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16. Statements as to the Duration of Human Life • . . 104 



A. Hebrew 104 



B. Individual Opinion i°4 



C. Chinese Division of Life (Sir J. Bowring) ... 105 



D. Flourens' Division of Life 105 



E. Old Men in China (Sir J. Bowring) .... 105 



F. Shortness of German Lives 106 



G. Shortness of American Lives 106 



H. Savages ......... 107 



I. Average Age of Persons of various Occupations dying 



at fifty-one and upwards (Guy) .... 107 

 J. Average at Death of Sovereigns of various races dying 



at fifty-one and upwards (Guy) .... 108 



K. Comparison of Ages at Death, of three centuries (Guy) 108 



L. Comparative Longevity of Married and Unmanried . 108 

 M. Comparative Longevity of more and less Distinguished 



Persons 109 



N. Probable after-lifetime of Males at Age », from Farr 



and Quetelet 109 



O. Probable after-lifetime of Females at Age «, from Farr 



and Quetelet no 



P. Probable after-lifetime for Both Sexes, at Age x, from 



Farr and Quetelet iii 



Q. Probable after-lifetime at Age x, from Old and In- 

 accurate Sources (Quetelet). Both Sexes . . 112 

 R. Probable after-lifetime at Age «, from Hendriks . . 113 

 S. Probable after-lifetime at Age x. Both Sexes (Scotch 



Lives) 114 



T. Tables based on limited Data and relating to Sections 



of the Community us 



U. Calculations on a smaller Basis of Facts, by Dr. Guy . 116 



