The Washington times., 1913-07-25
GET MARRIED AND
ADD TO YOUR LIFE
Experts Have Found That Bene-
diets Live Longer Than Men
Who Are Single.

If you desire to live to a ripe old
age, get married.
This advice, given in a recent editor
ial printed in the Journal of the Ameri-
can Medical Association is supported by
Census Bureau figures and by local
medical authorities, and an increase in
the business of the marriage license
bureau will probably result.
Certainly married people, men es-
pec1ally, live longer than single folks, -
said DR.. John w. Trask, Assistant Sur
geon General Il have not read the
last issue of the Journal, but that is a
1act that doctors have known tor years.
It's axiomatic with u.s.
What is the reason? Regular living
and something to live Ior. The most
noticeable difference is shown in the
mortality statistics of men, though
married women are also longer lived
tnan single ones in spite of the dangers
attendant on motherhood. There never
was a record kept that did not bear out
this point"
Confirmed By Census Bureau.
At the Census Bureau it was explained
that the vital statistics of 1910 had not
yet been completed and that the only
hgures on the matter of the relation of
Ao6C " l4lS NSdln TalS were IlOSG
of 1900. Yet these confirmed the medical
Journals statement, and it is believed
that the later figures will also bear it
out
In 1900 the registration area, where
death records were properly kept, in
cluded about 3S per cent Of the total
population, though at present 4 in
cludes about 81 per cent. In every
10000 single males between the ages OF
nfteen and forTy-four years living in
the registration area in 1900 there were
ninety-four deaths; or, in other words,
their mortality rate was S.4 per LOCO.
The corresponding rate for married
men was but ST. From rorty-five to
sixty-four years the rate was 33.3 for
single men, and 2O.4 for married men;
while for siXty-five and older il was
107.S to 75.0 in favor Of the married
men.
Death Rate Of Women.
The death rate for single women was
lower than that of married women be-
tween the ages of fifteen and forty
four, but this was explained by para
graph accompanying the table which
read
In considering the figures given,
Ii must be borne IN mind that the mar
RED ana the WIDOWED classes lnclGQe
persons of more advanced ages than the
single classes, and that the death rates
from those diseases to which persons
beyond middle age are specially liable
will be less among the single than the
married or widowed classes"
In other words, the average age CT
single persons between fifteen and forty
four years of age would be less than
twenty-five years, while the average age
of married persons in the same class
would be about thirty-fve years.
In the fret class the death rate for
single women was 81 in the loo to 81
for married women. Between the ages
of forty-five and sixtyfour Il was sl.S
to ia for married women, while above
sixty-five II was SS.7 to 65.5. In all
classes, both male and female, The
death rate of widows and widowers WAS
higher than that Of either single or mar
ried persons.
Married Mems Chances
The statistics on which the medical
journal article was largely based were
those gathered by the New York State
health department. While these did not
cover as much territory as the United
states census figures, they probably
were more accurate, and they showed
even greater difference in the death