Without going into the vital statistics of modern nations in any detail,
the following table of birth rates and death rates will serve to
illustrate the decrease in the death rates and the birth rates of the
three leading European nations, the birth rate being computed the same
as the death rate, that is, the number of births per thousand annually
of the population:
DEATH RATE
1871-1890 1893-1902 1904
England ................... 20.3 17.6 16.2
Germany ................... 26.0 21.5 19.6
France .................... 22.8 20.8 19.4
BIRTH RATE
1871-1890 1893-1902 1904
England ................... 34.0 29.3 28.0
Germany ................... 38.1 35.9 35.2
France .................... 24.6 22.8 20.9
From the above table it is evident that while birth rates and death
rates have been declining in all civilized peoples, the decline has been
unequal in different peoples.
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