DEATH RATE PER 1000 IN DENMARK BY AGE GROUPS 1880-1889--1890-1900 --------+-------------------++------------------- | 1880-1889 || 1890-1900 Ages +---------+---------++---------+--------- | Males | Females || Males | Females --------+---------+---------++---------+--------- 0-5 | 53.1 | 46.0 || 48.5 | 40.8 5-10 | 7.2 | 7.7 || 5.6 | 6.0 10-15 | 4.4 | 5.6 || 3.6 | 4.6 15-20 | 4.9 | 5.8 || 4.5 | 4.7 20-25 | 7.0 | 6.1 || 6.0 | 4.9 25-30 | 6.5 | 7.4 || 5.5 | 5.6 30-35 | 6.8 | 7.9 || 6.1 | 6.5 35-40 | 7.8 | 8.4 || 7.7 | 7.5 40-45 | 9.8 | 9.3 || 9.3 | 8.2 45-50 | 12.6 | 10.2 || 11.6 | 9.1 50-55 | 16.8 | 12.2 || 15.7 | 11.8 55-60 | 22.6 | 17.0 || 22.0 | 16.4 60-65 | 33.3 | 26.1 || 30.7 | 24.2 65-70 | 46.9 | 39.2 || 44.7 | 36.7 70-75 | 70.0 | 58.3 || 74.5 | 65.0 75-80 | 104.9 | 92.9 || 115.0 | 98.9 80-85 | 178.7 | 157.4 || 169.4 | 151.6 85-90 | 246.7 | 210.9 || 250.1 | 226.5 90-over| 392.3 | 350.1 || 425.6 | 373.2 --------+---------+---------++---------+--------- Note the improvement in mortality at nearly every age period of life, in both sexes. _Befolkningsforholdene i. Denmark_ i. 19. Arrhundrede, p. 125. Denmark _Statistiske Tabelvaerk_, Ser. 5, Litra A. no. 5. DEATH RATE PER 1000 IN SWEDEN BY AGE GROUPS[V] 1801-10 to 1891-00 -------+------+------+-------+------+------+-------+-------+-------+------- Ages | 0-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 |15-25 |25-35 | 35-45 | 45-55 | 55-65 |65 over -------+------+------+-------+------+------+-------+-------+-------+------- Years | | | | | | | | | 1801-10| 79.0 | 12.1 | 7.2 | 8.5 | 11.0 | 14.9 | 22.7 | 40.8 | 111.4 1811-20| 76.0 | 9.7 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 9.9 | 14.3 | 21.0 | 37.6 | 102.9 1821-30| 63.1 | 7.6 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 9.4 | 13.6 | 20.1 | 35.4 | 96.9 1831-40| 60.3 | 7.5 | 4.7 | 6.0 | 9.8 | 14.3 | 20.8 | 35.6 | 102.1 1841-50| 56.8 | 7.8 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 8.0 | 12.2 | 18.1 | 31.8 | 97.1 1851-60| 60.5 | 10.9 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 8.4 | 11.9 | 17.9 | 32.1 | 91.6 1861-70| 57.3 | 9.1 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 7.2 | 10.1 | 15.1 | 28.7 | 87.2 1871-80| 52.3 | 8.5 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 7.4 | 9.3 | 13.1 | 23.6 | 79.4 1881-90| 43.6 | 7.7 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 6.6 | 8.2 | 11.5 | 21.1 | 71.4 1891-00| 36.9 | 6.0 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 6.5 | 7.8 | 10.9 | 19.7 | 71.3 -------+------+------+-------+------+------+-------+-------+-------+------- Note the pronounced fall in the death rate at every age period during the past century. [V] _F. Prinzing Medizinische Statistik_, Verlag von Gustav Fischer in Jena, 1906. [Sidenote: The Remedies]