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CHAP. VII. — The decennial increase of each class at each term, 

 The total increase of each class in 50 years, 

 The relative proportions of each class at each term, 



CHAP. VIII. — The Proportion between the Sexes, 



General excess of male8, .... 



Proportion between the sexes at each census, 



The diversities in the several classes, 



Increase in the proportion of females, 



The proportion of white males under 10 to the females, 



The proportion in the slave population, 



CHAP. IX. — The Probabilities of Life — The Deaf, Blind and Insane 

 The information afforded on these topics very limited, 

 Tables of the proportion of whites at different ages, 

 Comparative numbers of the two sexes at different ages, 

 Comparative longevity of the sexes, .... 

 Circumstances to be regarded in estimates of longevity in U 

 Disturbing causes in comparing the longevity of the sexe 

 Table of the proportion of coloured persons at different ages, 

 Greater mortality of coloured males, .... 



Exception to this rule, 



Explanation of the exception, 



The chances of life between male and female slaves, . 

 Longevity of the free coloured class, .... 

 Causes suggested, 



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 The proportion of whites under 45 and of coloured persons compared, 70 



The proportion over 45 compared, 71 



The proportion over 100 of the different classes, ... 72 



Uncertainty of the ages of slaves, 73 



Causes of their extraordinary longevity, 73 



Diagram of life, showing the decrease of life of the different classes, 74 

 Diagram showing the decrease of life in England and Connecticut, 75 

 Table of the deaf and dumb and blind in 1830, .... 76 

 The numbers in the different races compared, ... 76 



Table of the deaf and dumb, blind, and insane in 1840, . . 76 



Proportions in the two races compared, 77 



The diversities explained, 78 



The number of insane at public and private charge, . . 78 



The diversities among the States, as to insane whites, explained, 78 

 Table of the proportion of insane coloured persons in each State, 79 

 The extraordinary diversity among the States, .... 79 



-Emigration, 80 



Emigration from Europe, causes of its extraordinary increase, . 80 

 The precise number not to be ascertained, .... 81 



The probable number of emigrants from 1790 to 1840, . . 81 

 Irregularity in the custom-house returns, .... 82 



British emigrants to Canada through New York, ... 83 



British emigrants to the United States through Canada, . . 84 



Foreign emigrants to the United States from 1830 to 1840, . . 84 



Their probable natural increase 85 



The increase of immigration nine-fold in 50 years, ... 87 



