BY SIDNEY G. MARTIN, A. I. A. (lONDOn) . 



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States of America, so that this experience may be considered as 

 fairly representing that of the better class in that country, such 

 as would be found on the books of an ordinary life assurance 

 company. I have eliminated the deaths of Polynesians from 

 the Queensland experience, so that this comprises only the 

 European population, and the Asiatic, which, as before stated, 

 has much the same rate of mortality. 



Percentage which the several causes of death bear to the- 

 total deaths for the years 1897/98. Over age 15 — males : — 



1000 100-0 1000 



One noticeable feature of the comparison is the high rates 

 in England due to chest complaints, viz. : — 30 per cent, of the 

 whole, as against 20-2 in Queensland and 20-9 in the United 

 States. Nervous diseases find the United States a good deal in 

 advance with 16-7, England next with 12 per cent., and 

 Queensland last with 9-4, Of digestive diseases the United 

 States are again highest with 7*8 ; England and Queensland 

 having 5-5 and 5-9 respectively. In the violence classes 



