Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-05-04
DURATION OF Lice.
STATISTICS SHOW THAT LON
GEvITY rs INCREAsING.
Interesting Facts Concerning Births
and Mortality Are Brought
Out by Compilers of
Figures.

Il.
modern sanitary, reforms and the ad-
vancement OF medicalz science, there
is prolongation of human life now
in all civilized parts OF the world 1t
has been noticed for a long time that
there has been marked increase OF
longevity in the United States, and
now the latest statistics prove that
in foreign countries a similar condi-
zion 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. 1t is said that all countries can
estimate the improvement in the death
rate for 10, Is or 20 years, but in
Sweden the average mortality OF chill
dren under 10 years of age for the 10
years previous to 1860 was 53.5 per
1000, and this percentage has been
decreased gradually ever since, until
1t is now only 26.9 per 1000, or the
lowest in the world.
There has been also a decrease in
che death rate of all ages in Sweden.
sons between 10 and 20 years of age
has fallen from GA per 1000 in 1860
to 43; for persons between 80 and 40
years Of age it has dropped from Ills
to IL per 1000, and for persons be- |
tween 40 and so years of age from 1915 |
to 9.5. The death rate as well as the |
rate Of iiliteracy of the two countries
tt,o Ifro fc ho
lowest to be found anywhere in the I
world.
The actuaries of insurance COM
panies find a decided prolongation of
human life in Holland. There the av-
srage life of man has increased from
Il years, while the lowest death rate
among women is from 20 to 35 years
If age. In Great Britain and Ireland,
lays the report, there has been an
Improvement of about 5 per cent,
ccording to tables kept for 30 years.
notwithstanding the great immigra-
ion from Germany, which disturbs the
of the statisticians, it is
ound that the average duration of life
4 the empire is considerably greater
han it was 30 years ago. In Hungary,
municipal statistics for Buda-Pesth
nd several other cities show de-
rease of 20 per cent. in the average
cath rate. particularly among chill
rem.
A Washington correspondent of the
hicago Record Herald, who has been
Ivestigating these vital statistics, 8
ads that there is no way of ascer- =
lining with accuracy the birth rate :"
nong the people of the United States, 7
though such a record is scrupulous- !"
kept in the cities of Europe. In -
ost American cities it is true that .
UGH attention has not been paid to !"
is subject Nevertheless, health au- -
critics are taking hold of it at the -
quest of statistical associations, and ~,
e defect in regard to birth rates will ~
obably soon be remedied. -
In New York and Washington there
a birth rate given, as in Boston. In
ashington the birth rate per 1000
1913, death rate, 1872; in New York, re
tn rate 2S.9; death rate 22.6; in til
ston, birth rate, z6.5, death rate 1874. lis
The highest birth rate In the world or
at Cairo, Buenos Ayres being sec tn
/; then come the great manufac- sit
ing cities of England The lowest
tn rates are reported from Calcut-
Brussels and Paris. For