Talk:Book - Contributions to Embryology Carnegie Institution No.56-6

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TABLE A. Number of females per 1,000 males. (From Rauber.)

TABLE B. Changes in sex-ratio with advancing age. (From Prinzing.)

Age in years.


Austria, 1869.


England and Wales, 1871.


France, 1872.


Germany, 1875.


25 to 30


1,087


1,111


1,017


1,059


30 to 40


1,074


1,092


991


1,046


40 to 50


1,089


1,081


996


1,052


50 to 60


1,033


1,074


1,008


1,081


60 to 70


1,022


1,128


1,033


1,114


80 to 90


1,052


1,376


1,359


1,240


Age in years.


Females per 1,000 males.


Age in years.


Females per 1,000 males.


to 5


993


40 to 45


1,045


5 to 10


998


45 to 50


1,067


10 to 15


995


50 to 55


1,121


15 to 20


995


55 to 60


1,140


20 to 25


1,008


60 to 70


1,189


25 to 30


1,008


70 to 80


1,259


30 to 35


1,014


80 to 90


1,338 '


35 to 40


1,020


90 to


1,751


TABLE D. Excess of male death-rate (per 1,000 population) over female death-rate. (From Baker.)

Country.


Ratio.


Country.


Ratio.


Sweden


104


Spain


107


Russia (Europe) .


105


Austria


108


Holland


105



108


Italy


106



109



107



111


France


107



116






Years.


Urban.


Rural.


Under 1


31.6


27.4


Under 5


10.6


6.4


5 to 14


0.1


0.


15 to 24


0.7


-0.1


25 to 34


1.3


-1.0


35 to 44


2.1


-0.4


45 to 64


4.0


0.7


65 to


7.6


6.3


TABLE E. Secondary sex-ratio. (From Ploss.)

Country.


Ratio.


Country.


Ratio.


Russian Poland. . England and Ireland


101

104 105


Sweden Denmark European Russia Italy


105 105 105 106



105



106


Switzerland


105 105


Massachusetts . .


106 107


Holland


105


Connecticut. . . .


110


TABLE F. Sex-ratio of mortality during first year of life. (From Prinzing.)

Country.


Ratio.


Country.


Ratio.


Italy


Ill


England


121



115



121



119



121



119



123


Switzerland


120


TABLE H. Sex-ratio of still-born. (From Morgan.)

District of


Columbia.





White.


Negro.



p. ct.


p. ct.


p. ct.


p. ct.


Third Fourth


} 27.5


1 10.8 \ 16.2


} "


7.2


Fifth


7 2


15 3


6 4


7 4


Sixth


12


2 3


10 7


12 4


Seventh. . . .


14.9


)


f 14.2


15.2


Eighth


11.4


[ 55.4


{ 14.6


15.6


Ninth or over


27.0



I 48.9


42.2


Country.


Ratio.


Country.


Ratio.



124 6



132


Holland .


127 1



132


Germany


128 3



13 1


Hungary


130



135


Italy


131 1



135


TABLE I. Sex-ratio of abortions in different months. (From Auerbach.)

Month.


Males.


Females.


Sex ratio.


Fourth


928


405


229


Fifth


645


396


163


Sixth


506


437


116


Seventh


402


348


116


Total


2,481


1,586


156 4


TABLE K. Sex-ratio of 1,410 fetuses from different months

District of Columbia.

Month.

Whites.


Negroes.


Third and fourth . . Fifth


176 121


145

148


122 152


Sixth


117


111


124



119


114


122


Eighth


123


106


112


Ninth and over . . .


134


129


127



134.8


123


124.9






Month.


Total material.


Whites only.


Third ....


121.0


110.7


Fourth


117.5


122.0


Fifth


109.6


107.0


Sixth


87.5


88.4



108.5


112.1


Eighth


133.3


123.5


Ninth and tenth .


167.6


156.5