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BIOLOGY OF DEATH 



absolutely higher specific force of mortality in infancy 

 than in extreme old age. There is practically no signif- 

 icant difference between the male and female curve at 



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NERVOUS SYSTEM AND SENSE ORGANS 





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JO 35 -40 45 O 5 6O 65 7O 75 6O 85 9O 95 IOO 

 AGL 



FIG. 34. Diagram showing the specific death rates at each age from breakdown of the 



nervous system and sense organs (Group VII). 



any portion of life. During early adult life the female 

 curve lies below the male, but by only a small amount. 

 Out of every thousand infants under one, about sixty 



