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follows that at the age of 15 years, an equality in the numbers of 
persons of the two sexes, is nearly established. Afterwards war and 
other causes of the destruction of human life, which fall most heavi- 
ly on the males, occasion the difference to be reversed, and the fe- 
males to outnumber the males. But in the United States, where 
the waste of life by war and unhealthy occupations, is less than in 
Europe, the males outnumber the females. The majority, howev- 
er, of males in this country, is increased in some measure by Euro- 
pean emigrants, more than half of them being males. In several of 
the old states which annually lose a considerable number of their 
inhabitants by emigration, there is found a majority of females; 
while in the newly settled states there is a great excess of males. 
In France the proportion of females to males is computed as 17 
to 16. 
The following Table exhibits a comparative View of the Number of Males and 
Females in several Countries. 
Males. Females. Excess of Excess of 
Females. Males. 
Sweden 1,176,967 1,288,099 112,132 
Naples 2,423,295 2,628,967 205,672 
England 5,483,679 5,777,758 294,079 
Wales 350,487 366,951 16,464 
Scotland 983,552 1,109,904 126,352 
London 438,749 501,682 62,933 
United States 3,995,053 3,886,657 128,396 
From the sum of the excesses of females in England, Wales, 
and Scotland, 426,895, deduct 319,300 (the number as officially 
stated in 1821) for the army, navy, and seamen, and 117,595 
will be found the true excess of females above the males in 
Great Britain according to the census of 1821.—In the census 
of the United States, the army and navy appear to have been 
omitted. If they had been included, the majority of males would 
have been considerably greater than is stated in the above table. 
