Report on the mortality experience of the Clergy Mutual Assurance Society, from 1829 to 1887, by F.B. Wyatt, with ... the medical history of the Society, by W.H. Stone.

  • Stone, William Henry.
Date:
1891
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Credit: Report on the mortality experience of the Clergy Mutual Assurance Society, from 1829 to 1887, by F.B. Wyatt, with ... the medical history of the Society, by W.H. Stone. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    50 and 70 has been lower than among Clergymen; while over the age of 70 the mortality of Females has exceeded that of either of the other two classes. These several relations are also observable in the experience after the first five years of assurance. The mortality among the Laymen and Females will be seen to have been favourable by comparing the actual deaths in each of the two classes with the deaths expected according to the Institute and Tables respectively. Actual Expected Ratio of Actual Deaths Deaths to Expected Laymen . 177 251 705 Females . 111 I5I 735 The mortality among the Clergy lives differs very slightly from the general experience, the character of which has already been illus- trated by comparison with other mortality tables. The present results furnish additional evidence that the mortality among the Clergy is very much lower than that among the general community. Moreover, since the Rev. John Hodgsons observations embrace a period of no years from 1750 to i860 and the Society’s experience a period of 58 years from 1829 to 1887, we can compare the rates of mortality among the Clergy in what, for practical purposes, may be considered as three successive periods extending over 137 years. The following table shows the rates of mortality for groups of ages according to Mr. Hodgson’s observations on entrants in the i8th and 19th centuries respectively, and according to the Society’s experience :—