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Show Eighteen Years Added to the Average Duration of Life Since 1855 By LOUIS A. HANSEN, In Life 4 Health. In 1800 the average length of life in the United State was thirty-flve thirty-flve years, in 1835 it was forty years, and in 1020 it was fifty-eight years. Eighteen years have been added to the average duration of life since 1855. From 1910 to 1920 the increase in the life span was four years. It is generally considered that the larger part of the world's burden is borne by men above forty years of age. Thus in 1800 the average man died seven years before he reached the acre of his groaUst usefulness. Tn 1920 the average man lived eighteen years brvond this age. In 1911 a death rate of 17 per 1,000 was generally accepted as inr-mal. inr-mal. Deaths above this rate were cr.r.iderd abnormal or unnatural. In I 1923 the rate was reduced to 12.3 per 1.000 for the registration area of i the United States, and for 1921 the Miniated rat is ?:.dl lower. 11.0 j.v 1.000. Thus in a decade have s'an-lards had to chanpe, fihov.iijg a ability in life-saving that is very remarkable. |