tif,!
year 1t diminished. ana at the latter
age disappeared almost entirely.
| According to the French stat!StIclau
leeVay, the man who marrIcs ut thlrty
thereby adds eleven years to his life
lie who nlarr!cs at thir;y-nvc ndds
| cigh', and he who wcdts at forty, sly
| Years TO his life. After the iifticth
year this gain ceases
The expression adds" IS incnrract
In SO far as it may give rise To the idea
mat every marriage Will airing this adj
dition to life. While this addition To life
Is Ia n certain extent true II Is also true
thai marriage may have an injurious
effect, as. for instance, when II takes
place too early, or when, especially in
| the families OF wOrtnon, the 81 rrcaNecl
| care OF the maintenance OF a family
has the result of constant ovcrworls
and ovcrcXcr:iun. According TO n COM
plrison by Farr, four times as many
married men under the age OF twenty
ana twice rs many married women die
as of the unmarried 0f the same arc
| While 1t Is true that the above rrcItcd
figures show the decidedly favorable in
iluencc of marriage upon longevity. the
| chief reason for this appears TO be in
the fact that the lives of the married
are In 4 certain degree Selected" lives.
in that only those PERSONS are accua-
toned to marry who possess. on the ono
hand, certain degree II health. and
OF the other, an income sufficient 10
| sustain She new condition. On the
other flan,l, the great mass of the uri-
married Includes ali these persons who
| through sickness bodily or mental
| weakness. poverty, or the lack Of
| means. etc, ore unable 10 establish Il
family. IT IS manifest; tina. death must
reap Il richer harvest among such per
sons. especially In the years from TWEEN
~ to forty. when the tisprcpor.ion
stands out lnpst strongly. Without
doubt. too. there IS the important nflu-
| encc OF sex selection which, in It's
| general bearings and excepting purely
| mrlccnary marriages, has the result
| that those especially favored, either In
| body or mind. are married. and. as n
| matter of course have a greater life ..X-
| pcctancy, while the ho:ncly, crippled,
| sick, medaHcre. inG0lont, characterirss
| and chose deficient in hNay or mind
| mostly remain unmarried. ana seldom
| reach so great an age as the bodily
ana mentally sound. In the same way
! the lesser average of wealth, the in
| fcrior method OF llfc the numerous
causes of temptation. and excess Of
| all kinds contribtrtc doubtless TO rms,
| greater mortality Of the unmarried. OF
| course marriage brings with 1t a GER
| tam amount or dangers to life and
health. especially to women. but adj
vhntagcs Of a married life, which con
| Sist chiefly In regular course OF liv-
| ing, outweigh so conclusivcly the draw
backs that lIufcinnd may Ycli he
| deemed right when he counts hapnv
| marriages among the means Of length
ening life. The @cl known declaration
of the Apostle Paul that He who mar
| rieth docth We'll. but he that marriet IN
not 'l1tth better" may well be reversed.
| so far as !. relates to longevity. and