Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-07-02 | Page 24 | Women Outnumber the Men in Europe

WOMEN OUTNUMBER THE MEN IN EUROPE KERL1N. July I. Man's uiino.lty i on earth as compared to women, a ' fact even before the war, has liuen Increased by that conf'ict until today to-day it I-. estimated h. re are 28,000,- U00 more women than men In Europe , alone Kffkiai statistics published here show that the surplus of women In Europe has Increased by 15,600,000 Before tho war there were l;0J8 women wom-en to eary 1.000 men now . no pro- 1 portion Is 1.111 to LCflt To- rising surplus has been mo.st marked In Russia, where the number of women has grown from 1,042 to I 299 for every l.OOu men Thlr Is on the '.as!-, of figures for 62 governments, The situation has also been notably changed In Germany Austria. Jugoslavia, Jugo-slavia, Great Britain, Luxemlmrg,' France and Italj. In Germany exclusive ex-clusive of I'ppor Silesia there are -. 100 women lo every i.n'.o men, where- RS before the WHI their- -er,. .il.otit l,02fl h the contrary the numbei of surplus women h i decreased In Denmark, Norway, Sweden and The N' t herla nda. An outH.andlng feature of the situs-' tlon Is that girls of mnrriageabl age are In the minority In ths SUl'pll most of thoe In Mi- cc.-s- ,m.-sih. cation being of elder years and many! of tqem widows