TABLE 1.
Distribution of Population and Deaths by Age in the United States, 1900 and 19351
| Population |
Deaths |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19002 | 1935 | 19002 | 1935 | |
| Age in Years | Per Cent | |||
| All Ages | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Under 15 | 29.5 | 27.3 | 34.6 | 13.9 |
| Under 5 | 10.4 | 8.1 | 30.3 | 11.3 |
| 5–14 | 19.1 | 19.3 | 4.3 | 2.6 |
| 15–24 | 18.6 | 18.3 | 6.4 | 4.5 |
| 25–44 | 31.1 | 29.8 | 16.5 | 13.9 |
| 45–64 | 15.7 | 18.7 | 18.2 | 27.6 |
| 65 and over | 5.1 | 5.9 | 24.3 | 40.1 |
Population, United States Registration States of 1900, from Mortality Rates, 1910–1920, Bureau of the Census, 1923, p. 654, and for the United States in 1935, from Special Release of the Bureau of the Census, Feb. 18, 1937. The number of children under 5 years of age in 1935 has been increased to allow for under-enumeration, as estimated by Whelpton in National Resources Committee. Population Statistics,1.National Data, Washington. D.C., October 1937. Deaths, 1900, from Special Reports, Bureau of the Census, Mortality, 1900–1904, and for 1935, from ibid., Mortality Statistics, 1935.
Population and deaths in the United States Registration States of 1900 (Connecticut. District of Columbia, Maryland, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont).