| AGE | Male | Female | More male | More female | Excess of female population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 years | 6,904,732 | 6,871,599 | 33,133 | — | — |
| From 10 to 15 years | 2,925,918 | 2,912,573 | 13,345 | — | — |
| “ 15 “ 21 “ | 3,179,813 | 3,162,448 | 17,365 | — | — |
| “ 21 “ 30 “ | 4,251,204 | 4,293,775 | — | 42,571 | — |
| “ 30 “ 40 “ | 3,669,656 | 3,731,556 | — | 61,900 | — |
| “ 40 “ 50 “ | 2,770,451 | 2,923,228 | — | 152,777 | — |
| “ 50 “ 60 “ | 2,053,085 | 2,320,273 | — | 267,188 | — |
| “ 60 “ 70 “ | 1,300,637 | 1,545,808 | — | 245,171 | — |
| “ 70 years up | 681,751 | 868,671 | — | 186,920 | — |
| 27,737,247 | 28,629,931 | 63,845 | 956,527 | 892,684 |
This table shows that up to the twenty-first year the number of boys exceeds the number of girls.[78] This excess of boys is due to the fact that everywhere more boys than girls are born. The following number of boys and girls, for instance, were born in the German empire:
| During | the | year | 1872 | for | 100 | girls | 106.2 | boys |
| “ | “ | “ | 1884 | “ | 100 | “ | 106.2 | “ |
| “ | “ | “ | 1900 | “ | 100 | “ | 106.0 | “ |
| “ | “ | “ | 1905 | “ | 100 | “ | 106.3 | “ |
| “ | “ | “ | 1907 | “ | 100 | “ | 106.3 | “ |
But the male sex dies younger than the female sex; especially during infancy more boys than girls die. Our [table] shows that from the twenty-first year on the female population exceeds the male. The following figures show the death-rate of male and female inhabitants in Germany:
| During the years | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| 1872–1875 | 29.5 | 26.3 |
| 1876–1880 | 27.8 | 24.5 |
| 1881–1885 | 27.3 | 24.2 |
| 1886–1890 | 25.8 | 23.1 |
| 1891–1895 | 24.6 | 22.1 |
| 1896–1900 | 22.6 | 20.0 |
| 1901–1905 | 21.0 | 18.8 |
| [79] |
[79] Hygienic and ethnological conditions of the German Empire. Berlin, 1907—During the year 1907 for every 100 female deceased there were 109.3 male.
The [table on page 159] furthermore shows that at the true marriageable age, between the twenty-first and fiftieth year the female sex exceeds the male sex by 257,248 persons (in the year 1890 by 422,519) and between the fiftieth and seventieth year by 699,279 (in the year 1890 by 566,400). In Germany as in England the number of old women increases each year. A great disproportion, that constantly increases, is furthermore met with among widowed and divorced persons.
According to the census of 1890 and 1900 there were the following numbers of widowed persons in Germany: