Mr. Worcester on Longevity. 33 
It is a well established fact that more women than men live 
to old age. According to the observations of Dr. Price, of the 
persons who attain the age of 80 years, the proportion of females 
to males is as 49 to 34. Yet it has been observed, that of the few 
who have lived beyond the age of 110 or 120 years, there are 
more men than women, The preceding tables of instances of 
longevity in this country, furnish evidence of the correctness of 
both of these principles. With regard to the 93 persons, in New 
Hampshire, who reached the age of from 100 to 110 years, 59 
were women, and 34 men; while all the five who arrived at 
110 or upwards were men. A large majority also, of the per- 
sons above enumerated, who, in the United States, lived to the 
age of 110 or upwards, were males. 
Of the 145 persons who reached the age of 120, enumerated in 
an English publication [see the article ‘‘ Longevity,’’ in Gregory’s 
Dictionary of the Arts and Sciences], before referred to, two thirds 
were men, yet the following statement of the number of males and 
females of advanced age in Great Britain, in 1821, shows that aged 
women in that country are much more numerous than aged men. 
Men. Women. 
Between the ages of 80 and 90 .. . . 34.964... . 43,049 
bs ? 90 and 100.... 2,873... . 4,046 
st i 100 and upwards MOD ure 191 
The following statement of the number of aged persons of each 
sex, who died-in Sweden in 9 years, ending in 1763, illustrates 
the same principles. 
Men. Women. 
Apove tol! Sevsd: ae /sae3ae h-.. 28.440 
Abovescanes qxelO0X. pak ZO4ct cote 1424 
Anove vise sata i622 Delt QI 20 
Among centenarians are found few persons of rank or fortune ; 
few professional men, or men of science and literature. Monarchs 
have not often exceeded the age of 70; and of about 300 popes, 
only 7 are said to have reached the age of 80. By far the greater 
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