Medical investigations in life insurance : being a series of special reports to the board of directors of the United States Life Insurance Company ... / by the medical staff of the company.

Date:
[1874?]
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Credit: Medical investigations in life insurance : being a series of special reports to the board of directors of the United States Life Insurance Company ... / by the medical staff of the company. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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    TABLE IT. Causes of Death Classified. Class of Diseases. No. of Deaths. Zymotic diseases Acute bronchia] and pulmonary affections Casualities Consumption Brain diseases, apoplexy, etc j Heart diseases. ; Various other diseases (chiefly chronic), and intemperance. Unknown causes I 7 4 4 75 19 9 18 36 Or if we compare this table with that based upon 1,000 con- secutive deaths experienced by the Company, we shall obtain the following percentages for each of the different classes of disease.