The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-12

sverage life of woman: the other. from
10 to p. IS probably apparent rather
IMAM real, and due mainly TO the great
er number of women who claim. erro-
neously, to belong to this age period.
Among the negroes there are a few
more females than males among the
Indians, a few more males than fe-
males. The marked excess of males
among whites and Mongolians is doubt
less due to the influence of immigra-
ton.
Incredible Number of Males Among
Native % Chinese.
Among the Chinese said to have been
born IN the United States. nearly three
tourths are male, an incredible proper
ton, which is probably due to the false
return Of several thousand Immigrant
Chinese as native in the effort to elude
the provisions of the exclusion laws
AT each Of the last six censuses there
has been an excess of males among ma
tive white population ranging, at each
census except that of 1870 from one
quarter TO three-quarters of million.
These figures are probably swollen by
an indeterminate amount of a result Of
the return of a certain number of for
eign born as native.
In 1900. among the 13 367. la persons
attending school. 499 in each 1000 were
male and 50l female; in 1890, in the
same class. SO per 1000 were male and
490 female.
Among the whites attending school
there is still a slight excess of males;
among the Indians and MOngOlians.
cry marked excess of males. The
slight excess of females in the total
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ing school is due to very decided eX-
cess of females among the negro school
attendants
Increasing Proportion of Girls Among
School Children.
In all races and in all parts of the
country there has been a decided in
crease since 1890 in the proportion of
females among persons attending
school This increase is due mainly to
the increase in the proportion of young
women among persons at least ID years
Ct age attending school, the increase
at this age period being nearly five
times as great as at any other, and
more than three times as great as the
average increase for all ages.
In 1890, among each 1000 persons at
least Is years Of age attending school,,
52S were male; in 1900 only 400 were
male.
No important change took place in
the large cities. The change for the
whole country was due to a rapid de-
crease outside of the cities i'm the pro-
portion of young men among the per-
sons at least Is years of age attending
school, the figures for the country dis
tricts approaching rapidly the proper
ton found in cities in 1900 and 1890
When the school attendants of a spe-
cited class are compared with the to-
tai population of the same age and
class. a noticeable contrast between the
Eegro and the foreign-born white popu-
lation appears. the per cent of female
negroes attending school at each age
being larger than that of male negroes.
and the per cent of female foreign-bOrn
"a mites attending school at each age
smaller than that of male foreign-born
whites
Even for the age period 10 to IA
there has BEEN during the last decade.
2 slight decrease in the proportion of
males attending school to male popu-
lation, somewhat more than counter
balanced by an increase in the proper
ton of females attending school to fe-
male population.
Death Rate Higher for Males Than
for Females.
The death rate Of males in the regis
tration area of the United States in
1909 was 1910 per 1900, and that of fe-
males 1916 per 1000, the former having
a death rate higher by about one
seventh than the latter. In the 346 reg
cities the death rate of males
was POO and that of females 17.2 per
1000. the male rate exceeding the fe-
male by one-siXth. In the rest of the
registration area the male death rate
? as 15.S and that OF females $50 per
J GOO, the males rate exceeding the fe-
male by one-nineteenth.
The difference IN the death rate Of
the sexes is apparently least between |
the ages OF and IL and greatest at the /
} cungest and oldest ages.
Life tables for Massachusetts. Eng
land. Prussia and Norway confirm
these conclusions and make them pre- 4
1ise. They indicate that male children
-nder years of age have uniformly a
higher death rate than female children.
There is period between and q
ears Of age in which the death rate
Of females is Slightly higher than that
Of males According to the Massachu-
sets life table this period covers sew 4
enteen years. ) to q; according to the 4
Norwegian life table. eleven years. ) to 4
10; according to the Prussian life ia
pie. nine years, 8 to Is, and according
TO the English life table, eight years.
- TO 21
According to all the life tables the /
ieath rate of women between 20 and so +
ears of age, at which ages proba bly, /
our-iifths Of the childbirths occur. was I
pES han that Of fr1aIoe