Show DEATH RATE OF THE SEXES statistics show choth that t women have a right night to expect a longer life than men As Is well met I 1 known the term terin of hirt of wornell women Is s slightly longer than ti I 1 an that of men the difference 0 of tie the mortality rates during the die first few fear years of life however Is striking during the first year the mortality among finales Is decidedly greater than among females although more boys are born than girls the proportions proportion are arc reduced to almost even terms at the C end 1 d 0 of tile the first year by the excessive niale male mortality exer kan during the first four years the allty among males exceeds that among females notwithstanding the fact that there are practically tie no distinctions made in III the he management of the tw two 0 sexes both art arc subject to tile the same conditions are dressed virtually the same and I 1 receive the same saine food at the age of about five years the comparative death I rafe ale among girls eliis begins to increase this lias been attributed to the fact act atiat boys oi of is lige age ara more in tile air the mortality in both sexes diminishes from this time until the twelfth year when mixen it attains KB its lowest point it then steadily rises being larger in III each successive scar car between the twelfth tiNel fth slid and six year for several years tile rate of flici case Is 11 more rapid on the 1 male side the that have been offered fox for these ties aye are not ilot wholly satisfactory but one fact Is clear that during early years vears females possess a greater tenacity of life than shan do males sunday Nag magazine azine of the pittsburg dispatch |