On the duration of life of sovereigns / [William A. Guy].

  • William Augustus Guy
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[1847]
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Credit: On the duration of life of sovereigns / [William A. Guy]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The expectation of life of Sovereigns, therefore, falls short by from two to four years of that of the English Aristocracy, and this, as has been already shown, is extremely low. In order to display the true position of Sovereigns in the scale of longevity, I have added another table, in which some of the most favourable, and some of the least favourable results hitherto obtained, for the age of 30, are placed side by side. Such of the figures as are not contained in the Essays on the Duration of Life among the Aristo¬ cracy and Gentry, will be found in Mr. Neison’s i( Contributions to Vital Statistics.” Table XI. Expectation of Life. Agricultural Labourers (Benefit Societies) .... 40-6 Rural Districts ditto 38*4 Town Districts ditto 34-6 England (whole population) . 34-1 Professions (chiefly Clergy) . 33-9 Assured Lives (Amicable). 33-7 City Districts (Benefit Societies) . 32-9 English Gentry . 31-2 English Aristocracy . 30-9 Clerks (Benefit Societies) . 30-5 Liverpool (Benefit Societies). 30-1 Dundee (whole population) . 29*1 Northampton Table (Price) . 28-3 Sovereigns . 27-3 27*0 Liverpool (whole population). Glasgow ditto . 24*9 Before concluding this paper, it may be necessary to repeat, that the averages in Table VIII., as in the other tables, have been calculated from data obtained from the “ Art de Verifier les Dates.” To have collated that work with approved histories of the several countries would have consumed more time than I had at my command, and the results would, probably, have differed very little from those which are here set forth.
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