LIVING LONGER.
Greater Vitality In Whole British Nation. WOMEN OUTLIVE MEN. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, September 23. Striking figures indicating a general lengthening of life in Great Britain are contained in a report issued yesterday by the Government Actuary, Sir Alfred Watson. From statistics based on the period 1921 to 1922, it is ascertained that in the last 20 years over seven years have been added to the average life of mankind, while the probability of children dying in the first year has been decreased by 40 per cent. Two and three-quarter years have been added to the life of youth of 20 and three years to the life of women of 20. The expectation of life of both men and women has increased at every age except at the age of 90. Women live longer than men. Married women, after the age of 37, live longer! than single women or widows, and the I rates of mortality for widowe are I invariably heavier than those for single j women or wives. The improvement in vitality, which is specially marked in younger ages, applies to the whole British nation.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 226, 24 September 1927, Page 9
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