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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    RATE OF MORTALITY PER CENT AMONG THE CLERGY DURING SUCCESSIVE PERIODS. Ages 1750-1860 1800-1860 1829-1887 Hodgson’s observations on entrants in the I8th century Hodgson’s observations on entrants in the 19th century The Society’s experience 24-29 •502 *422 *403 30-34 '643 •635 •334 35-39 •771 *620 *498 40-44 '943 *729 *521 45-49 1*210 •835 *693 50-54 1-998 i'333 1*141 55-59 2-677 i’6S5 1*782 60-64 3'S” 2*910 2*277 65-69 4-726 4-397 4'o45 70-74 7*682 6*801 5’SS6 75-79 12*184 10*724 9*012 80-84 17*140 16*769 16*081 85-89 23*274 23*404 21*168 90 & over 39'S83 25-714 26*666 The above table affords strong proof that there has been a marked diminution in the mortality of the Clergy in later years, the improvement being most pronounced between the ages of 40 and 65. Table XII is a Table of Mortality deduced from the experience of the Clergy lives only, and is of the same form as Table V deduced from the general experience. With the view of rendering the present statistics relating to the mortality of so important a class as the Clergy of practical value, the probabilities of dying in a year in Table XII have been adjusted by means of the Graphic Method, and from the adjusted probabilities so obtained Table XIII has been constructed. This table will be found on examination to fulfil the conditions of a satisfactory adjustment, for the probabilities of dying proceed with regularity and, when they are