Influence of marriage on the death-rates of men and women in Scotland / by James Stark.

  • Stark, James, 1814-1883.
Date:
1867
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Credit: Influence of marriage on the death-rates of men and women in Scotland / by James Stark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    of a like number of married men only 597 died, or just half the number. In other words, between the age of 20 and 25 years, the death-rate of the bachelors was exactly double that of the married men. As the age increases, the difference between the death-rates of the married and unmarried decreases; but it decreases slowly and regularly, showing a marked difference in favour of the married men at every quinquennial period of life. Thus, at the age of 25 to 30 years, when the number of married and unmarried men in Scotland is pretty nearly equal, of every 100,000 bachelors 1369 died during the year ; but, in an equal number of married men, only 865 died. .At that period of life, also, the death-rate of the bachelors very greatly exceeded that of the married men. Between the ages of 30 and 35 years, while in every 100,000 bachelors 1475 died; only 907 died out of an equal number of married men. Between the ages of 40 and 45, while 1689 died out of every 100,000 bachelors, only 1248 died out of an equal number of married men. At the ages 60 to 65 years, while 4330 died during the year out of every 100,000 bachelors, only 3385 died out of a like number of married men. Even at the age of 70 to 75 years, while 10,143 died out of every 100,000 bachelors, only 8055 died out of a like number of married men. And at the Table II.—Married and Unmarried Men at each Quinquennial Age in Scotland in 1863; the Deaths at the same Ages; and the Proportion of Deaths to the Living at each Age. Ages. Husbands and Widowers. Bachelors. Number Living. Deaths. Percentage of Deaths. Number Living. Deaths. Percentage of Deaths. 20-25 22,946 137 0-597 106,587 1,251 1-174 25-30 54,221 469 0-865 48-,618 666 1-369 30-35 66,153 600 0-907 25,962 383 1-475 35-40 63,858 690 1*080 15,857 253 1-595 40-45 62,645 782 1-248 12,311 208 1-689 45-50 54,505 869 1-594 8,824 179 2-028 50-55 49,591 880 1-774 7,636' 205 2-684 55-60 38,006 929 2-444 5,550 142 2-558 60-65 35,920 1,216 3-385 5,242 227 4-330 65-70 22,021 1,134 5-149 2,848 156 5-477 70-75 16.029 1,291 8-055 2,021 205 10-143 75-80 9,716 1,135 11-681 1,081 157 14-542 80-85 5,477 953 17-400 513 101 19-688 85-90 1,708 488 28-571 151 32 21-192 90-95 449 137 30-512 50 21 42-000 95-100 . 103 40 38-835 6 3 50-000 100 and above 28 15 53-571 3 — — Not stated — 4 — 5 —