DEATH RATE PER 1000 IN PRUSSIA BY AGE GROUPS 1875-80 TO 1901-1910 -----+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+----------------- | 1875-1880.[T] | 1881-1890.[T] | 1891-1900.[T] | 1901-1910.[U] Ages |-------+---------+-------+---------+-------+---------+-------+--------- | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females -----+-------+---------+-------+---------+-------+---------+-------+--------- 1-2 | 71.8 | 69.1 | 70.2 | 68.0 | 58.0 | 55.5 | 45.3 | 43.1 2-3 | 37.1 | 36.1 | 36.3 | 34.6 | 24.7 | 23.8 | 16.5 | 16.0 3-5 | 22.2 | 21.7 | 20.8 | 20.7 | 14.2 | 13.9 | 8.9 | 8.8 5-10 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 4.2 | 4.4 10-15| 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 2.7 15-20| 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.6 20-25| 7.7 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.6 25-30| 8.6 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 5.5 30-40| 10.9 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 9.7 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 7.0 | 6.7 40-50| 16.7 | 12.3 | 16.3 | 11.7 | 14.3 | 10.0 | 12.5 | 8.6 50-60| 27.6 | 20.7 | 26.9 | 19.8 | 24.2 | 17.5 | 23.5 | 16.0 60-70| 53.0 | 46.3 | 51.4 | 44.8 | 48.7 | 42.0 | 45.5 | 37.4 70-80| 113.3 | 106.2 | 110.2 | 113.9 |102.5 | 97.1 | 100.6 | 102.0 80 & | | | | | | | | over| 236.4 | 227.2 | 238.2 | 229.0 |233.1 | 223.3 | 214.4 | 202.6 -----+-------+---------+-------+---------+-------+---------+-------+--------- Note that in both sexes there was a steady and substantial decline in the death rate at all age periods of life after 1875. [T] _Königlich Statistisches Bureau in Berlin Preussische Statistik_. Hft. 184, p. iv. ff., Berlin. [U] _Zeitschrift des Königlich Preussichen Statistichen Landesamts_, Berlin, 1912, p. xvii.