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Show More Widows Than Widowers. According to the United States census cen-sus of 1920, there are in this country at this time 3,170,000 widows and only 1,471,399 widowers. This indicates that the chances are, on the average, two to one that a man will pass away before his wife. The main reason for this condition of affairs is that the wife Is generally several years younger young-er than the hsuband, and then, too, at the ages above fifty the mortality rate for men Is much higher than for women. Bankers' Life Bulletin. |