Letter to the secretary of state, on the registration of births, marriages and deaths, in Massachusetts / by Lemuel Shattuck.

  • Shattuck, Lemuel, 1793-1859.
Date:
[1845?]
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Credit: Letter to the secretary of state, on the registration of births, marriages and deaths, in Massachusetts / by Lemuel Shattuck. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    same age. In Massachusetts, 6.74 in 1830, and 6.36 in 1840; in the United States, 4.00 in 1830, and 3.94 in 1840; and in England, 7.20 had survived the age of 60. These deductions show that a less proportion of the population live through the productive age to be classed with the aged, and less experience and maturity of mind is preserved, in the United States, and even in Massachusetts, than in England or Sweden. Though this State compares better with England than the whole Union, yet even here is found some confirmation of Mr. Chad- wick's statements, so far as they apply to the existing population. The following statement will illustrate the average age of the population. In the United States it applies only to the whites. Years. Pcrso7is. Average age. In the United States, 1840 14,189,108 22,71 Massachusetts, 1830 603,006 25.34 1840 729,030 25.S9 England, 1341 15,858,075 26.59 (c) In Year. Proportion, per cent., of the Productive Class. Burdensome Class. Massachusetts,- - u _ Lowell, - - - - Illinois, - - - - United States, - - England, - - - Sweden, - - - - 1830 1840 1840 1840 1830 1840 1841 1835 57.00 59.65 73.68 50.45 51.01 52.35 56.70 56.93 43.C0 40.35 26.32 49.55 48.99 47.65 43.30 43.07 (d) Age surviving. Number persons per cent., surviving, were in Massachusetts. United States. England. 1830. 1840. 1830. 1840. 1841. At Birth, 5 years, 10 15 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100. 86.71 75.01 63.74 54.57 32.85 20.64 12.29 6.74 2.89 .79 .08 100. 87.30 76.27 66.01 55.38 34.73 20.79 12.11 6.36 2.78 .75 .08 100. 82.00 67.44 55.01 43.90 26.09 15.18 8.30 4.00 1.47 .37 .06 100. 82.56 68.39 56.29 45.38 27.22 15.62 8.30 3.94 1.49 .38 .04 100. 86.76 74.79 63.90 53.93 36.13 23.24 13.65 7.20 2.80 .64 .05