913 from 18 to 35 years 270 from 36 to 50 years, 1,183 Comarca de Limon. 78 from 18 to 35 years 39 from 36 to 50 years, 117 ------ ----- ------ Total Costa Rica 25,642 ” ” 8,631 ” ” 34,273 The movement of the population in regard to _births_, _deaths_ and _increase_ was in 1892 as follows: --------------------+--------+--------+---------- Province or Comarca.| Births.| Deaths.| Increase. --------------------+--------+--------+---------- San José | 3,458 | 1,665 | 1,793 Alajuela | 2,633 | 1,159 | 1,474 Cartago | 1,616 | 802 | 814 Heredia | 1,412 | 835 | 577 Guanacaste | 717 | 284 | 433 Puntarenas | 464 | 264 | 200 Limon | 62 | 58 | 4 --------------------+--------+--------+---------- Total | 10,362 | 5,067 | 5,295 --------------------+--------+--------+---------- During the first half of 1897 there were in the capitals of the same provinces or comarcas the following _births_ and _deaths_: ----------+----------------------+------+--------+---------------------- | Births. | | | Deaths. +-------+-------+------+ | +------+--------+------ |Illegi-|Legiti-| |Males.|Females.| | | |timate.| mate. |Total.| | |Males.|Females.|Total. ----------+-------+-------+------+------+--------+------+--------+------ San José | 179 | 428 | 607 } | | 247 | 209 | 456 Alajuela | 82 | 290 | 372 } | | 117 | 115 | 232 Cartago | 63 | 357 | 420 } | | 133 | 117 | 250 Heredia | 13 | 76 | 89 } 825 | 795 | 85 | 92 | 177 Liberia | 34 | 13 | 47 } | | 13 | 14 | 27 Puntarenas| 35 | 15 | 50 } | | 44 | 35 | 79 Limon | 28 | 7 | 35 } | | 38 | 24 | 62 ----------+-------+-------+------+------+--------+------+--------+------ Total | 434 |1,186 |1,620 | 825 | 795 | 677 | 606 |1,283 ----------+-------+-------+------+------+--------+------+--------+------ _Deaths by Ages._ From 1 to 5 years 709 From 6 to 20 years 65 From 21 to 50 years 317 From 51 and upward 192 ---- Total 1283 These data show in favor of births over deaths an increase of 337, of whom 148 were males and 189 females. The causes of death in each 1000 cases were as follows: