Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1905-01-06


longer average life of woman, the othe
from l6 to % is probably apparent ratt
er than real, and due mainly to th
greater number of women who claim
erroneously, to belong to this age pei
iod.
Among the negroes there are fey
more females than males; among tn
Indians, few more males than fema
les. The marked excess of males amonI
whites and Mongolians Is doubtles
due to the influence of immigration.
AMONG THE CHINESE.
Among the Chinese said to have beel
born in the United States, nearly three
fourths are male, an incredible proper
tion, which is probably due to the falls
return of several thousand immigrant
Chinese as native in the effort to elud'
the provisions of the exclusion laws.
At each of the last six censuses there
has been an excess of males among
native white population ranging, al
each census except that of 1870, from
one-quarter to three quarters of a
million. These figures are probably
swollen by an indeterminate' amount
as result of the return of certain
number of foreign born as native.
In 1900, among the 13, 1867 q, lat persons
school. 499 In eacn 1000
were male and sol female; in 1890, in
the same class, $40 per l, 900 were male
and 400 female.
Among the whites attending school
there is still slight excess of males ;
among the Indians and Mongoliaus, a
very marked excess of males. The
slight excess of females in the tota-
reported in 1900 as attend
ing school is due to very decided ex-
cess of females among the negro school
GIRLS AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN.
In all races and in all parts of the
country there has been decided in
crease since 1890 in the proportion of
females among persons attending
school. This increase Is due mainl y
TO the increase in the proportion of
young men among persons at least 10
years of age attending school, the in
crease at this age period being nearly
i've times as great as at any other and
more than three times as great as the
average increase for all ages.
In 1900, among each 1000 persons at
east Is years of age attending school.
52S were males; in 1900 only 400 were
males.
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-
IONS at least Is years of age attending
school, the figures for the country
llstrlcts 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
class, noticeable contrast between the
negro and the foreign born white popu-
ation appears, the per cent. of female
attending school at each age
being larger than that of male negro
es, and the per cent of female foreign
born whites 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, a
slight decrease IN the proportion of
males attending school to male popu-
latiOn, somewhat more than cOnter.
balanced by an increase in the proper
ton of females attending school to fe-
male population.
DEATH RATE HIGHER FOR MALES.
The death rate of males in the regis
tration area of the United States in
1900 was 1870 per 1000, and that Of fe-
males 1876 per 1000. the former having
a death rate higher by about one-sev-
enth than the latter. In the 346 regis
tration cities the death rate of males
was 900 and that of females 17.2 per
900, the male rate exceeding the fe-
male by one sixth. In the rest of the
registration area the male death rate
was Is and that of females Is 0 per
1 900. the male rate exceeding the fe
male by One-nineteenth
The difference in the death rate Of
the sexes is apparently less between
the ages of to IA aud greater at the
youngest and oldest ages.
Life tables for Massachusetts, Eng
land, Prussia and Norway confirm
these conclusions and make them pre-
else. They indicate that male child
rem under years of age have uniform
ly a higher death rate than femal
children.
There is a period between 5 and 2
years of age in which the death rate o
females Is slightly higher than o
males. According to the Massachus
etts life table this period covers sew
enteen years, to q /; according to tn
Norwegian life table, eleven years
5 to Is according to the Prussian lif
table, nine years, s to 16, and accord
ing to the English life table, eigh
years. IA to q.
According to all the life tables tn
death rate of women between 20 and 3
years of age. at which ages probahl..
four fifths of the childbirths occur
was less than that of males.
Domestic Troubles.
1t is exceptional to find a famil
where there are no domestic rupture