The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-10-15
CHANCES TO MARRY
AND DIE Within SET
PERIOD LINKED Up
Insurance Companies Work Out
Code Of Possibilities With
Index Of Ratios

New York. Oct. 1J.-AllhOugh 4
spnistcr at her thirty fifth year mag
look with varying degrees OF envy on
her sister OF Is. there Is respect
In which they are quite OH q par. ac-
cording TO a recent study made by the
statistical bureau OF the Metropolitan
Life Insurance company. This shows
that both tho older woman and the
young girl have the same chances OF
marrying and dying within five and
One-half years. Similarly a young
woman OF Is Is In exactly the same
category n the l5-ycar-old girl w.e-
1t comes to marrying and dying with
In n period OF ~. years.
As III explanation OF both c0-npa-.-
sons. the insurance slatistic.a-s cite
the example Of the om b. IS 81.
the girl OF Is as follows:
This. Of course" they po... CT.
lis due to the fact that the young E-.
Of Is has Il greater chance 0. MARI
Ing within five and one-ha. ..Ars
than MI older OF s. e-- -
balance this. the young CIR. .. =: 1Ls
4 considerably smaller chAE-e % Co
ing within five and one-.. -.A-s
than the woman OF 35.f
OF Social Welfare Interest
The study. linking EE-lzs LII
death together in this -zos- Tls
made for the purpose 9. Cs.s--aE
what Is the c0mbine1 p-o1A---T q :
person marrying vl...- ; s-sc-H-
period and then dying se.-:s .1s ea-
Of that period. /. s-51s-s-.s IL
other study made e re Statistical
bureau some tine ago Ct .-.s cE-Aocss
men and women a. .a--1-s ages 1aTs
to survive for a give. p-.c za1 -
married within tire pe-.o
Results OF the re. ---.- E-1--.-
have been published = re c1--
pany'S statistical bu.e... a-s 8. sYe-
cial interest 70 soc:a. ~e.Ee work
crs. who no in!reqls.t. I'D .le--
selves confronted o. z s--sEo. !.
which the so-calieS premature death
Of q husband Or wife. .sas.-s 6spen1-
ent children. has 10 &c re
These so-calied premature deaths
the study shows. are 10. premature
at all, when considered .ro- the y.sT-
point OF the statistical. E.o .-ea.s
the subject as it a..ec-s large groups.
and not single Individuals. ]. has
been proved that. s.S.ea6 9. being
premature in relation % ire length
of time a couple .as beer married
such deaths. on TIRE acreage. are q
certainty-no. !c- arr particular IL
diyidual. 6! course. o1. .c- .ae Az
eragc individual 9. var. q gro1o is
composed. But who Knows o7 via.
particular ma c. woman RE Lax Of
averages viii align. 70 demonstrate -
self?
Probability OF Dependence
"A young man. s..s.e anG 25 .ea-s
Of age" the bulletin points Gu, has
seven chances in 1000 Of being mar
ried and dying within five years. a.o
thus Leaving his wife a TiGow ard
perhaps with oependen. children.
Extending the period fror. five 70
ten years increases the cnances 70
two II 100. A period Of Is years makes
the chances five in iC0. and within
20 years the chances OF his being mar
ried ard dying 90 as TO Iease q Tidow.
are 7 per cent.
Similarly, a young woman. % years
OF age. has seven chance in 1000 o1
marrying and dying within five years.
over two chances In 100 within ten
years, four within Is years and over
in 100 within 20 years
While calling attention to the fact
that. through life, the compound
probability Of marrying and dying
within a period Of 20 years is rel
smaller than the probability
Of marrying and surviving to the end
Of the period. nevertheless. when a
young man Of. say. 20 years. asgumes
the attitude that he is not thinking
OF marrying and still less Of dying.
the fact remains that there arc GER
tain calculablc probabilities that this
event will actually occur
within five Or ten years" and that II
Is more than likely that there will
one or more dependents who
will thus be separated by death from
their main support"