A Revelation of the Filipinos 



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this indicates that, although the propor- 

 tion of population under 20 is unusually- 

 large in the Philippines, large families 

 are not as numerous there as in other 

 countries. 



PROPORTION OF BABIES 



The population under 1 year of age 

 numbered 167,905, This was 2.4 per 

 cent of the total population. For com- 

 parison we have a similar proportion in 

 Porto Rico of 2 . 7 per cent ; in the United 

 States, 2.5 per cent, and in Cuba, 1 . 5 per 

 cent. The low proportion in Cuba was 

 supposed to be due to the disturbed con- 

 ditions in the island prior to the taking 

 of the census. Similar causes doubtless 

 accounted for the small proportion of 

 this class in the Philippines. 



The children under 5 years numbered 

 1,054,096, which was 15. 1 per cent of 

 the total population. The same class in 

 the United States formed 12. 1 per cent ; 

 in Porto Rico, 15.8 per cent, and in 

 Cuba, 8.3 per cent. 



The number under 10 years of age 

 was 2,014,160, or 28.8 per cent of the 

 total population. The same class in the 

 United States formed 23.8 per cent ; in 

 Porto Rico, 30.9 per cent, and in Cuba, 

 22.7 per cent. 



The number of children between 5 

 and 17— that is, of school age — was 

 2,137,397, or 30.6 per cent of the popu- 

 lation. The proportion of school chil- 

 dren in Porto Rico was 32.8 per cent, a 

 little greater, while, on the other hand, 

 that in the United States was 28.3 per 

 cent, or slightly less. 



PROPORTION OF ADULTS 



Persons between 20 and 29 were in 

 smaller proportions in the Philippines 

 than in either the United States, Cuba, 

 or Porto Rico. Between 30 and 39 

 years, 40 and 49, and 50 and 59 there 

 were larger proportions in the Philip- 

 pine Islands than in Porto Rico, but 

 smaller proportions than in either the 

 United States or Cuba. Between 60 and 



69 the proportion was greater than in 

 Cuba or in Porto Rico, but less than in 

 the United States. Between 80 and 89 

 and at more advanced ages the propor- 

 tions in the Philippine Islands exceeded 

 those of either of the three countries 

 used in comparison. 



In the Philippine Islands no fewer 

 than 3,553 persons were reported as 

 being more than loo years of age. It is 

 not probable that a Filipino ever reached 

 that age, or that many have exceeded the 

 age of 80 years. To test the question, 

 several hundred of these cases of reported 

 great age were returned to the supervis- 

 ors of the census with instructions to 

 have the cases investigated thoroughly, 

 and, if possible, the ages verified by ref- 

 erence to the baptismal certificates. 

 Owing to the destruction of records dur- 

 ing the recent insurrection, it was possi- 

 ble to obtain this evidence in only a very 

 few cases, but in every such case the re- 

 ported age was reduced greatly. The 

 average reduction in all such cases was 

 from 106 years to 83 years — that is to 

 say, the true age was about four- fifths 

 the reported age. 



THE MARRIED STATE 



Of the total male population of the 

 Philippines 58.6 per cent were reported 

 as single, and of the female 54. 1 per 

 cent. These proportions also were 

 slightly less than in the United States, 

 which were for males 60.6 per cent and 

 for females 55.1 per cent. 



As in Cuba and Porto Rico, the mar- 

 ried may be divided into two classes, 

 those legally married and those living 

 together by mutual consent, or, as they 

 will be spoken of hereafter, consensually 

 married. The legally married num- 

 bered 2,314,583, constituting 33.1 per 

 cent of the entire population, a propor- 

 tion somewhat less than the United 

 States, where it was 36.5 per cent. It 

 formed a strong contrast with the pro- 

 portion in Cuba, which was only 15.7 

 per cent, or less than half as great a 



