The Republican journal., 1916-12-07
Names Vital Statistics.
Annual Report of State Registrar of Births,
Deaths and Marriages.

year, and II 648 deaths, 70 more IMAM In
the preceding year.
Births.
The numper OF living children born
during the year was Is, $50 ana me num-
Der of still births was 75l. VI the whole
number of living children OF which the
sex was certified, 8,160 were males and
1913 were females. The blrth-rate of
living children for the State was 2O.91
for each 1000 of population. Inc aver
age birth-rate in the cities per 1000
population was q. "a as compared with
20 6S for the rest of the State.
The birth-rate of the different counties
varied widely. AS it invariably has been
every year since the registration began,
it was the highest in Aroostook, II. 50,
and the lowest in Knox, 14.63. In four
counties, Androscoggin, Aroostook, Ok
ford and Washington, the birth rate was
above that of the whole State. Ut the
total births in the State, 60.3l per cent.
were of native parents; 1887 per cent.
were of foreign parentage; lS.4O per
cent. were of parents. one OF whom was
foreign while IN 40 per cent. the ma
tionality was not stated.
Hancock county had the largest per-
centaee of native-born parents, 49, 99
per cent, with Waldo county second.
The largest percentage of foreign-born
parents was in Biddeford. The largest
number of births was in March and the
smallest number in November.
The three consecutive months in which
the largest number of births occurred
were March, April and May.
Marriages.
The marriage rate was higher in An
droscoggln county than elsewhere in the
State, it being for that county 1914 per
1000 per population. The lowest mar
rlage rate was in Hancock county. Of
the =. 7O7 records of marriage; in which
there was statement of birthplace; in
n.o4 per cent. the groom and bride were
both American; in 952 per cent. both
were of foreign birth; in S.39 per cent.
the groom was American and the bride
was OF foreign birth; while in 9.9l per
CT MT. foreign groom and American
bride We're united. The largest number
or marriages were solemniZed In June
and the smallest number IN March.
The largest number, both of grooms
and brides, was between 20 and Is years
OF age. While still under Is years of
age, 22 brides were married; in the age
period, Is to 20 years, there were 378
grooms and 1885 brides; in from 20 to
rs years, 720 men and 2,409 women
were married; from Is to 80 years, 1,756
men and 1,052 women; from 80 to 35
years, 720 men and 448 women; from IS
10 40 years, 442 men and PSI women;
from As to SO years, 167 men and 1876
women; from SO to SIS years, 140 men
and 80 women; from IS to 60 years, 1T
men and 63 women: from 60 to 70 years,
llS men and 81 women; from 70 to 80
years, SO men and women; 80 years and
over, men and | woman
In 5.507 marriages the groom was
older than the bride, while in 1900 mar
rlages the bride was the older; 728 wld-
overs and sos widows were remarked;
4lS men and 557 women were remarked
after having been divorced from for
mer marriage. Five thousand five hun
dred and fifty nine men and 5, $50 women
were married for the first time; 1,O26
men and l,004 women were married for
the second time; 10S men and 104 women
were united in the third marriage; II
men and II women contracted marriage
for the fourth time, and one man and
two women were married for the fifth
time. The oldest groom was IS years
of age and the oldest bride was so years,
The youngest groom was 16 years of age
and the youngest bride was IL Years of
age.
At the age of 16 years, 5 grooms were
married; at II years, 33; at IS years, Ill:
and at 10 years. 229, AT the age OF II
years, two brides were married; at 10
years, one; at IA years, 10; at Is years,
81; at 16 years 203; at II years, 331; at
Is years, 700 and at 19 years. Gas. At
Is years of age, 8 brides were married
for second time and 4 at 10 years. One
bride was married for the third time at
20 years, 2 for the fourth time at SO
years and for the fifth time at as wears.
Two men contracted marriages for the
first time at the ages of IA and 81 years
respectively. One bride contracted mar
riage for the first time at SO years.
Seventeen divorces were granted be-
fore one years marriage; 263 after one
to five years marriage; 325 after five TO
ten years; 268 after 10 to 20 years; 1913
after 20 to 80 years; II after more than
80 years of married life; while in six
cases 1t was not stated how many years
they had been married.
Deaths.
The lowest death-rate was in Piscat-
aquis county. being l1.91 per cent. The
counties of ARGOS took, Franklin, Hancock,
Oxford, Piscataquis, Somerset and
Washington had lower death rates than
that of the whole State, while the coun-
ties Of Androscoggin, Cumberland, Ken
nebec, Knox, Penobscot, Sagadahoc,
Waldo and York had death rates larger
than that of the State. The highest
county death rate was that of Lincoln,
1897 per cent. The death rate of the
cities was 1925 per cent, of the rest of
the State. The largest number of deaths
occurred in March and the smallest num-
Der in June. During the spring months,
3, 235 deaths occurred ;during the summer,
2.523 during the autumn, 1884; In the
winter, 1890. Of the II 649 decedents,
6. 16I were males and 5, 487 We're females.
Divorces.
There were decreed 1,O3O divorces in
Maine during the past year, one divorce
to every six marriages solemnized. Some
of the causes for which divorces were
granted were: adultery, l55, Or Is per
cent. of the whole uumber;desertion, 14O,
or 1916 per cent; intoxicatIon, LOG, or
9.S per cent; cruel and abusive treat
ment, 1876, or 1872 per cent; non support
20, or rs per cent. The other divorces
were granted for multiple Or associated
causes.
The wife was the libellant in 1888 d.
vorces, and the husband in 292;;sin the