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126 II. TH B SWEDISH PEOPLE.
Table 24. Death-rates in Sweden. ’ By ages. Yearly, 0/°°, 1751/1895.
Age. 1751— —1775. [-1776-—1800.-] {+1776- —1800.+} 1801— -1825. 1826— -1850. [-1851–1875. 1876–1895. 1886–1895.-] {+1851- -1875. 1876- -1895. 1886- -1895.+} 1773». (Max.) 1895*. (Min.)
0/1 years’..... 210-83 196-74 183-36 162-82 140-53 11205 103-90 285-85 94-69
1/3 » ’...... 5528 52-66 47-51 34-66 36-86 29-41 24-94 117-3-2 1984
3/5 > ...... 28-60 25-92 19-62 1557 19-70 15-66 1308 7452 985
0/5 > «...... 87-24 81-62 73-78 59-67 57-29 44-52 39-15 136-74 33-88
5/10 » ...... 14-18 1208 1004 7-74 9-26 7-99 6-65 44-94 5 45
10/15 . ...... 7-58 6-27 600 4-53 4-63 4-08 371 24-90 • 334
15/20 . ...... 726 6-42 642 492 4-90 4-57 4-56 18-85 443
20/25 • ...... 876 8-U0 8-42 6-91 6-52 6oi 6-06 19-68 615
25 30 > ...... 10-38 9-56 928 823 7-28 645 6-83 21-28 601
30/35 » ...... 12-53 11-07 10-78 1017 8-36 685 6-64 24-78 6-17
35/45 . ...... 14-84 13-26 1406 13-60 10-72 8-23 795 29-68 7-37
45 55 » ...... 21-85 18-70 2099 19-98 15-79 11-56 1107 45-11 10 21
55/65 . ...... 3512 32-81 37-75 34-43 2919 2112 20-38 71-06 18-50
65/75 » ...... 70-85 74-65 76-13 73-76 6310 47-67 4628 13012 42 70
75/to > ..... 168-64 169-72 181-97 17617 155-32 135-30 132-21 244-26 121-94
Total 28-71 2622 25-83 22-27 2032 17 17 1649 5265 15-19
A few details may here be copied from the copious figures of Swedish
mortality statistics.
In the country-districts, the mortality has sunk, if wo compare the periods
1816/40 and 1891/95, from 22-26 °/oo to 16-27 °/<x>: for the towns the decrease
has been from 34-4 4 °/oo to 18-05 °/oo. The figures for the towns were then,
during the former period, 55 i, higher than those for the country-districts, but
during the latter period, only \l % — a telling witness of the improved sanitary
conditions and communal administration in general of our towns. The higher
figures, which still distinguish the towns from the country-districts, are due
almost entirely to the higher death-rate amongst children of tender years —
especially those of illegitimate birth — and amongst middle-aged men. Among
married women also the death-rate is somewhat higher in the towns.
For the years 1891/95, the mortality in the first year of life amounted to
102-8 per thousand of living-born children (in the first month of life, 34-8; the
first week 16-o; the first day 6-o). For country-districts the figures are 95-s
°/oo; for towns, 131-3; for the län of Vermland, but 76 °/oo; for that of
Jönköping, 77; for Örebro and Skaraborg, 80-o °/oo. The figures were highest
for the lftn of Vesternorrland and the town of Stockholm, with 141 °/<x> and 170
°/<x> respectively. The average figure for Western Europe is about 180 °/’<x). The
mortality amongst legitimate children in Sweden for the years mentioned was
95"i °/oo; amongst illegitimate children, 168’o °/oo.
Deaths by violence (not including suicides) amounted annually to about 640
per million of the population during the period 1821/40; this figure sank to
448 for the decade 1881/90. The number of those drowned, especially, has sunk
from 361 to 240; all the other cases have decreased from about 280 to 208 —
all per million inhabitants.
During the period 1881/90, the various months of the year showed the
following death-rates per annum, in °/oo: January 19"93, February 18’95, March
19*5 5, April 19’12, May 18"13, June lö-90, July 14 48, August 13’47, Sep-
1 Per 1,000 live births. — ’ Per 1,000 of mean population. — s Famine. — 1 Later,
the year 1898 has attained a yet more favourable result, or only 15 08 0 oo for the whole
population.
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