CRUZ DAS almas: a BRAZILIAN VILLAGE — PIERSON 



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girls. On the 15 sitios, there are living 158 per- 

 sons, of whom 81, or 51.3 percent, are men and 

 boys and 77, or 48.7 percent, are women and girls. 



In the 25 years from 1923 to 19-17, 3,049 babies 

 were born in the distrito, according to the records 

 in the village registry office. Of these, 1,559, or 

 51.1 percent, were boys and 1,490, or 48.9 percent, 

 were girls. The sex ratio at birth, therefore, dur- 

 ing this period, was 104.6 boys to 100 girls. Dur- 

 ing the same period, there were 251 stillbirths,^* 

 of which 136, or 54.2 percent were males and 115, 

 or 45.8 percent, were females. This represents a 

 ratio of 118.3 males to 100 females. Had these 

 babies been born alive, the sex ratio at birth would 

 have been increased one full point, and be 105.6 

 to 100. 



The rather "balanced'' character of the popula- 

 tion with reference to sex, in both the village and 

 the surrounding area, is to a considerable extent 



duplicated with reference to age. The 5 to 9 age 

 group, however, in proportion to the preceding 

 and succeeding age groups, is numerically defi- 

 cient in the case of both sexes. The women in 

 the 20 to 24 age group are somewhat less numerous, 

 and in the 35 to 39 age group somewhat more 

 numerous, than in a "normal" distribution. The 

 men are somewhat less numerous in the 50 to 54 

 and 70 to 74 age groups and somewhat more nu- 

 merous in the 45 to 49 and 60 to 64 age groups 

 than in a "normal" distribution. A noticeable 

 inequality, numerically, between the sexes appears 

 in tlie 20 to 24, 45 to 49, and 60 to 64 age groups, 

 where the men are more numerous ; and in the 50 

 to 54 and 70 to 74 age groups where the women 

 are more numerous. These regularities and ir- 

 regularities are evident in table 6 and the accom- 

 panying population pyramid (fig. 2). 



"Stillbirths were 7.6 percent of all deliveries (3,300). 



Figure 2. — Age and sex pyramid for the population of the village of Cruz das Almas, 194S. 

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