Chapter XXXV: Part I: Life Tables, pp. 56-85

DEATH RATE PER 1000 IN PRUSSIA BY AGE GROUPS
1875-80 TO 1901-1910
-----+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------
| 1875-1880.[T] | 1881-1890.[T] | 1891-1900.[T] | 1901-1910.[U]
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.

[T] _Koeniglich Statistisches Bureau in Berlin Preussische Statistik_. Hft. 184, p. iv. ff., Berlin.

[U] _Zeitschrift des Koeniglich 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[V]
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.

[V] _F. Prinzing Medizinische Statistik_, Verlag von Gustav Fischer in Jena, 1906.

[Sidenote: The Remedies]

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.