The above table shows, that of all the native-born decedents, the males exceed the females by 104; while the female decedents of foreign birth exceed the males of foreign nativity by 89. Of the whole number who died, those born in the United States make 67.79 per cent. Of the foreign-born decedents, those born in Ireland make nearly 70 per cent. of the whole number. The whole number of decedents of native parentage, including half of those whose birthplaces were unknown, was 1807, 30.69 per cent. of the whole number. The decedents of Irish parentage make 47.93 per cent. of all who died, and 69.15 per cent. of those who were of foreign-born parentage. About 25 per cent. only of those who died were of New England parentage. The following table shows the parentage and percentage of the decedents, according to the nativity of their fathers, compared with a similar statement of the births for the years 1870-71: — 1871. Births. Per ct. Deaths. Per ct. Births. Per ct. Deaths. Per ct. Foreign fathers 5,727 66.94 3,850 65.39 5,422 67.00 4,245 69.61 1,853 30.39 8,555 100.00 100.00 8,092 100.00 6,098 100.00 It will be observed, that the percentage of decedents of native fathers is nearly two per cent. greater than the percentage of births of the same class; while the opposite result is witnessed in regard to the decedents of foreign-born fathThis is the reverse of the result seen in last year's ers. table. IX. DEATHS IN EACH MONTH. SEX AND AGE. Under 1. 1 to 5. 5 to 10. 10 to 15. 15 to 20. 20 to 30. 20 to 30. 30 to 40. 40 to 50. 50 to 60. 60 to 70. 70 to 80. 80 to 90. Over 90. Total. 58 51 37 24 4 10 3 | M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. 22 5 6 7 33 37 25 26 25 25 19 10 13 15 13 20 5 12. 2 241 244 3 6 30 32 2 3 6 7 22 2 2 2 21 27 17 16 23 19 27 21 14 20 18 20 28 24 18 12 14 18 2 12 236 222 10 18 19 15 9 9 1 5 244 224 It will be seen by the above table, that over 27 per cent. of the decedents were under one year of age; 40.68 per cent. were under five years; 43.36 under 10; and 48.54 did not reach their twentieth year. Of the 143 who died between 80 and 90, only 39 were males; and of the 29 who were over 90 only eight were males. There were two female decedents, of the ages of 105 and 101, respectively. Of the children who died under one year (1,597), no less than 1,092 (68.38 per cent. of the whole number) were children of foreign parentage. There were 123 children who died on the day of their birth. Of these, 82 were children of foreign parentage. There were 796 decedents between 1 and 5; of these, 602 (75.63 per cent. of the whole number) were of foreign parentage. Of those who died between 5 and 10 years (158), no less than 131 (82.91 per cent.) were children of foreign-born parents. The number who died between 10 and 15 was 99, only 32 of whom were children of native-born parents. X. FOREIGN-BORN DECEDENTS ABOVE FIFTEEN YEARS OF AGE. |