Mortality By Sex

Alexander Graham Bell tabulated! the length of life of 8,797 people. His tables have been available, but have never been widely known until they were recently made the subject of comment by the Medical Journal and Record. Some of the late Mr. Bell's conclusions were:

P: 1) Apart from accident, longevity very closely follows heredity. The longevity of the male parent counts for more than that of the female.

P: 2) Fertility usually means long life --fathers and mothers who had the most children live the longest.

P:3) The "only child" is not apt to live as long as children of a large family.

P: 4) Children born soon after marriage are apt to live longer than those born later, except that a child born very much later (20 years) has a good chance of long life.

P: 5) Females live longer than males. Male mortality is higher than female under the age of five, from 20 to 25, and after 45.