Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-06
STATE HOUSE.
Vital Statistics Concerning
The State Of Maine.
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From the Capitol.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Regular Meeting of Governor and
Council, Thursday, June 10, 1918,
10 A. M,

The annual report of DR.. \. G.
Young, registrar of vital statistics.
~ficn MIS- filed with the Governor and
council. Thursday, shows that Is. 900
births occurred in Maine during tho
past year. which is 1863 less than the
preceding year; 5,S1S marriages were
performed, which is % less than the
preceding year: the number of deaths
recorded in lib which is 10s less
tnan the preceding year.
The number of living children born
was f5,655 and the number of still
births WAS 66,. OF the whole number
Of living children of which the sex was
certified S.e2i were males and 1905 were
females. For each 100 girls born there
were 1865 boys.
The birth rate of living children for
the State was 2D.S9 for each 1000 OF
population
The average birth-rate in the cities
per LOCO population was a0.6S per cent,
as compared with 2o.9l, the birth rate
for the rest of the state.
The birth-rate of the different eeun-
ties varies widely. AS it invariably has
been every year since the registration
hogan, II was the highest in Aroostook,
sl.1b per cent. and the lowest in Knox,
lf.sl FER cent. In four counties, Aroos-
took. Penobscot. Washington and York.
the hlrth-fate was above that of the
whole State
OF the total births in the state, 1914
per cent were Of native parents. 20 20
per cent We're of foreign parentage:
lS13 per cent were of parents one of
whom VAS foreign.
Waldo county had the largest per
cent of native born parents, Ss.64 per
cent, and only Sd per cent in which
both parents We're for ign born. Lin
coin county followed With S1.62 per
cent IF native parental e, and only 2.2S
Der cent in which both parents were
foreign born.
In Hancock county in Sal per cent
Of the births the parents were native
born, and in 3.22 per cent, foreign born.
In Knox the percentage of native
born parents was I9.59; in Sa gadahoc,
1925; in Franklin, 6S.93; in Washing
ton. 6G.li: in Somerset, 560S; and in
Piscataquis. 5i.2I.
Comparatively high percentages of
fereiSn-horn parents are found in An
droscoggin county. 3i.6o, in oxford
3f04; IN York, Ses7: III Cumberland
2S.04. and i'll Kennebec, 2419.
Comparing the percentage of births
in the 20 cities of the State with the
rest Of the State. it is found that IT.
the cities 1872 per cent of the births
We're of American parcntage, while in
the rural parts of the State the per-
centage of American born children was
6I3l.
The largest percentage of foreign
born parents was in Biddeford, $3.50;
and in Lewiston, 4I.36.
The percentage of births in which
both parents were foreign born was
only 124 in Gardiner; 1.33 in Belfast
and 81 i'll Ellsworth.
The largest number of births in any
one month during the past year was
1853 in March; the smallest was 1853
in November; the largest quarterly to-
tai was 4152 in the second quarter: the
smallest, 3,521. in the last quarter. The
three consecutive months in which the
largest number of births occurred
were April. May and June, a total of
ASP.
During the past year 1S9 twin births
occurred in 90 instances twins were
both boys: in 56 both girls: and in -,
boy and a girl In 9S cases the par
/ entage WAS American: in %, foreign:
and in 81 instances the parentage was
mixed. Triple births occurred at San
ford and Lubcc. OF the Cos still6orn
children. 435 were males and 225 were
females.
E The largest number of still! births,
rs, occurred in .Aroostook county.
while the minimum number, nine, was
reported from Lincoln county The
largest number of still-births, 66, was
returned in November; the smallest
number was IS i'm May and September,
respectively.
Marriages.
The number of marriages registered
in the state during the past year was
5,S1s which makes a marriage rate of
1870 (number of persons married. to
every 1000 of population or at the rate
Of 7S5 per 1000 persons.
The marriage rate was higher in OK
ford county than elsewhere in the
state, it being for that county S.S4 per
LOCO The lowest marriase-rate, that
of els per cent, per LOCO, was in Lin
coin county.
OF the 5,S47 records of marriage in
which there was a statement of BIRTH
place, in - per cent the groom and
bride were both American; in nine per
cent both were of foreign birth; in
nine per cent the groom was American
and the bride of foreign birth; while in
10 per cent foreign groom and an
American bride were united.
The largest number of marriages.
734, were solemnized in June, while the
smallest number in any one month, 21
occurred in March. The largest num-
Der, both of grooms and brides. was
between 20 and % years of age. While
still under Is years of age, II brides
were married.: in the age period from
20 to % years there were 279 Srooms
and 1873 brides; in the period from
% to 25 years. 2.2S5 men and 2,0U wo-
men were married: from % to 80 years,
/ 526 men and 9S1 women; from 30 to
35 years, GU men and AIS women. from
Sc to 40 years, eos men and 2S2 women;
from 40 to A. years, 231 men and los
women; from As to so years, las men
and 10 women: from 80 to SIS years. l46
men and SO women. from 81 to 60 years,
Il men and AZ women: from 80 to 20
years, 1l9 men and AZ women; from ~
tc 80 wears, SIS men and II women; from
c n tyrrn