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ency relief plan for the sick, rather than a measure of disease pre- 

 vention. Nevertheless, of those found impaired, 44 per cent, were abso- 

 lutely unaware of their impairment, showing the positive need for such 

 a system. The following analysis of the impaired lives may prove of 

 interest : 



Analysis op Eisks Found Impaired 

 Free Annual Health Bureau Examinations 



Average age, 49 years, 9 months. Amount of insurance, $1,590,635. 



The above should be interpreted as follows: Of the risks showing affections 

 of heart, blood-vessels, kidneys and diabetes, 4.9 per cent, were between 20 and 

 30, 13.8 per cent, between 30 and 40, etc. 63 per cent, of those between 40 and 

 50 affected with diseases of heart, blood-vessels, kidneys and with diabetes were 

 unaware of impairment. 4.5 per cent, of all impairments found occurred in the 

 age-group between 20 and 30, 17.9 per cent, between 30 and 40, etc. 96 per cent. 

 of those unaware of impairment exhibited affections of heart, blood-vessels, 

 kidneys and diabetes. 39.5 per cent, of those examined were found impaired. 



Attention is called to the large percentage of degenerative affections found 

 at middle life, among those who supposed that they were in sound health. 



The mortality experience, although derived from a comparatively 

 small group, has extended over a sufficient period to prove instructive, 

 and is set forth in the following charts : 



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Expected loss— American Experience Table 



2J.33/ 



Expected loss in average company 



0/6. 000 



Actual loss in group 



J//33/ 



Mortality gain from conservation 



Group I. No impairment found 



