The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-01
DURATION OF LIFE.
STATISTICS SHOW THAT LON
GEVITY is INCREASING.
Interesting Facts Concerning Births
and rTortalits Are Brought
Out by Compilers of
Figures.

Vital statistics show that owing to
modern sanitary reforms and the adj
yancement of medical science, there
Is a prolongation Of human life now
in all civilized parts of the world. Ii
| has been noticed for long time that
| there has been a marked increase of
| longevity in, the United States, and
4 now the latest statistics prove that
In foreign countries a similar condi-
ton prevails.
! Sweden leads the world in low death
rate. The Swedes have kept vital sta
tistics for more than $50 years. No
other country has such ancient rec
ords Ii is said that ali countries can
estimate the improvement in The death
rate for 40. Is or 20 years, but in
| Sweden the average mortality OF chill
dren under 10 years OF age for the 10
years, previous to l7G0 was 53.5 per
1000. AMI this percentage has been
decreased gradually ever since, until
It is now only 26,9 pei 1000, or the
lowest in the world.
the death rate of all ages in Sweden.
The statistics show the rate for per-
sons between 10 and 20 years OF age
has fallen from "a per 1000 in 1850
TO 4.3. for persons between 80 and 40
years OF age IL has dropped nom ll.5
to IL per 1000. and for persons be-
tween 40 and SO years OF age from l6.5
to 95. The death rate as well as the
rate OF iliteraey OF the TWO countries
on the Scandinavian peninsula is the
lowest to be found anywhere in the
world.
The actuaries of Insurance COM
panles find decided prolongation OF
human life in Holland. There the av-
erage life OF man has Increased from
35 to 81 years. and women from 80 to
81 years. while the lowest death rate
among women is from 20 10 80 years
OF age. In Great Britain and Ireland,
says the report. there has been an
Improvement OF about 8 per cent, |
according 10 tables kept for 80 years.
Notwithstanding the great immsra-
tion from Germany. which disturbs the
of the statisticians. II Is
found that the average duration Of life |
in the empire is considerably greater
than it was 30 years ago. In Hungary +
statistics for Pesth /.
and several other cities show de- 1
crease OF 20 per cent. in the average
death rate, particularly among chill
dren.
A Washington correspondent OF The |
Chicago Record Herald. who has been |
these vital statistics. I
finds that there is no way OF ast err
with accuracy the birth rate /
among the people of the United States.
such a record is scrupulous-
Iy kept in the cities of Europe. In
most American cities 1t is true that
much attention has not been paid TO
his subject Nevertheless. health au-
horities are taking hold Of 1t at the
'eauest Of statistical associations. and
he defect in regard to birth rates will
probably soon be remedied.
In New York and Washington there
: DTlh idtc gwen DE- va DoStoh. III
Washington the birth rate per 1000
S 1873, death rate. 1872. In New York,
firth rae 2s9: death rate 22.6; in
,Oston. birth rate. 26.5. death rate 1874
The highest birth rate in the world
) at Cairo. Buenos Ayres being sec
nd: then come the great manufac-
uring cities of England. The lowest
firth rates are reported from Caleut-
a, Brussels and Paris.