The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-19
LIVES OF WOMEN
LONGER THAN MEMS
United States Investigators Find That
Expectation of Life for Males Is
400, for Females 53.2-Infant
Mortality Is Still High.
Mortality Is Still High.

Washington, d. c., April Director
Sam. l.. Rogers of the bureau Of the cen
sus, department Of commerce, is soon 10
issue a unique set of tables, the first oil
by the United States government. These
tables, which were compiled in the di-
vision of vital statistics, under the super
vision OF Professor James w. Glover, OF
the University of Michigan, show death
rates and expectation OF life at all ages
for the population of the six New Eng
land states, New York, New Jersey, In
diana, Michigan and the District of Co
lumbus 1.-THE original death registration
states) on the basis of the population in
1910 and the mortality for the three
years 1909, 1910 and 1911 They are
similar to the 'lfe tables" prepared by
| life insurance companies, but differ from
them in that they relate to the entire
population of the area covered. whereas
the life insurance tables relate only to
risks selected through medical examina-
ton and otherwise
Expectation of life. at birth, in a sta
tionary pOpulation--that is. one in which
the births aud deaths were equal and
were the same from year to year, and in
which there was no immigration or emf
gration--would be the same as average
age at DEATH which is calculated by to-
talizing the ages of all deceased persons
and dividing the result by the number of
deceased persons.
According to these tables the average
expectation of life, at birth, for males
is 400 years; for females, 53.2 years
for white males, 500 years; for white fe
males, $3.50 years; for native white males,
500 years; for native white females, SAG
years; for negro males. 34.l years; and
for negro females, 37.7. Females are
thus longer lived than males to the ex
tent of more than three years, and in the |
case of the native whites and negroes, |
more than three and one-half years.
The expectation of life at the age of |
one is considerably greater than at birth,
being SIS years for native white males
and sos for native white females, and 1
reaches its maximum at the end of two.
when it is 57.5 for the former class and /
60.l for the latter. At the age Of - the
average native white males expectation
Of life Is 500 years; at p it is 39.4
years; at 90. SO wears; at 50. 2l.2 wears:
n So. So years. Similarly, at the age OF
II the average native white females ex-
pectation Of life is $40 years; at % il Is
AIS years; at 40, 303 years; at 80. %. 5
years; at 60. l5S years; at 20, 9.S years;
and at so. IS years.
A part Of the difference between eV-
Of life for men and for women
IS due TO the greater number Of violent
ieaths among men. Nearly four ffths
IF these violent suicides. homi-
'ides and accidental icaths-are OF males.
md such deaths form about : or per !.
,ent Of the total number occurring each
Tear. This fact. however. does not ac-
cunt fully. or even in major part. for
he greater longevity Of women. An ex-
animation Of The tables discloses a lower
leath rate Tor females than for males
Turing each % the FIRST y months Of life ,
ind. in the case ri the native whites. dur
NJ sseh year Of life mp to the age Of -. y
During the FIRST month Of life the death /
ate among native whites j. nearly p
.er cent higher for bows than for girls. 6
nd during the first year il is more than Z,
p per cent higher.
Infant Mortality StiH High. :
The enormous waste Of infant life :