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other, from is to Is, is probably APP
parent rather than real, and due
mainly to the greater number OF
women who claim, erroneously, to be-
long 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
doubtless due to the influence Of inn
migration.
Males Among Native ~ Chinese.
Among the Chinese said to have
been born in the United States, near
ly three-fourths are male, an incredi-
BILE proportion, which is probably
due to the false return of several
thousand immigrant Chinese as ma
tive in the effort to elude the provls-
ions Of the exclusion laws.
At each of the last six censuses
there has been an excess OF males
among native white population rang
ing, at each nsu except that or
1870, from one-quarter to t~hree-quar-
tiers Of a million. These figures are
probably swollen by an indeterminate
amount as a result of the return Of a
certain number of foreign born as ma
| tive.
In 1900, among the 13,367,147 per-
sons attending school, 499 in each l.
900 were male n sol female; in
1890, in the same class, $40 per 1000
were male and 400 female.
Among the whites attending school
there is still a slight excess Of males;
among the Indians and Mongolians, a
very marked excess of males. The
| slight excess of females in the total
population reported in 1900 as attend
ing school is due to a very decided
excess of females among, the negro
school attendants. r. f.!
Increasing Proportion of Girls.
In all ace 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
Is years Of 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 15/years of age attending
school, 528 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 in the pro.
portion of young men among the per.
sons at least Is years of age attendin1
school, the figures for the country
districts approaching rapidly the pro.
portion found in cities in 1900 and
1890.
When the school attendants of a
specified class are compared with the
total population Of the same age and
the negro and the foreign born white
population appears, the per cent OF
female negroes attending school al
each age being larger than that OF
male negroes, and the per cent Of fe
} male foreign born whites attending
! school at each age smaller than thai
Of male foreign born whites.
:. Even for the age period 10 to Il
J there has been, during the last dec
ade, a slight decrease in the proper
ton Of males attending school tc
male population, somewhat more thar
, counterbalanced by an increase il
) the proportion of females attending
school to female population.
Death Rate Higher For Males.
; The death rate Of males in the reg
istration area of the United States IN
1900 was 1910 per 1000, and that OF
| females 16.6 per 1000, the former hav
} ing a death rate higher by about one
I seventh than the latter. In the 34t
registration eiteis the death rate Of
males was 200 and that of females
17,2 per 1000, the male rate exceed
ing the female by one-sIxth. In the
II lNoJ VI IhC IO5loIld llOh aria luG mdlS
death rate was 1853 and that Of fe
males $50 per 1000. the male rate ex
ceeding the female by one-nineteentA
The difference in the death rate OF
the sexes is apparently least between
the ages of S to IA and greatest at the
: youngest and oldest ages.
Life tables for Massachusetts, Eng
gland, Prussia and Norway confirm
, these conclusions n make them pre-
else. They indicate that male chill
dren under 3 years of age have uni
formly a higher death rate than fe
: male children.
There is a period between 5 and q
years OF age in which the death rate
Of females Is slightly higher than that
of males. According to the Massa,
| chusetts life table This period covers
seventeen years, 5 10 FL; according
to the Norwegian life table, eleven
years, 5 to Is; according to the Prus.