Part I--Life Tables, Pp. 56-85.

DEATH RATE PER 1000 IN PRUSSIA BY AGE GROUPS 1875-80 TO 1901-1910 -----+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+----------------- | 1875-1880. | 1881-1890. | 1891-1900. | 1901-1910. Ages |-------+---------+-------+---------+-------+---------+-------+--------- | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females -----+-------+---------+-------+---------+-------+---------+-------+--------- 1-2 | 71.8 | 69.1 | 70.2 | 68.0 | 58.0 | 55.5 | 45.3 | 43.1 2-3 | 37.1 | 36.1 | 36.3 | 34.6 | 24.7 | 23.8 | 16.5 | 16.0 3-5 | 22.2 | 21.7 | 20.8 | 20.7 | 14.2 | 13.9 | 8.9 | 8.8 5-10 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 4.2 | 4.4 10-15| 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 2.7 15-20| 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.6 20-25| 7.7 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.6 25-30| 8.6 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 5.5 30-40| 10.9 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 9.7 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 7.0 | 6.7 40-50| 16.7 | 12.3 | 16.3 | 11.7 | 14.3 | 10.0 | 12.5 | 8.6 50-60| 27.6 | 20.7 | 26.9 | 19.8 | 24.2 | 17.5 | 23.5 | 16.0 60-70| 53.0 | 46.3 | 51.4 | 44.8 | 48.7 | 42.0 | 45.5 | 37.4 70-80| 113.3 | 106.2 | 110.2 | 113.9 |102.5 | 97.1 | 100.6 | 102.0 80 & | | | | | | | | over| 236.4 | 227.2 | 238.2 | 229.0 |233.1 | 223.3 | 214.4 | 202.6 -----+-------+---------+-------+---------+-------+---------+-------+---------

Note that in both sexes there was a steady and substantial decline in the death rate at all age periods of life after 1875.

Königlich Statistisches Bureau in Berlin Preussische Statistik. Hft. 184, p. iv. ff., Berlin.

Zeitschrift des Königlich Preussichen Statistichen Landesamts, Berlin, 1912, p. xvii.

DEATH RATE PER 1000 IN DENMARK BY AGE GROUPS 1880-1889--1890-1900 --------+-------------------++------------------- | 1880-1889 || 1890-1900 Ages +---------+---------++---------+--------- | Males | Females || Males | Females --------+---------+---------++---------+--------- 0-5 | 53.1 | 46.0 || 48.5 | 40.8 5-10 | 7.2 | 7.7 || 5.6 | 6.0 10-15 | 4.4 | 5.6 || 3.6 | 4.6 15-20 | 4.9 | 5.8 || 4.5 | 4.7 20-25 | 7.0 | 6.1 || 6.0 | 4.9 25-30 | 6.5 | 7.4 || 5.5 | 5.6 30-35 | 6.8 | 7.9 || 6.1 | 6.5 35-40 | 7.8 | 8.4 || 7.7 | 7.5 40-45 | 9.8 | 9.3 || 9.3 | 8.2 45-50 | 12.6 | 10.2 || 11.6 | 9.1 50-55 | 16.8 | 12.2 || 15.7 | 11.8 55-60 | 22.6 | 17.0 || 22.0 | 16.4 60-65 | 33.3 | 26.1 || 30.7 | 24.2 65-70 | 46.9 | 39.2 || 44.7 | 36.7 70-75 | 70.0 | 58.3 || 74.5 | 65.0 75-80 | 104.9 | 92.9 || 115.0 | 98.9 80-85 | 178.7 | 157.4 || 169.4 | 151.6 85-90 | 246.7 | 210.9 || 250.1 | 226.5 90-over| 392.3 | 350.1 || 425.6 | 373.2 --------+---------+---------++---------+---------

Note the improvement in mortality at nearly every age period of life, in both sexes.

Befolkningsforholdene i. Denmark i. 19. Arrhundrede, p. 125. Denmark Statistiske Tabelvaerk, Ser. 5, Litra A. no. 5.

DEATH RATE PER 1000 IN SWEDEN BY AGE GROUPS 1801-10 to 1891-00 -------+------+------+-------+------+------+-------+-------+-------+------- Ages | 0-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 |15-25 |25-35 | 35-45 | 45-55 | 55-65 |65 over -------+------+------+-------+------+------+-------+-------+-------+------- Years | | | | | | | | | 1801-10| 79.0 | 12.1 | 7.2 | 8.5 | 11.0 | 14.9 | 22.7 | 40.8 | 111.4 1811-20| 76.0 | 9.7 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 9.9 | 14.3 | 21.0 | 37.6 | 102.9 1821-30| 63.1 | 7.6 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 9.4 | 13.6 | 20.1 | 35.4 | 96.9 1831-40| 60.3 | 7.5 | 4.7 | 6.0 | 9.8 | 14.3 | 20.8 | 35.6 | 102.1 1841-50| 56.8 | 7.8 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 8.0 | 12.2 | 18.1 | 31.8 | 97.1 1851-60| 60.5 | 10.9 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 8.4 | 11.9 | 17.9 | 32.1 | 91.6 1861-70| 57.3 | 9.1 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 7.2 | 10.1 | 15.1 | 28.7 | 87.2 1871-80| 52.3 | 8.5 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 7.4 | 9.3 | 13.1 | 23.6 | 79.4 1881-90| 43.6 | 7.7 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 6.6 | 8.2 | 11.5 | 21.1 | 71.4 1891-00| 36.9 | 6.0 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 6.5 | 7.8 | 10.9 | 19.7 | 71.3 -------+------+------+-------+------+------+-------+-------+-------+-------

Note the pronounced fall in the death rate at every age period during the past century.

F. Prinzing Medizinische Statistik, Verlag von Gustav Fischer in Jena, 1906.

The remedies, however, are plainly indicated:

1. Eugenics, to improve the stock.

2. Periodic physical examinations to detect the earliest signs of disease, and especially infective foci in the head, such as diseased gums, tooth sockets, tonsils, nasal cavities, etc.

3. The practice of personal hygiene along the lines of ascertained individual needs.

Cancer, another disease heavily on the increase in all civilized countries, may be combated by similar measures.