The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-12-08

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In The United States A. whole
there arc sT.ss7.i2s males and a.
ssn,ita females. or proportion of
Ice males for every 100 females
Considerable Interest attaches Z.
the deviation from the numerical
equality OF the two sexes here noted
While Il In commonly assumed that
the two SEXES are equal In number.
the fact In that there In always a
slight difference between ihe.n.
Most northern European countries
show an exccss of females. The con-
trary fact In the United States has
been generally Ascribed to the ef-
fects OF immigration. ar II liz vel.
known that among immigrants the
males predominant to a large ex-
tent. This is not the full cxplana-
ton. as can be seen from consid
GRAFTON OF the figures by elements OF
the population as shown in table
No |
The Excess of Males.
Among the foreign whites there
are 1872 males for every 100 fe-
males, this proportion reflecting the
familiar fact already noted with re-
spect to the excess of males amonA
immigrants
But this excess of males is aiso
found in the largest group OF the
population of the United States
the native white of native parents
or the latter there are 25,229,294
males and 24.259,I47 females, or a
proportion of 104 males for every
100 females. This disparity is due
wholly to natural causes. the only
other cause which could affect 1t Is
emigration from the United Statcb
and such emigration Is small and is
certainly not greater in case OF fe.
males than in case OF males
In the next group--the native
white of foreign parents--the num-
bers of the two sexes are almost
equal. with a slight excess In fe-
males
Among the negroes, however,
there is a more noticeable prepon-
derance of females. 98.9 males to
100 females.
The small group all other in
which there are nearly twice a.
many males as females Is composed
OF Indians and Immigrant Asiatics,
tho hitter being mainly male
Due In large measure to the eff
fects OF recent immigration, the pro
portion of males for 100 females II
the population as a whole has riser
slightly between 1900 and isao
namely. from 1914 to 106. me
proportions or tho sexes In the sew
eraI native born groups have not
changed materially.
why There Are More Males.
AT birth the number Of males al
WAYS exceeds the number OF fe-
males, but male mortality Is always
greater than female Consequently
through tho excess of male deaths
the number of females gradually np-
proaches that of males and In the
later years OF life exceeds IT, In
where the death rate Is
high an equality Ia reached at a
comparatively early age. and the
inequality In favor OF
females outweighs the previous IN
equally In favor OF the males, 80
that In the population as whole
there are more females than males
In tn United States there is gener-
ally a lower death rate than In
northern European countries, ana
the difference between the death
rates OF males and females Is not
so marked The equality In the num-
her of the sexes occurs here at
later age than In European coun-
tries, and the slightly greater male
death rate does not overcome the
initial advantage which the males
have at birth. The result Is for the
native white population of the Uni.
ted States generally an excess of
males. For the native white OF for
eign parents, where the conditions
with respect to mortality are not 50
favorable, the result Is as shown
table No. /, that the two sexes are
almost identical In number, Win,
In fact, slight preponderahce OF
females In 1910, against a slight
excess of males In 1900 On tho
other hand, the negroes, with then
greater death rate. show the same
result as Is observed In European
countries, namely, an appreciate ex
cess of females In the population
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