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Show Safety Council Notes Male Death Increase More males than females are born each year in the U. S. Just why, then, are there more women than men later on in life? Why the female superiority numerically, that is when it comes to find a husband? "One reason," the National Safety Council says, "is because males 15-24 years of age the age when they're either thinking of getting married some day or counting the days . till the big event are being killed in accidents acci-dents almost five times as fast as females." The Council isn't necessarily trying to promote matches between be-tween the sexes. It is concerned though with keeping people alive. A recent estimate put the U.S. population at about 84,858,000 males and 86,371,000 females about one and a half million mode gals than guys. j "Men have always died at aj faster rate than women, perhaps largely because of the more hazardous haz-ardous tasks they undertake and ' their chance-taking nature," the Council said. l "But men, especially those in the 15-24 age group, are dying far, far too rapidly. Statistics for a recent year turned up the facts on the 15-24 age group: 1. Accidents of all types take the lives of nearly five males for every female. 2. More than eight out of 10 persons killed in motor vehicle mishaps are males. 3. Almost seven out of eight persons killed in nbnmotor vehicle ve-hicle accidents are males. 4. The young people are seven 1 times as likely to die in an accident acci-dent than from cancer, the No 2 cause of death to persons ir the category. Both sexes are living longer today than their grandparents, but the so-called weaker sex has widened the gap. Thirty yearsa go, the average white female lived about three years longer than the average white male. Today she can expect ex-pect to outlive her man by more than six years. One reason women outlive men today is because they have benefited bene-fited more than men from discoveries dis-coveries and innovations in the medical field. Another reason suggested by the Council: They have been more careful working and playing than men, and technological and social changes have made women's work easier and safer. Regardless of what stage of life you're at the marriageable stage, the married stage or the aging stage it's smart to keep your men alive. Don't let your boy friend or hubby overdo many things, whether it's a minor repair re-pair job around the house or a long vacation drive. |