The Somerset reporter., 1908-04-09
Vital Statistics Issued From Reg
istrar's Office.
Deaths Are II ,427 As Against II, 1891 in
1900.

1900.
According to the annual report of
Dr. A. q. Young, registrar OF vital
statistics on the births, marriages and
deaths which have been filed with the
governor and council, in this state
the past year, the birth rate was high
est in Aroostook and lowest in Lin
coin county; the marriage rate was
highest in Oxford and lowest in Sag
adahoc; and the death rate was high
est in Androscoggin and lowest in
Lincoln.
The report shows that the number
of births in the state the past year
was 15, S7s against 1924 ter the pre-
ceding year an increase of 584; the
number of marriages were 6496, an
increse of 234 over the preceding
year; and the number of deaths were
11,427 against II 1881 for the preceding
year, an increase of As. The birth
rate per 1000 of population was 2209
per cent; the marriage rate 9.04 per
cent; and the death rate 1890 per
cent.
OF the births $3.50 were females;
1895 males; 9452 of American parent
age; 1865 of foreign parentage and
III 1891 instances one of the parents
was foreign. The marriages are
classified as follows: Groom and
bride, both American 1889; groom
and bride, both foreign, 696; groom
American bride foreign 545; groom
foreign, bride American, 5S2 OF the
deaths in the state during the past
year 1925 were males, 6497 were fe-
males, 1886 were American and 1891
were foreign. The average birth rate
III the cities per 1000 OF population
was u 40 as compared with 22.40 per
cent, the birth rate for the rest OF the
state. The birth rate of the different
counties varied widely and in four
counties, AroostOok, OXfold, Wash
ington and York. the birth rate was
above that of the whole state, Lincoln
county had the largest percentage
of native born parents and Waldo
county was second. Comparatively
high per centage of foreign born
parents are found in Aroostook, Cum
berland, Oxford Kennebec and Penob-
scot counties. The largest per cent
age of foreign born parents was i'll
Biddeford with Lewiston second while
in Belfast or Ellsworth there were no
foreign births. The largest number
u ii; tins .s c7c II 5 571j- and 111 5l1iti
est number in January and the three
consecutive months III which the
largest number of births occurred
were July, August and September.
OF the 1852 records of marriages in
which there was statement of birth
place, in " per cent the groom and
bride were both American; in II per
cent both were of foreign birth; in
eight per cent the groom was Ameri-
can and the bride of foreign birth;
while in nine per cent foreign
groom and American bride were
united. The largest number of mar
riages were solemnized in June and
the smallest number in March.
The largest number, both of grooms
and brides, was between 20 and %
years of age. While still under Is
years of age, 10 brides were married;
in the age period between 10 and 20
years there were 261 grooms and 1870
brides; i'll the period from 20 to 25
years 2406 men and 2416 women were
married; from 20 to 30 years, 1864
men and Zip women; from 80 TO 81
wears, $40 men and 494 women; from
So to 40 years, 451 men and 293 women;
from Az to As years, 260 men and l42
women; from 40 to so years, l65 men
and 131 women; from SO TO So years,
122 men and sd women; from 30 To 80
years, 81 men and 81 women; from 80
to 70 years, SO men and Al women;
from 20 to 80 years, 80 men and six
women; over so years, four men.
In 1886 marriages the groom was
older than the bride; while in 1113
ers and 621 widows were remarked;
297 men and $3.50 women were married
after having been divorced from a
former marriage. The Oldest groom
was "a years of age, and the Oldest
bride was 70 years old; the youngest
groom was Is years of age and the
youngest bride was II years of age;
5435 men and $40 women were mar
ried for the first time; GAP men and
1862 women were married the second
time; 104 men and rs women were
united in the third marriage, 10 men
and u women contracted marriage
for the fourth time; one man and one
woman We're married fifth time;
and one man was married the sixth
time.
At the age OF Is years, three grooms
were married; at Is years, three; ut
II years, II; at IS years, II; and at 10
years, 159. At the age of II years one
bride WAS married; at 10 years, seven;
at II years, II; ut -, 80; at is years,
15s; and at II years 2S9.
One man WAS married for the sixth
time at the age OF 70 years and one
for the fifth tune at 40 years. one
bride WAS married a second time at
the age OF L years; and one at is
years, who had been divorced. In
one instance the bride was married a
third time when y years of age, hay
ing been divorced twice; while in
another ease the BRIDE was married a
fifth time when but % years old. One
woman contracted marriage for the
first time at the age of Y years.
The counties of Aroostook, Frank
lin, Hancock, Knox, Lincoln, Piscata-
quis, Sagadahoc, Somerset and Wash
ington had lower death rates than
that of the whole state, while the
counties of Androscoggin, Cumber
land, Kennebec, Oxford, Penobscot,
Waldo and York had death rates
larger than that of the state. The
largest number of deaths occurred in
August and the smallest number of
deaths in any one month was in jan
uary. During the spring months 3006
deaths occurred; during the summer,
2866; during the autumn. 1922; and