THE WORLD'S MORTALITY—INTERESTING STATISTICS.
The earth is inhabited by about 1,300 millions of people, as follows:—
Of the Caucasian race, 360,000,000
Of the Mongolian, 550,000,000
Of the Ethiopian, 190,000,000
Of the Malay, 200,000,000
Of the American Indian, 1,000,000 All these respectively speak 3,064 languages, and possess 1,000 different religions. The number of deaths per annum is 33,333,333, or 91,934 per day, 3,730 per hour, sixty per minute, or one per second. This loss is more than compensated for by the number of births. The average duration of life throughout the globe is thirty-three years. One-fourth of its population dies before the seventh year, and one-half before the seventeenth. Out of 10,000 persons, only one reaches his 100th year, only one in 500 his 80th, and only one in 100 his 65th. Married people live longer than unmarried ones, and a tall man is likely to live longer than a short one. Until the 15th year, women have a better chance of life than men; but beyond that period the chances are equal.—Inter-Ocean.