OCCUPIED MALES INCREASES-DECREASES FROM CERTAIN DISEASES
This chart comparing 1900 with 1890 (1900–1910 not yet available) shows the sharp upward trend in the mortality from organic disease among males in gainful occupations, and the downward trend in the mortality from communicable disease in the same group. This heavy and increasing loss from chronic disease occurs among our most valuable lives—those of the breadwinners.
SECTION VIII
COMPARISON OF DEGENERATIVE TENDENCIES AMONG NATIONS
| Ages | U. S. Reg. Area 1900 P’sons | Prussia 1900–01 | France 1899–1902 | Italy 1899–1902 | Sweden 1891–00 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Fem. | Males | Fem. | Males | Fem. | Males | Fem. | ||
| Under 1 | 165.4 | 221.8 | 189.4 | ... | ... | 174.8 | 158.3 | ... | 101.6 |
| 1 | 46.6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 2 | 20.5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 3 | 13.2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 4 | 9.4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Under 5 | 52.1 | 24.3 | 23.4 | 56.9 | 48.5 | 38.4 | 39.8 | ... | 36.9 |
| 5–9 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 6.1 | 6.7 | ... | 5.9 |
| 10–14 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.8 | ... | 3.6 |
| 15–19 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| 20–24 | 7.5 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 7.8 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 5.7 |
| 25–29 | 8.6 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 6.1 |
| 30–34 | 9.4 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 6.7 | 7.9 | 6.7 | 6.5 |
| 35–39 | 11.0 | 9.0 | 7.8 | 10.5 | 8.8 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 7.6 | 7.2 |
| 40–44 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 8.6 | 12.7 | 9.7 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 7.9 |
| 45–49 | 15.2 | 15.9 | 10.0 | 15.1 | 10.9 | 11.4 | 9.6 | 10.7 | 8.6 |
| 50–54 | 19.1 | 21.2 | 13.8 | 19.1 | 14.5 | 15.7 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 10.9 |
| 55–59 | 26.3 | 28.3 | 20.4 | 26.6 | 20.5 | 21.0 | 17.7 | 18.6 | 14.3 |
| 60–64 | 35.1 | 39.5 | 31.4 | 37.4 | 30.5 | 33.5 | 30.9 | 26.1 | 21.3 |
| 65–69 | 52.2 | 57.8 | 50.3 | 54.5 | 47.1 | 50.2 | 48.8 | 39.5 | 33.8 |
| 70–74 | 75.2 | 87.0 | 78.9 | 86.9 | 77.7 | 85.4 | 87.4 | 62.0 | 54.8 |
| 75–79 | 110.5 | 132.5 | 125.3 | 130.7 | 120.6 | 134.3 | 138.5 | 101.3 | 90.1 |
| 80–84 | 165.8 | 199.3 | 186.6 | ... | ... | 214.5 | 215.6 | ... | ... |
| 85–89 | 241.3 | 283.6 | 271.4 | 221.9 | 219.8 | 317.1 | 307.3 | 197.8 | 179.6 |
| 90–94 | 339.2 | 395.2 | 345.6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 95–over | 418.9 | 404.8 | 402.1 | ... | ... | 391.7 | 369.1 | ... | ... |
Note: In 1900 or thereabouts, the death rates at the middle ages of life were heavier in the United States than in Prussia, France, Italy, and Sweden. Since then the death rates in the United States at these ages have grown even greater.
In the foreign countries the death rate by persons can be approximated by adding the rates for males and females of same age and dividing by two.
[R] 12th Census. U. S., 1900, iii. Vital Statistics, p. LXXIX.
[S] F. Prinzing Medizinische Statistik, Verlag von Gustav Fischer in Jena, 1906.