The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-04
WOMEN ON FARMS
LIVE THE LONGEST
In Fact People in Rural Districts
Show Lower Mortality Than
Those In The Cities.

Washington, d. c., Feb 1.-The de
bureau Of the census, announces
that the second official publication
on lfe tables. derived from births,
deaths and populations In this coun-
try IS soon to be issued These
tables show conditions a. they eN-
listed IN 1890. in 1901, and IN 1910,
thus making It possible 10 study the
changes which have taken place IL
mortality during two decades
1t IS known that mortality at prlc
tically all ages Is higher among men
than among women In particular 1t
appears that the most favorable NOR
tally IN this country "a found amOnS
women living in Jhe rural districts.
The rural classes, regardless OF sex,
enjoy a much lower mortality f.;
nearly the ent re range o.. life than
those liz ng in the cities. While the
expectation OF life. both among men
and women IN most classes has stead
~ increased there is no indication
of any definite lengthening OF the
span Of life. In other words, while
a mos, all classes OF persons are Nv
Ing to an oder average age, the lin
II ng age OF human life does not
seem to have advanced.
III 1901 tho expectation of li'o
among white femalcs al birth was
about three years more than among
white males, and IN 1910 the excess
In favor Of tina females had in
creased 70 almost three and one-half
years. There seems 20 nave been
Il general Improvement Tor all classes
( for the ages mp TO abou, 80 for men
and age 80 for women, except .or the
negro population. Above these ages
mo improvement IS shown, and In
some cases the mortality at the d.
cr ages IN 1910 vas actually less fay.
cradle than Il was in 1901.
An exam nation OF the infant nor
taliey tables ind Gates a decided I'm
'provement in the infant mortal y
rate in most classes of the popula-
ton between 1901 and 1910 The ex-
pectation Of life OF children born In
go also shows a considerable i'm.
movement over the expectation ot
lie Of children born In 1890 and 1901
IN practically al classes OF the popn-
lation. The infant mortality In the
rural districts was considerably low
err than that 10 the urban districts
both in 1901 and 1910, but the differ.
ence IN favor OF the rural districts
was not as great In 1910 as 1t was
in 1901. indicating that the efforts
to improve infant mortality condi-
lions In orr cities are undoubtedly
meeting with success.
Life tables are Il 50 given by sex
Tor Australia Denmark, England
Franco, Germany Holland, India
italy, japan. Norway, Sweden and
sw t2erland. They may b. used to
compare rates Of mortality and eNqec
tatlons Of life at any axe IN one
country with those OF any other c0un
try or with those in the United
states. A comparison OF these coun
tries shows that except FOR France
India and Japan. the rates of mertal'
ity among men and women are less
favorable in this country than IN
the foreign countries above mention.
cd. For example, the lowest annual
rate OF mortality per thousand at
birth IS found in Norway To be about
81 for males and 60 for females,
while for similar class IN this
country. namely white people 1t is
about l27 for males and los for te'
males. This indicates that tsero Is
still much room for Improvement IN
/ this country
The most important mortality
tables used by life insurance com
.panies in this country and in foreign
countries are included in this ponn-
llatIon