The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-08

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| WASHINGTON. D. c, Dec. 81
IA preliminary statement giving fol
continental United States the distri-
button OF the population according to
sex, as shown by the returns OF the
Thirteenth Decennial Census, taken
as OF April 10 1910, was issued today
by Director Durand of the Bureau
OF the Census, Department OF Com
merce and Labor. The statement also
gives the figures for each geographic
division The statistics were pre-
pared under the supervision of Mr..
william c. Hunt, chief statIsttcian OF
population in the Buerau of the Cen
sus, and are subject to later revision
In the United states as a whole
there are 478S2,122 males and a.
64O,144 females, or a proportion of
1O6 males for every 100 females
Considerable interest attaches 20
the deviation from the numericaf
equality Of the two sexes here noted.
While it is commonly assumed that
the two sexes are equal in number,
the fact is that there is always a
slight difference between them. Most
northern European countries show
an increase of females. The contrary
fact in the United States has been
generally ascrlbed to the effects Of
immigration, as it is we'll known that
among immigrants males predoml-
nate to a large extent. This is MOI
tho fr,Il explanation, as can be seer
from a consideration OF the figures
by elements OF the population.
The Excess Of Males.
Among the foreign white there ar
1892 males for every 100 females
this proportion rejecting the familiar
fact already noted with respect to the
excess OF males among immigrants
But this evcess of males is alss
found in the largest single group OF
the population of the United States
the native white of native parents
or the latter there are 25,229,29i
males and 24.259.147 females, or
proportion of 104 males for every
100 females. This disparity is du,
wholly to natural causes; the only
other cause which would affect 1t Is
emigration from the United States
and such emigration is small and Il
certainly not greater in case OF fe-
males than in case OF males.
In the next group-the native whit
OF foreign parents-the numbers o.
the two sexes are almost equal WITT
q slight excess OF females.
Among the negroes. however Their
is a more noticeable preponderanc'
of females, 900 males to 100 males
The small group "All other in
which there are nearly twice as many
males as females is composed OF In
dams and immigrant Asiatics' th'
latter being mainly male
Due in large measure to the effects
of recent immigration, the proportion
Of males for 100 females in the pop
ulation as whole has risen slight!
between 1900 and 1910. namely, from
1896 TO log. The proportions OF the
sexes in the several native-born
groups have not changed materially.
Why There Are More Males.
At birth the number Of males al
ways exceeds the number of females,
but male mortality is always greater
than female. Consequently, through
the excess Of male deaths, the number
Of females gradually approaches that.
Of males and in the later years OF life.
exceeds it. In countries where the
death rate is high an equality 1s
reached at a comparatively early age
and the subsequent inequality in
favor of the females outweighs the
previous inequality in favor of the
males. so that in the population as o.
whole there are more females than
males In the United States there 1s
generally a lower death rate than in
northern European countries ana 'ne
difference between the death rates o.