The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-07
DURATION OF LIFE.
STATISTICS SHOW THAT LON
aEvITY is INCREASING.
Interesting Facts Concerning Births
and Mortality Are Brought
Out by Compilers OF
Figures.

Vital statistics show that OWING "
modern sanitary reforms and the al
yancement of medical science, there
is a prolongation of human 'life no"
in all civilized parts of the world IL
has been noticed for a long time tha'
there has been a marked increase OF
longevity in the United States, ana
now the latest statistics prove tha'
in foreign countries a similar cohui
ton prevails.
Sweden leads the world in low death
rate. The Swedes have kept vital sta'
tistics for more than $50 years. NC
other country has such ancient rec
ords. 1t is said that all countries can
estimate the improvement in the deatn
rate for 10, Is or 20 years, out Ia
Sweden the average mortality OF chill
dren under 10 years of age for the III
years previous to 1860 was 535 per
1000. ana this percentage has Deeh
decreased gradually ever since, uhlp
it is now only 1853 per 1000, or the
lowest in the world.
There has been also a decrease IN
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 ga per 1000 in 1850
to 4.3; for persons between 80 and ~
years of age it has dropped from lie
to IL per 1000, and for persons be-
tween 40 and so years of age from l6.S
to 9.5. The death rate as well as the
rate of illiteracy of the two countries
on the Scandinavian peninsula Is the
lowest to be found anywhere in the
world.
The actuaries of insurance com
panies find a decided prolongation o.
human life in Holland. There the aY
erage life of man has increased from
35 to 81 years, and women from 80 L
81 years, while the lowest death rat'
among women is from 20 to 35 year.
of age. In Great Britain and Ireland
says the report, there has been al
Improvement of about 5 per cent.
according to tables kept for 80 years
Notwithstanding the great immigra
ton from Germany, which disturbs tn
calculations of the statisticians, it i
found that the average duration of lif
in the empire is considerably create
than it was 30 years ago. In Hungary
municipal statistics for BUDAPEST
and several other cities show a de
crease of 20 per cent. in the averag
death rate, particularly among chill
| dren.
A Washington correspondent of tn
Chicago Record-Herald, who has bee
investigating these vital statistics
finds that there is no way of asC eT
tanning with accuracy the birth rat
among the people of the United States
although such a record is scrupulous
ly kept in the cities of Europe
most American cities it is true tina
much attention has not been paid t
this subject Nevertheless, health au
thorities are taking hold of it at tn
request of statistical associations, an
the defect in regard to birth rates wi
probably soon be remedied
In New York and Washington ther
is a birth rate given, as in Boston. I
Washington the birth rate per loo
is 1913, death rate, 1872; in New Yorl
birth rate 2S.9; death rate 22.6;
Boston, birth rate, 26.5, death rate 49,.
The highest birth rate in the worl
is at Cairo, Buenos Ayres being SCI
ond; then come the great manufat
turing cities of England. The lowe:
birth rates are reported from Calcu
ia, Brussels and Paris.