South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-16
An1ericanS Lie
To Fast, Warns
Missouri SaUaHt

COLUMBIA. $40, April H.
Americas 1.-Two TOO bard and too
East. The chances ot death after
afty years ~ life are increasing in-
stead Of decreasing. In thc Iust
twenty years the death rate during
The first 1--WE days OF life ras been
greatly lowered. but for Ibc later
years 81 life 10 has not. Do is poor
economy no educate and TRAM busi-
ness men and women only to lose
thfir services 10 the community and
state wien they reach middle ,fe.'
These 8fc some Of the 6edEctious
made by DR. ~ II. Rateuel Profess
sor az Preventive Medicine. an
charge Of the Public Health Service
l.aboratoriea at The School of Med.-
cine of The University Of Missouri.
Ihe Bureau of the Census has re-
Gently sent advanced information on
new hfe tables. which are -oon 90 be
issued This VIII Dee the second of
fetal publication on IIle ts5ics ever
issued iu tho United States. and Zig
ures are now available for Che last
twenty years.
eoplo arc interested iu health
largely because they are afraid to
die" DR. Ray1ueI who is also pres
ident ~ the aNatOual American pub
tic Health association continued
The true motive for health should
be efficiency and not the mere pro-
lonsatioh of lfc
Rate Higher For Men.
Tho results Obtained by our Cen
sus Bureau show That the death rate
40 practically AN ascs is higher fot
men than for women, and The women
showing the lowest death rate are
those Twins iu rural communities.
Tor both sexes rural dwcIlcre show g
lower death rate. age for asc. than
for persons living iu cities.
While the average span of life
has increased for both sexes there is
no evidence that there has been any
actual incrcasc iu the years OF life.
THE is explained by The fact thlr
practically AN Glasses of people are
living longer ON the average. and the
greatest cause of this average in
crease is the saving Of life IN the
first five years.
"In 1909 white female was en-
titled 20 expect three years longer
life than white males. and H. 1910
this had increased % three and one
half years Except for negroes,
there has been a general improve
ment for an classes 20 tho age Of,
forty for men and nifty for women
There has been a decided inn
provsmeut among an classes Of pop
ulation in the infant death rate.
Again. we find that children born I'm
tho country show considerably
lower death rate than those born in
the city However 60 is not ~
great as IT. w7s ln 1901. which indi-|
Gates that tho widespread efforts
whichrhave been put Forth TO better
conditions I'm our cities have met
with success.
"Our Life Is Less"
"Comparinr ourselves with the fol-
lowing foreign countries. Australia.
Denmark, ErEland France Gcr-i
many Holland. India Italy. Japan,
Norway Sweden and Switzerland.
We find that except for France. In-I
dia and Japan our expectation OF
life both for men and women IS less
favorable than i'm any Of the foreign
countries mentioned.
Tn Norway for example. which
shows the lowest annual death ratio
for tho first wear Of life. for every
thousand Tho rate IS ciEntv-oue
death for males and siNtv--aven
deaths for females while for the.
corresponding class in this country
The rate l~ 127 for males and los fo~
temal's The most striking thing
about lhe.e figures is r1c crcat w--
rrovemont n our death rate during
tho early years or life and tho lack
Il Improvement after 6fty wears oil
aga-in fact after fifty the coudi
rions i'm re=ard to certain diseases
have become worse instead of better.
The American lives too hard and
too fast. It is poor economy to cdu-
cate and train business men and
women only 90 lose their services t1I
the community and state JUS. about
middle life. when they should bo at|
their best.
This is the problem which con
fronts physicians ard sanitarians al Il
the presert day and ONE which de-
,nands the closest consideration not
only from professional persons but
from the community "a large"