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The female life in Aberdeen and suburban district is therefore better than 

 the male life by 0*483 per cent. The number of male deaths during these 

 five years is 0*819 per cent, greater than the number of female deaths. 



Total Deaths, Aberdeen. 



Table LXXI, — Exhibiting the proportion which the deaths, exclusive of 

 still-born children, in Aberdeen and suburbs, during the years 1837, 

 1838, 1839, 1840, and 1841, bear to the population of these years; also 

 the proportion of the average annual amount of deaths to the mean popu- 

 lation of these years. 



Years. 



1837. 



1838. 

 1839. 

 1840. 

 1841. 



Population. 



61,985 

 62,672 

 63,366 

 64,068 

 64,778 



Deaths. 



1392 

 1411 

 1150 

 1385 

 1034 



Proportion of Deaths to the 

 Population, being as 1 to 



44-529, or 2-249 per cent. 

 44-416, or 2-251 ... 

 55-100, or 1<814 ... 

 46-258, or 2-161 ... 

 62-647, or 1-596 ... 



The average annual amount of deaths these five years to 

 the mean population being as 1 to 49-722, or 2-011 per cent. 



Perth. 



By referring to Table LIIL, it will be seen that the total number of male 

 deaths in Perth, exclusive of the suburban dictrict of Kinnoul, during the 

 years 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, and 1841, is 1245, and the female deaths 1321 ; 

 being in the proportion of 106*104 females to every 100 males. 



The average annual amount of male deaths during these five years, ending 

 with 1841, is 249, and the female deaths 264^-; while the males living in 

 1841 is 8988, and the females 10,305; being in the proportion of 115*55 

 females to every 100 males. 



The average annual number of male deaths, 



compared to the number of males living in 



1841, is therefore as 1 to 36*096, or 2*770 per cent. 



And the average annual number of female 



deaths, to the females living in the same 



year, as 1 to 39*004, or 2*563 per cent. 



Difference , 0*207 per cent. 



The female life in the city of Perth is therefore better than the male life 

 by 0*207 per cent. The number of female deaths is, however, greater than 

 the number of male deaths by 6*104 per cent. 



