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INATIONAL CENTER Series 22
For HEALTH STATISTICS Number 9
VITAL and HEALTH STATISTICS
DATA FROM THE NATIONAL VITAL STATISTICS SYSTEM
SocioeconomicCharacteristics ofDeceasedPersonsUnited States -1962-1963 Deaths
Statistics on educational attainment and family incomeof persons who died during 1962 and 1963 by age, color,residence and family status. Based on data collected ina mail survey with questionnaires sent to the informantfor the death certificate,
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE
Public Health Service
Health Services and Mental Health Administration
Washington, D.C. February 1969
NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS
THEODORE D. WOOLSEY, Director
PHILIP S.LAWRENCE, SC.D.,Associate Director
OSWALD K. SAGEN, PH.D.,Assistant Director for Health Statistics Development
WALT R. SIMMONS, M. A., Assistant Director /oT Research and Scientific Development
ALICE M. WATERHOUSE, M. D., .Medical Consultant
JAMES E.KELLY, D.D.S.,Dental Advisor
EDWARD E. MINTY, Executive O//icer
MARGERY R. CUNNINGHAM, Information Of/icer
DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS
ROBERT D. GROVE, Ph. D., Director
ROBERT A. ISRAEL, M.S., Deputy Director
ROBEW A. ISRAEL, M.S., Acting Cbie~ Mortality Statistics Branch
JOHN E. PATTERSON, Cbiej Natality Statistics Branch
LOREN E. CHANCELLOR, Chiej Registration Methods Branch
ALICE M. HETZEL, cbie~ Marriage and Divorce Statistics Branch
ARNE B. NELSON, M.A., Cbie~ vital Records Survey Branch
MICHAEL J. ZUGZDA, Acting Chic/, Statistical Resources Branch
Public Health Service Publication No. looo.$erie~ 22-No. 9
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 68-62241
CONTENTSPage
Introduction ----------------------------------------------------------
Selected Findings -----------------------------------------------------
Sources and Limitations of Data ----------------------------------------
Selected Characteristics -----------------------------------------------Sex and Age--------------------------------------------------------Region and Metropolitan Area ----------------------------------------Living Arrangements ------------------------------------------------Marital Status ------------------------------------------------------Family Income -----------------------------------------------------
References -----------------------------------------------------------
Detailed Tables -------------------------------------------------------
Appendix I. Technical Notes on Metiods -------------------------------Statistical Design of the National Mortality Survey -------- --------------Sample Selection ---------------------------------------------------Data Collection -----------------------------------------------------Estimating Methods -------------------------------------------------Reliabili~ of Estimates ---------------------------------------------
Appendix II. Definitions of Certain Terms Used in This Report -----------TermsRelated to Data Derived From theQuestionnaire- ----------------TermsRelated to Data Derived Fromthe Death Certificate---- ----------
Appendix III. Source Forms -------------------------------------------Death Certificate ---------------------------------------------------Informant Questiomaire ---------------------------------------------
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IN TKIS RBPORT statistics are Wesented on the edmational attain-ment and levels of imome of pwso~ who died duri~ 1962 and 1963.
Othw charactwistics wed to describe the decedent ave age, sex, CO1OY,place of residence, living awa~ements, and mavital statws at the timeof death. These cha~actwistics wwe selected because they ave impov-tant to the description of education and income of people.
About 60 pwcent of the people descvibed in this report were 65 yearsOYoldw. A highw @opovtion of the fwale decedents than of the maledecedents wwe educated beyond the elementary-school level. Amongdecedents who wme age 25 or OVW, pwsom who wwe undw 45 yearsof age when they died had completed move years of school thun the oldwage qoups. About one-thivd of all decedents wwe membws of familiesw were individuals for whom the totil “money incomerr was less_ than$2,000 duving the last fwll calendav year before death.
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SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OFDECEASED PERSONS
Evelyn S. Mathis” a
INTRODUCTION
This report presents data obtained from theNational Mortality Survey in a probability sampledrawn from death certificates representing alldeaths that occurred during 1962 and 1963.-
The annual statistics for deaths in the UnitedStates derived from information reported on thedeath record are restricted to a relatively briefdescription of the decedents becauseof the limitedrange of items on the death certificate. The in-formation that is collected in the National Mor-tality Survey permits the preparation of esti-mates of characteristics of deceased personswhich are not otherwise available in nationalstatistics.
This report is concerned with the educationalattainment of deceased persons and the amount offamily income during the last full calendar yearbefore death. Because population bases necessaryfor computing death rates were not available formost of the characteristics shown in this report,the discussion is based primarily on percentagedistributions. However, for items where the popu-lation could be estimated, death rates are shownas well.
SELECTED FINDINGS
Of the annual average of 1,789,000 personswho died in the, United States during 1962 and 1963,
aFormerly witli the National Center for Health Statistics.
57 percent were male and 43 percent were fe-male. About 60 percent of the decedents wereage 65 years or older. Forty-five percent of thedecedents were married, 31 percent were wid-owed, and 24 percent were either single (nevermarried), separated, or divorced.
Among those aged 25 and over, persons whowere between 25 and 44 years when they died hadcompleted more years of school than the olderage groups. More than two-thirds of the decedentsin this age group had gone beyond elementaryschool.
Decedents who lived in metropolitan areashad completed more years of school than thosein norunetropolitan areas.
Of the 200,000 persons living alone at thetime of death, 51 percent were male. About 79percent of the women and 64 percent of the menwho were- living alone at the time of death were65 years or over. A higher proportion of themales who were living with relatives at the timeof death had gone beyond elementary school thanthose who were either living alone or with non-relative. A higher proportion of the femaleswho were either living alone or with relativeshad gone beyond elementary school than thewomen living with nonrelatives, But; females whowere living” with relatives were less likely to gobeyond high school.
- About 34 percent of all decedents were indi-viduals or members of families with a total“money income” of less than $2,000 during the lastcalendar year before death. Of all decedents who
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were members of families with an income of$3,999 or less, females had completed moreyears of school than males, but for those familieswith an income of $4,000 and over, males hadcompleted more years of school than females.
SOURCES AND LIMITATIONSOF DATA
The decedents in the survey were identifiedon death certificates selected in a national prob-ability sample of persons who died during 1962and 1963. The sample of 10,822 decedents wasdrawn by the systematic selection of one in 330death records from the microfilm copies of alldeath certificates, collected from each State andindependent registration area by the Division ofVital Statistics, National Center for Health Sta-tistics. The primary source of information forthe survey was the same person who provided thefuneral director with the personal informationabout the deceased for recording on the death cer-tificate.
The quest~onnaire that was mailed to in-formants contained questions about the house-hold and living arrangements of the deceased,his place of residence, his education, and thesource and amount of total family “money in-come. ” The informant was also requested tolist th= names of hospitals and institutions thatprovided care to the deceased person during thelast year of life. If hospitalization or institution-alization was reported by the informant, question-naires Requesting tiormation about the amountof care the decedents had received during theyear before death were then mailed to the hos-pitals and institutions. This report is based onlyon the response to the questionnaire mailed tothe informant. .~ the 10,822 informants who weresent questionnaires, 92 percent responded.
A description of the procedures of the Na-tional Mortality Sample Survey is presented inappendix I, along with a description of the esti-mation procedures. The data in this report arenational estimates based on a sample and aretherefore subject to sampling error. Tablesof approximate sampling error and instructionsfor their use are presented in appendix I. Defini-tions of terms used in this report are given inappendix II. Facsimiles of the U.S. StandardCertificate of Death and of the informant question-naire appear in appendix 111.
Other sources of error such as those as-sociated with nonresponse, with possible mis-understanding of questions in the survey, andwith undetected problems in the processing andcompiling of data, may affect the quality of thestatistics presented in this report and may createbias in the statistics. Nonsampling errors andsome measures relating to bias in the survey arealso discussed in appendix I.
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS
Sex and Age
An annual average of 1,789,000 persons diedin the United States during 1962 and 1963. Of thisnumber, 57 percent were male and 43 percentwere female. About 60 percent of the decedentswere 65 years or older, while 6 percent died be-fore reaching their first birthday. The medianage at death was 68.4 years.b
Tables 1 and 2 classify the decedents by sex,age, and completed years of school. Table 1shows the estimated average number of personsdying each year and table 2 shows the percentdistribution. Among decedents of all ages, about59 percent had no more than an elementary-schooleducation; about 10 percent had attended but notcompleted high school; 15 percent had graduatedrom high school, but had not gone to college; and
9 percent had attended college. An additional 8percent were under 14 years old when they &edand so could not have gone beyond elementaryschool.
Among male decedents of all ages, about 60percent had no more than an elementary-schooleducation; 11 percent had attended but not com-pleted high school; 12 percent had graduated fromhigh school, but had not gone to college; and 9percent had attended college. About 8percent wereunder 14 years of age.
Among female decedents of all ages, about57 percent had no more than an elementary-schooleducation; 9 percent had attended but not com-pleted high school; 18 percent had graduated
bThe median age from the registration of deaths as com-
puted for 5-year age groups was 69.5 for 1962 and 69.7 for
1963. The median shown in this report was computed for thoaverage number of deaths that occurred during 1962 and 1963.
The age groups used in computing the median were the sameas those shown in table 1.
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Table A. Number and percent distrLDution of decedents 25 years and over, by educationaccording to age: United States, 1962-63
Age
25 years and over -----------------
25-44 years-----------------------------45-54 years-----------------------------55-64 years-----------------------------65 years and over -----------------------
from high school,but had not gone to college;
and 9 percenthad attendedcollege.About7 per-
centwere under 14.In general, a higher proportion of females
had gone beyond elementary school; thus, morefemale than male decedents had attended highschool, but approximately the same percentagehad some college education. However, this isnottrue in the living population. In the living popula-tion, more females than males attend high school,but more males than females attend college.1
Because those who died young did not havethe opportunity to complete their education, tableA shows only persons who were age250r overat the time of death. Persons who were between25 and 44 years of age when they died hadcom-pleted more years of school thanpersons intheolder age groups. More than two-third,a of thedecedents in this age group were educated be-yond elementary school, compared with onlyone-third of those aged 45 and over. Table Balsoshows that the older the decedent,thefeweryearsof school completed.
Table C shows the percent distribution ofpersons age 25 and over for each sex bycom-
pletedyears of school.Twenty-eightpercentofthefemaledecedentsattendedhighschool,butdidnot go on to college,compared with24percentof themale decedents.The percentagewho at-tendedcollegewas thesame forbothsexes.
Decedents25 yearsand over
Number inthousands
1,623
106159278
1,079
Education
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100.0
100.0100.0100.0100.0
Percent distribution
64.1
30.945.759.371.3
25.7 I 10.2
53.4 15.740.8 13.529.3 11.419.9 8.8
Table B.’Median years of school completedby decedents and by civilian population25 years and over,by sex and age:UnitedStates, decedents. 1962-63, and popula-tion, March 1962 -
Sex and age
Both sexes
25-44 years-------------45-54 years-------------55-64 years-------------65 years and over-------
Male
25-44 years-------------45-54 years-------------55-64 years-------------65 years and over-------
Fernsle
25-44 years-------------45-54 years-------------55-64 years-------------65 years and over-------
Dece- Popula-dents tion
Median in years
12.511.88.78.3
12.411.88.68.2
12.412.0
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112.8
11.28.98.4
112.911.0
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112.711.5
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lComputed from figures presented inU.S. Bureau of the Census, Current popu-
lation Reports, Series p-20, No. 121,
Washington, U.S. Government PrintingOffice, 1963.
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Tables 3 and 4 show death rates by sex,color, and completed years of school for personsage 25 and over. The rates should be used withcaution because the deaths are an estimatedannual average for the 2-year period, 1962-63,while the population is estimated as of March1962. Also, while the number of deaths includesall deaths in continental United States, the “pop-ulation” is the civilian population which includes978,000 members of the Armed Forces living offpost or on post with their families, but excludesall other members of the Armed Forces. 1 How-ever, despite the fact that the different populationcomponents for deaths and for the living populationmeans that, the rates are not precise in any givencell, they are shown in this report because theydo indicate the pattern which might be expectedif the two population groups and time periodswere the same.
The death rate for persons age 65 and overwith no more than elementary-school educationwas higher than the death rate for those with atleast a high-school education. These data indicatethat persons with a college education cannot ex-pect to live any longer than those with a high-school education, but they can expect to live to ahigher age than those who do not go beyond ele-mentary school. This is true for both males andfemales. The death rate for persons under age 65
is inversely related to the completed years ofschool. The amount of education seems to be an
important factor on the death rate for personsunder age 65.
In a study conducted by the University ofChicago, it was found that “There was a stronginverse relationship between mortality and levelof educational attainment in the white populationof the United States in 1960, with consistentdeclines in mortality as years of schooling in-creased . . . . Above age 65, however, men showedvirtually no variation in mortality by level ofeducational attainment, although the educationdifferentials for women were almost as large asthose below age 65.
“The disappearance of mortality differentialsby education among older men suggests that ifmales survive to age 65 education becomes rela-tively unimportant for survival beyond that age.”2
It is possible to see a similarity between the
findings of the Chicago study and the NationalMortality Survey, even though the Chicago studypublishes information only for the white populationand the National Mortality Survey included bothwhite and nonwhite persons.
Region and Metropolitan Area
The State of usual residence of the decedentshas been classified in one of the four geographicregions delineated by the U.S. Bureau of the Cen-
sus. Also, the usual residence of the decedentshas been classified by location inside or outside
Table C. Number and percent distribution of decedents 25 years and over, by educationaccording to sex: United States, 1962-63
Sex
Both sexes ------------------------
Male ------------------------------------Female ----------------------------------
Decedents25 yearsand over
Number inthousands
1.623
914709
Education
Percent distribution
+1100.0 64.1 I 25.7 [ 10.2
I I100.0 I 65.5
I24.4 10.2
100.0 62.4 27.5 10.1
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Table D, Number and percent distribution of decedents 25 years and over, by educationaccording to region: united States, 1962-63
Region
All regions -----------------------
Northeast -------------------------------North Central ---------------------------South -----------------------------------West ------------------------------------
counties in standard metropolitan statisticalareas delineated bythe U.S. Bureau of the Budget(see appendix II).
On the average, decedentswho livedinmetro-politan areas had completed more yearsofschoolthan decedents who lived in nonmetropolitanareas (table 5). Further, persons who lived inmetropolitan areas with populations of less thana million had completed more years of schoolthan those who lived in areas with populationsof one million or more; this is true for both thewhite and nonwhite populations.
Table D, taken from table 6,shows the per-cent distribution of persons who died at age25and over for each geographic regionby years ofschool completed. 0nly55percentofthedecedentsin the West had notgonebeyondelementaryschoolcompared with 64, 66, and 68 percent for theNortheast, North Central, and South (table 6).
Living Arrangements
About 200,000 or 11 percent of the annualaverage number ofpersons who died during 1962and 1963 were living alone at the time of death;Sl percent were male and49 percent werefemale(table 7). About 79 percent of the women and64 percent of the men living alone at the time ofdeath were 65years or over.
Approximately 289,000or16.2 percentofthe
decedents were residentsof institutions(hos-
pitals excluded) at the time of death. Thirteen
Decedents25 yearsand over
Number inthousands
1,623
447476466235
Total
Education
E lemen-tary
High College
or none school plus
Percent distribution
100.0 64.1 25.7 10.2
100.0 63.8 26.6100.0 65.5 25.3 :::100.0 67.7 22.4100.0 54.8 31.6 1;::
percent of all male decedents and20 percentofall female decedents were residents ofinstitu-tions.
The age distribution of decedents by livingarrangements reflects in general the agedistri-bution of these groups in the general population.As would be expected there isahighproportion ofyoung persons living with relativesat the timeofdeath. In contrast persons living in institutionsat the time of death were much older thande-cedents living outside of institutions.
Table 8 shows the percent distribution ofdeceased persons age 25 and over bylivingar-rangements, sex, and education. Of the 101,000men who were living alone at time of death, about70 percent had no more than an elementary-school education; of the 43,000 men living withnonrelatives, 64 percent had no more educationthanelementary schoo~ and of 642,000 men livingwith relatives, 63 percent hadonlyanelementary -school education. Thus, a lower proportion of menwho were living alone at the time of death hadgone beyond elementary school than those whowere living with either relatives or nonrelatives.
Sixty-two percent of the 98,000 women livingalone at the time ofdeath,65 percentof the 24,000women living with nonrelatives, and 62 percentofthe 430,000 women living with relatives had onlyan elementary-school education. Thus, a higherproportion of women who lived either alone orwith relatives had gone beyond the elementary-school level than those who lived with nonrela-
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tives. But, women who lived with relatives wereless likely to have gone beyond high school.
Marital Status
C?fall persons who died during 1962 and 1963,45 percent were married, 31 percent were wid-owed, and 24 percent were either single (nevermarried), separated, or divorced (table 9). Single,separated, and divorced are grouped as “other”in the tables. About 44 percent of the men and53 percent of the women who were married whenthey died were under age 65. Ten percent of boththe men and the women who were widowed wereunder age 65. Of the 560,000 persons who werewidowed, one-third were male and two-thirdswere female.
Table 10 shows the number of deaths and thedeath rates for persons who died at age 14 or
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ii sure 1. Death rates for Nn aae 55 years and over,
over by sex,rate in each
age, and marital status. The deathage group was lower for married
persons than for persons who were either wid-owed, single, separated, or divorced.
Figures 1 and 2 show the death rates formales and females age 55 and over by age andmarital status. It can be readily seen that thedeath rate was lowest for persons who weremarried when they died.
In the age group 55-64 the death rate per1,000 men was 20.0 for married men, 38.1 forwidowed men, and 42.6 for men who were eithersingle, separated, or divorced. In the age group65-74, the death rate per 1,000 men was 42.3 formarried men, 72.5 for widowed men, and 96.7for men who were either single, separated, ordivorced. In the age group 75 and over the deathrate per 1,000 men was 95.6 for married men,146.5 for widowed men, and 190.6 for men whowere either single, separated, or divorced.
In the age group 55-64 the death rate per1,000 women was 10.3 for married women, 14.5for widowed women, and 16.4 for women whowere either single, separated, or divorced. In the
WOMEN200 r
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45.9
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Figure 2. Death rates for wmen age 55 years andover, by marital status.
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Table E. Percent distributionof decedents 2.5years and over, by education accordingto marital status and age: United States, 1962-63
Marital status and age
Married
25 years and over----------------------------
25-44 years----------------------------------------45-54 years----------------------------------------55-64 years----------------------------------------65 years and over----------------------------------
Widowed
25 years and over----------------------------
25-44 years----------------------------------------45-54 years----------------------------------------55-64 years----------------------------------------65 years and over----------------------------------
Other
25 years and over----------------------------
25-44 years----------------------------------------45-54 years----------------------------------------55-64 years----------------------------------------65 years and over----------------------------------
age group 6s-7’4 thedeathrateper 1,000womenwas 21.6formarried women, 33.7forwidowedwomen, and 45.9 for women who were eithersingle,separated,or divorced.Intheagegroup75 and over thedeathrateperl,OOOwomen was66.8 for married women, 100.9for widowedwomen, and 152.1forwomen who were eithersingle,separated,or divorced.
Table 11 shows thepercentdistributionofdecedentsformaritalstatusandage byyearsofschoolcompleted.Those who were marriedhadcompletedmore yearsofschoolthanthoseintheothermaritalcategories.Among personsintheagegroup55-64years,57percentofthemarrieddecedents,66 percentofthewidoweddecedents,and64 percentofthosedecedentswhoweresingle,separated,or divorcedhad no more than an
Education
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Percent distribution
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100.0100.0100.0100.0
100.0
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100.:100.0
100.0
100.0100.0100.0100.0
58.2
26.1;:.;
68:8
72.6
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57.844.631.421.3
19.8
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24.9
44.531.525.318.7
11.7
16.115.212.0
9.9
7.5
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15.310.010.510.7
elementary-schooleducation.The same patternof educationholdstruefortheotheragegroups(tableE).
Table 12 shows thatbothmen and womenwho were marriedatthetimeofdeathhadcom-pletedmore yearsofschoolthanthosewho wereeitherwidow,ed,single,separated,or divorced.The tablealsoshowsthatwidowedfemaledece-dentshad completedmore yearsof schoolthanwidowedmale decedents.
Family Income
Tables13 and 14 show thenumber andper-centdistributionof decedentsclassifiedby sex,age, and familyincome.The income shown inthisreportisthatwhichwas reportedbythenext
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of kin of the decedents or by other informants;for persons who were not members of a family,it is their individual income.
About 34 percent of all decedents had total“money incomes” of less than $2,000 during thelast calendar year before death. Among decedentswho were age 65 or over, about 38 percent hadincomes which were less than $2,000, 17 percentwere between $2,000 and $3,999, and 21 percentwere $4,000 or more. The other 23 percent were
residents of institutions at the time of death andthus were not members of a family or individualsaccording to the definitions of the study.
Table 15 shows the percent distribution ofdecedents by age and sex for each income cate-
gory. The number of male decedents constitutes55 percent of the decedents with an income ofless than $2,000; 64 percent of those with an in-come between $2,000 and $3,999; 60 percent ofthose with an income between $4,000 and $5,999;and 60 percent of the decedents with an income of$6,000 or more. Among decedents age 65 or overwith an income of less than $2,000, 54 percentwere male.
Of the decedents who were living alone at thetime of death, 61 percent of the men and 81 per-cent of the women had an income of less than$2,000 (table 16). Also included in this incomecategory were 65 percent of the men and 77percent of the women living with nonrelatives,and 33 percent of the men and 35 percent of thewomen living with relatives at the time of death,
Table 17 shows the percent distribution ofdecedents by marital status, sex, and family in-come. About 32 percent of the married males and
34 percent of the married females were membezsof families with incomes of less than $2,000. About37 percent of both widowed males and widowed fe-males had incomes of less than $2,000. It appearsthat a higher proportion of persons who werewidowed at the time of death were in low-incomegroups than persons who were still married. How-ever, widowed persons may or may not have beenliving in a family; if they were living either aloneor with nonrelatives, the income which was re-ported was their individual income.
Table 18 shows the percent distribution ofdecedents by family income, age, and completedyears of school. As expected, decedents who werein a higher income category had completed moreyears of school than those in a lower incomecategory.
A higher proportion of the persons who diedbefore age 65 were in the higher income categoryand had completed more years of school thanpersons aged 65 and over. One reason for thisis that in recent years there has been a trendtoward higher education which has also increasedearntig potential and resulted in higher incomes.Also, many people age 65 and over are retiredand, because income usually declines after re-tirement, these persons are generally in the lowerincome categories.
Table 19 shows the percent distribution ofdecedents by income, sex, and completed yearsof school. For incomes of less than $4,000, fe-males completed more years of school than males,but for those with an income of $4,000 and over,the males completed more years of school thanthe femaIes.
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DETAILED TABLES
Table 1.
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Av;~~; annual number of decedents, by education, sex, and age: United States,------------------------.-------..----.----.-----.-----------------------
Average annual number and percent distribution of decedents,by education accord-ing to sex and age: United States, 1962-63-----------.-------------------------.
Average annual number of decedents and age-specific death rates for persons age25 years and over, by education and sex: United States, 1962-63-----------------I
Average annual number of decedents and age-specific death rates for persons age25 years and over, by education and color: United States, 1962-63---------------
Average annual number and percent distribution of decedents,by education accord-ing to metropolitan status and color: United States, 1962-63--------------------
Average annual number and percent distribution of decedents,by education accord-ing to geographic region and color: United States, 1962-63----------------------
Average annual numberandpercent distribution ofdecedents, by living arrangementsaccording to age and sex: United States, 1962-63--------------------------------
Average annual number and percent distribution ofdecedents age 25 years and over,by education according to living arrangements and sex: United States, 1962-63---
Average annual number and percent distribution of decedents, by age according tomarital status and sex: UriitedStates, 1962-63----------------------------------
Average annual number of decedents and age-specific death rates for persons 14years and over, by marital status and sex: United States, 1962-63----------------
Average annual number and percent distribution of decedents,by education accord-ing to marital status and age: United States, 1962-63---------------------------
Average annual number and percent distribution of decedents, by education ac-cording to marital status and sex: United States, 1962-63-----------------------
~~~; annual number of decedents,by family income, sex,and age: United States,-------------------:------------.---------------------------.------------
Average annual number and percent distribution of decedents, by family incomeaccording to sex and age: United States. 1962-63--------------------------------
Average annual number and percent distribution of decedents, by family incomeaccording to age and sex: United States, 1962-63--------------------------------
Average annual number and percent distribution of decedents,by family income ac-cording to living arrangements and sex: United States, 1962-63------------------
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17. Average annual number and percent distribution of decedents,by family income ac-cording to marital status and sex: United States, 1962-63----------------------- 25
18. Average annual number and percent distribution ofdecendents, by education accord-ing to family income and age: United States, 1962-63---------------------------- 26
19. Average annual number and percent distribution of decedents,by education accord-ing to family income and sex: United States, 1962-63---------------------------- 28
20. Population 25 years and over used in obtaining rates show in this publication,by education, sex, and age: United States, March 1962--------------------------- 29
21. Population 25 years and over used in obtaining rates shown in ehis publication,by education, color, and age: United States, March 1962------------------------- 29
22 Population 14 years and over usedin obtaining rates shorn in this publication,bymarital status, sex, and age: United States, March 1962------------------------- 30
10
Table 1. Average annual number of decedents,by education,sex, and age: United States, 1962-63
Education
Elementary High schoolDecedentsunder College
14 years 7 years ~ years :ry~; 4plus
or less yeara
AlldecedentsSex and age
Both sexes Number in thousands
All ages-------------- 1,789 136
136
105
31
...
...
...
...
...
...
78
589 459 176 261 168
166
105
61
106
159
278
1,079
436
643
1,013
Under 25 years--------------
Under 1 year--------------
1-24 years----------------
25-44 years-----------------
45-54 yeara-----------------
55-64 yeara-----------------
65 years and over-----------
65-74 years---------------
75 years and over---------
*
. . .*
20
38
87
441
177
264
343
*
. . .*
13
35
78
329
127
202
261
*
. . .*
24
31
34
77
36
40
110
*
. . .*
33
34
48
138
58
80
125
*
. . .*
17
21
32
95
38
58
95
*
...*
10
14
19
50
23
27
72
*
...*
78
12
45
15
31
Male
All ages--------------
Under 2.5years--------------
Under 1 year--------------
‘1-24years----------------
25-44 years-----------------
45-54 years-----------------
55-64 years-----------------
65 years and over-----------
65-74 years---------------
75 years and over---------
99
60
39
65,
102
180
566
260
306
776
78
60
18
...
...
...
...
...
...
58
*
. . .*
13
25
58
245
108
L37
246
*
. . .*
9
24
50
174
.76
98
198
*
. ...*
14
19
26
44
24
20
66
*
. . .*
19
20
27
53
29
25
135
Fernsle
All ages--------------
Under 25 yeara--------------
Under 1 year--------------
1-24 years----------------
25-44 years-----------------45-54 years-----------------
55-64 yeara-----------------
65 years and over-----------
65-74 years---------------
75 years and over---------
67
44
22
41
57
98
513
176337
58
44
13
...
...
.*.
...
...
...
*
. . .*
*
11
28
154
51103
*
. . .**
13
29
196
69
127
*
. . .*
1012
8
32
12
21
*
. . .*
14
14
21
85
29
55
11
Table 2. Average annual number and percent distribution of decedents, by education according tosex and age: United States, 1962-63
Education
Sex and age
Both sexes
All.ages-------
Under 25 years-------
Under 1 year-------
1-24 years---------
25-44 years----------
45-54 years----------
55-64 years----------
65 years and over----
65-74 years--------
75 years and over--
Male
All ages-------
Under 25 years-------
Under 1 year-------
1-24 years---------
25-44 years----------
45-54 years----------
55-64 years----------
65 years and over----
65-74 years--------
75 years and over--
Fernsle
All ages-------
Under 25 years-------
Under 1 year-------
L-24 years---------
25-44 years----------
45-54 years----------
55-64 years----------
65 years and over----
65-74 years--------
75 years and over--
Alldecedents
Number inthousands
1,789
166
105
61
106
159
278
1,079
436
643
1,013
99
60
39
65102
180
566
260
306
776
67
4422
41
57
98
513
176
337
Elementary High schoolDecedents
Total under College
14 years 7 years 8 years ;ry;:: 4plus
or less years
Percent distribution
100.0
100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0
100.0
LOO.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
LOO.0
100.0
LOO.0
100.0
LOO.O
LOO.O
100.0
100.0
100.0
7.6
81.7
...
50.6
..*
...
...
...
...
...
7.7
78.6
...
45.4
...
...
...
...
...
...
7.4
86.4
...
59.7
..*
...
...
...
..0
. . .
32.9
2.0
...
5,.5
18.4
23.7
31.4
40.9
40.6
41.0
33.8
2.1
...
5.3
19.424.6
32.3
43.2
41.5
44.7
31.8
1.9
...
5.8
16.9
22.1
29.9
38.2
39.4
37.7
25.7
2.8
...
7.6
12.4
22.0
27.9
30.5
29.1
31.4
25.8
3.6
...
9.1
13.823.6
27.8
30.8
29.2
32.1
,25.6
1.7
...
4.9
10.3
19.2
28.2
30.1
28.9
30.7
9.8
6.6
...
17.8
22.4
19.4
12.1
7.1
8.3
6.3
10.9
7.3
...
18.5
21.5
18.8
14.3
7.8
9.4
6.5
8.5
5.6
...
16.6
23.8
20.4
8.2
6.3
6.7
6.1
14.6
5.0
...
L3.6
31.0
21.4
17.2
12.8
13.3
12.4
12.4
6.o
...
15.4
29.8
19.5
15.0
9.4
11.0
8.0
17.5
3.5
...
10.4
32.9
.24.9
21.2
16.5
16.7
16.4
9.4
1,8
...
4.9
15.7
13.5
11.4
8.8
8.6
9.0
9.4
2.4
...
6.2
15.513.5
10.7
8.8
8.9
8.8
9.3
*
.*.*
16.1
13.412.6
8.8
8.3
9.1.
12
Table 3. Average annual numbe~of de~edents and age-specific death rates_ foreducation an~sex: United States, 1962-63
persons age 25 years and over, by
[Fop.lntio.isthe estimated“civilian,>population for h{.r~h 196~ decedents are the estimated average nnn..l number of deaths occurring in 1962 and 1964
Education
Decedents25 yearsand over
Sex and age Elemen-rotal tary
High College
or none school plus
Number inthousands Rate per 1,000 populationBoth sexes
25 yeara and over--------------------------------------------
2.5-44yeara--------------------------------------------------------45-54 years --------------------------------------------------------55-64 years--------------------------------------------------------65 years and over--------------------------------------------------
Male
25 years and over--------------------------------------------
25-44 yeara--------------------------------------------------------45-54 years --------------------------------------------------------55-64 yeara--------------------------------------------------------65 years and over--------------------------------------------------
Feinale
25 years and over--------------------------------------------
25-44 years--------------------------------------------------------45-54 yeara--------------------------------------------------------55-64 yeara--------------------------------------------------------65 years and over--------------------------------------------------
T9.0 9.1
::; ;::15.0 $+.;53.8 .
1,623 16.1_
2.3
l;::62.6
18.9
28.7—
3.6
2::;66.8
106159278
1,079
914 33.0 10.9 I 9.5
1;:;26.278.5
1;;180566
::;23.373.5
13.5
1.7;:; 7.321.2 17.061.7 63’.1
709 24.4
;:!13.9
-56.7
::;11.953.8
Table 4. Average annual number of decedents and age-specific death rates for persons age 25 years and over, byeducation and color:.United States, 1962-63
~ee baadnote on table 3]
Education
Decedents25 yearsand over
Color and age
Number inthousands
1,623
All persons Rate per 1,000 population
9.125 yeara and over-------------------------------------------- 9.0
25-44 yeara --------------------------------------------------------45-54 yeara --------------------------------------------------------55-64 yeara --------------------------------------------------------65 yeara and over --------------------------------------------------
106159278
1,079
2.3 3.6
1;:: 2::;62.6 66.8
15.9 28.6
::;15.053.8
9.2
;:;13.655.1
25 yeara and over-------------------------------------------- 1.443 9.0
25-44 yeara --------------------------------------------------------45-54 yeara --------------------------------------------------------55-64 years --------------------------------------------------------65 years and over--------------------------------------------------
81131237993
2.0 2.7
1::2 1:::62.5 66.6
:::14.654.5
7.7
3.612.221.434.3
;::13.455.0
Nonwhite
25 years and over-------------------------------------------- 180 10.7
1:::21.658.9
25-44 years---------------------------------------------------------45-54 yeara --------------------------------------------------------55-64 years --------------------------------------------------------65 years and over --------------------------------------------------
25284186
II
13
Table 5. Average annual number and percent distribution of decedents, by education according to metropolitan statusand color: United States, 1962-63
Education
Decedents Elementary High school
Total under College14 years
7 years 8 years :ry~: 4plus
or less years
Alliecedents
Tumber in~housands
1,789
Metropolitan status and color
All areas
All persons-------------------------
White-------------------------------------Nonwhite----------------------------------
1,000,000 and over
All persons-------------------------
White-------------------------------------Nonwhite----------------------------------
Less than 1,000,000
All persons-------------------------
White-------------------------------------Nonwhite----------------------------------
Nonmetropolitan
All persons-------------------------
White-------------------------------------Nonwhite----------------------------------
Percent distribution
100.0 7.6 32.9 25.7 9,8
10.17.7
11.3
14.6—
15.76.7
15.0
9.4
10,1441
0,4
9.34,1
10,5
11,25,5
8.2
9,02.2
1,569219
211
17636
896
790106
681
100.0100.0
100.0
1;:2
6.5
29.755.9
32.1
27.810.1
26.7
100.0100.0
100.0
100.0100.0
100.0
1::?
7.2
6.314.2
8.4
29.246.2
31.3
28.254.4
35.4
29.214.1
24.1
26.010.2
27.4
29.98.2
11,411.1
10.2
10.57’.6
.
8.9.
9.36.1
16,19.8
16.7
1~.;.
11.7
12.83,3
60378
100.0100.0
31.962.4
Table 6. Average annual number and percent distribution of decedents, by education according to geographic region andcolor: United States, 1962-63
Education -
Elementary High schoolDecedentsunder College
14 years 7 years ~ 3 yeafs 4 ~ear~plus
or less years or less
Alldecedents
Region and color
Total
100.0_
100.0100.0
100.0
100.0100.0
100.0
100.0100.0
100.0
100.0100.0
100.0
100.0100,0
Number inthousands
1,78S
1,569219
481
45031
519
48237
525
394131
263
All regions
All persons-------------------------
White-------------------------------------Nonwhite----------------------------------
Northeast
All persons-------------------------
~ite -------------------------------------Nonwhite----------------------------------
North Central
All persons-------------------------
White-------------------------------------Nonwhite----------------------------------
South
Percent distribution
7.6 32.9
T25.7 9.8
27.8 10,110.1 7.7
28.2 10.5
29.2 10.414.0 12,.2
14.6 9.4
29.755.9
31.3
30.346.1
28.0
26.645.5
43.0
15.76.7
14.9
Z:i
8.6
t
32.4 9.9
33.517.4 1?::
15,06.6
11.8
8.86,1
~o
1;,:,
12,5
All persons-------------------------
White-------------------------------------Nonwhite----------------------------------
West
All persons-------------------------
White---->--------------------------------Nonwhite----------------------------------
36.761.9
25.6
23.650.5 +
21.2 10.37.4 5.9
23.7 9.9
24.9 10.38.4 4.9
13.85.8
20.0
24320
20.711.1
13,15,0
14
and percent distribution of decedents, by living arrangements accordingto age and sex: United States, 1962-63
Table 7. Average annual number
w BO th IIMalesexes Female Percentmale
?ercentFemaleLiving arrangement and age
Number in thousandsAll living arrangements
All ages-------------------------
Percent distribution
100.0100.0 56.6 43.41,789
166105
1::159278
1,079436643
200
1,013_
996039
1:2180566260306
101
LOO.O
9.86.03.86.410.117.755.925.730.3
10.0
*...**
1.:6.53.13.3
72.7
8.65.7
::;
1;:;66.122.743.4
12.7
*...*.:*
1::?:.;.
63.8
59.957.763.561.364.364.652.559.647.6
50.6
f<...?’r*
56.;45.550.641.6
59.8
40.142.336.538.735.735.447.540.452.4
49.4
*...**
43.;54.549.458.4
40.2
Under 25 years-------------------------Under 1 year-------------------------1-24 years---------------------------
25-44 years----------------------------45-54 years----------------------------55-64 years ----------------------------65 years and over----------------------65-74 years--------------------------75 years and over--------------------
9.3
:::5.98.9
15.660.324.436.0
11.2
$<...*>’r*
1.88.0
:;;
68.9
8.95.8
:::
1;::35.916.619.3
3.8
*>k>t<c*
2.:0.91.5
16.2
Living alone
All ages-------------------------
:<. . .
**
3;1446381
1,232
159104
::131214642“296345
68
Under 25 years-------------------------Under 1 year-------------------------1-24 years---------------------------
25-44 years----------------------------45-54 years----------------------------55-64 years----------------------------65 years and over----------------------
65-74 years--------------------------75 years,and over--------------------
*. . .
***18653234
737
9460345281L40369188181
44
Living with relatives
All ages-------------------------
9.35.93.4
;::13.836.418.617.8
4.3
8.45.7
:::6.3
32:;14.021.2
3.1
59.357.762.360.262.365.457.563.552.3
64.3
40.742.337.739,837.734.642.536.547.7
35..7-
*****
46.;46.347.0
54.5
**“<:<
39.256.448.359.0
Under 25 years-------------------------Under 1 year-------------------------1-24 years---------------------------
25-44 years----------------------------45-54 years----------------------------55-64 years----------------------------65 years and over ----------------------65-74 years--------------------------75 years and over--------------------
Living with nonrelatives
All ages-------------------------
*;’:
9C
*
**
::;
1.4
13.0
**>t**
53.;53.753.0
45.5
****
60.;43.651.741.0
Under 25 years -------------------------Under 1 year-------------------------1-24 years---------------------------
25-44 years----------------------------45-54 years----------------------------55-64 years----------------------------65 years and over----------------------65-74 years--------------------------75 years and over--------------------
****J<
4;1627
289
**>k
*
*
2;
1:
131
Living in institution
All ages-------------------------
*****
1:::3.17.7
Under 25 years-------------------------Under 1 year-------------------------1-24 years---------------------------
25-44 years----------------------------45-54 years----------------------------55-64 years ----------------------------65 years and over----------------------65-74 years --------------------------75 years and over --------------------
15
Table 8. Average annual number and percent distribution of decedents age 25 years and over, byeducation according to living arrangements and sex: United States, 1962-63
Education
Decedents25 yearsand over
II Elementary I High school ILiving arrangement and sex
Total College
7 years 8 years :rY~: 4plus
or less years
Percent distributionNumber inthousands
1,623
All living arrangements
Both sexes----------------
Male----------------------------
Female--------------------------
Living alone
Both sexes----------------
Male----------------------------
Female--------------------------
Living with relatives
Both sexes----------------
Male----------------------------
Female--------------------------
Living with nonrelative
Both sexes----------------
Male----------------------------
Female--------------------------
Living in institution
Both sexes----------------
Male----------------------------
Female--------------------------
T15.6 10.2
13.1 10.2
18.8 10.1
100.0 36.1—
37.3
34.6
33.3
28.0 10.2
11.3
8.7
8.1
914
709
199
101
98
1,072
100.0
100.0
100,0
28.2
27.8
32.3
T15.7 10.6
10.7 9.4
20.7 11.9
100.0
100.0
100.0
36.7
29.8
36.0
32.9
31.7
26.5
10.2
5.8
11.3 16.01 10.2
114.2 10.8
18.6 9.4
18.6 8.7
642
430
64
43
24
287
131
156
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
36.4
35.4
35.1
34.2
36.7
38.7
26.7
26.3
29.0
29.5
28.o
30.4
12.0
10.3
8.6
12.0
2.8
7.6
16.9 7.4
21.6 10.9
13.41 9.9
43.3
34.9
31.4
29.6
8.3
7.0
8.4 8.6
17.5 11.0
16
Table 9. Average annual number and percent distribution of decedents, by age according to mritalstatus and sex: United States, 1962-63
Marital status and age Bothsexes
Male Fernsle Percentmale
Percentfemale
All statuses I Number in thousands Percent distribution
All ages------------------- 1,789
Under 25 years------------------- 166Under 1 year------------------- 1051-24 years---------------------
25-44 years---------------------- 1::45-54 years----------------------’ 15955-64 years---------------------- 27865 years and over---------------- 1,;;;
65-74 years--------------------75 years and over-------------- 643
Mar;ied
All ages------------------- 807
Under 25 years------------------- *Under 1 year------------------- ...1-24 years--------------------- *
25-44 years----------------------45-54 years---------------------- 1;!55-64 years---------------------- 18865 years and over---------------- 430
65-74 years-------------------- 23775 years and over---c----------- 193
1,013—
:;
:;102180566260306
569
100.0—
9.35.8
:::
1?::60.324.436.0
45.1
100.0—
9.86.0”3.8
1::;17.755.925.730.3
56.2
100.0—
8.65.7
::;
1::;66.122.743.4
30.7
56.6
59.957.763.561.364.364.652.559.647.6
70.5
43.4—
40.142.336.538.735.735.447.540.452.4
29.5
*. . .
4.;
1;::31.517.514.5
18.4
*.,.
4:
1;:319174145
186
*. . .
3.;
1:::24.013.310.8
31.3
*. . .
3.:5.27.4
14.38.26.2
48.2
*. . .
38.;35.830.625.926.724.8
66.7
*. . .
62.;64.269.474.173.375.2
33.3
Widowed
All ages-------------------
L
560
Under 25 yeara-------------------Under 1 year-------------------1-24 years---------------------
25-44 years----------------------45-54 years----------------------55-64 years----------------------65 years snd over----------------
65-74 years--------------------75 years and over--------------
Other
All agea-------------------—
Under 25 years-------------------Under 1 year-------------------L-24 years---------------------
25-44 years-----------------------45-54 years----------------------55-64 yeara----------------------65 years and over----------------
65-74 yeara-------’-------------75 yeara and over--------------
* *. . .
9<
*
*
2:::
2::;
23.6
*. . .
***
1::;
12:0
‘25.4
*. . .
9<
*
*
4$::11.332.1
21.1
*. . .
**
33.;33.234.532.8
61.1
*. . .
**
66.;66.865.567.2
38.9
. . .***
5:$134370
421
1601045534
:::3.11.91.9
::!3.64.5
::;3.52.12.53.5
:::4.0
8.35.72.61.6
;:;8.3
;::
59.857.863.663.4”73.772.055.361.850.0
40.242.236.436.626.328.044.738.250.0
35
1:;6480
17
Table 10. Average ~~d-O;e~umberof decedents and age-specificdeath rates for persons 14 years> by marital status and sex: United States, 1962-63
[Population is the estimated “civilian” uomdationfor March 1962:decedents are the eetimatedaverageannualnumberof deathsoccurringim. .1962and1963]
Marital status
Sex and ageAll
statuses Married Widowed OtherAllstatusesIIMarried Widowed Other
Rate per 1,000 populationBoth sexes
14 years and over-
yeara,-------------
years-------------
years-------------
years-------------
years-------------
Number in thousands
1,653 286 12.8 53.2 9.0807 560 9.3
24
34
35
49
64
80
179
*
1.7
6.4
15.5
33.7
86.4
13.2
1.2
5,9
15”0
29.4
67.9
169.2
10.6
14-24
25-44
45-54
55-64
65-74
75 years and over -------
30
106
159
278
436
643
935
*
70
113
188
237
193
569
*
*
12
41
134
370
186
1.1
2.3
7.6
17.4
38.8
107.2
15.0
1.5
2.9
9.9
23.3
50.4
119.9
10.7
*
*
10.2
18,3
41.4
112.4
87,6
Male
14 years and over-
years-------------
years-------------
years-------------
years-------------
years-------------
14-24
25-.44
45-54
55-64
65-74
75 years and over-------
1,6
6..7
21.7
42.6
96.7
190.6
7.1
21
65
102
180
260
306
718
*
44
72
131
174
145
238
*
*
*
14
46
121
374
17
21
25
36
40
40
106
*
2.3
8.1
20.0
42,3
95.6
5.4
*
*
*
38.1
72.5
146.5
44.5
Female
14 years and over-
14-24 years-------------
25-44 years -------------
45-54 years -------------
55-64 years-------------
65-74 years-------------
75 years and over -------
*
41
57
98
176
337
*
27
4C
58
62
48
*
%
*
27
88
249
*
12
9
14
25
40
*
1.7
5.3
11.9
29.0
97.8
*
1.3
4.7
10.3
21.6
66.8
*
*
*
14.5
33.7
100.9
*
4.9
8,0
16.4
45.9
152,1
18
Table 11. Average annual number and percent distributionof decedents,by educationaccordingtomarital status and age: United States, 1962-63
Education
Alldecedents
Number inthousands
1,789
166106159278
1,079436643
807
Elementary High schoolDecedentsunder
College
14 years 3 years 4 yearsplus
;ry~: 8 years Or less
Marital statusand age
Total
Percent distributionAll statuses
9.8 I 9.4All ages------- 100.0
10000100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0
100.0
7.6
81.7● .....● .......0...
*
32.9
2.018.423.731.440.940.641.0
31.4
2.5.7 14.6
;:::
27:930.529.131.4
6.622.419.412.1
::;6.3
13.0
22,:21.113.29.09.88.0
6.6
5.031.021.417.212.813.312.4
17.3
35.;23.518.212.313.011.6
13.3
1.815.713.511.48.88.69.0
Under 25 years-------25-44 years----------45-54 years----------55-64 years----------65 years and over----65-74 years--------75 years and over--
Married
26.5 11.7All ages-------
25 years-------years----------years----------years----------
7:113188430237193
560
**
4;505134370
421
Under25-4445-5455-6465 yea>s and over----65=74 years--------75 years and over--
100.:100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0
100.0
14.;19.528.138.938.639.3
42.3
**
39.:42.743.942.3
23.4
**● ☛✎
..0
● . .
. . .
.00
. . .
*
16.115.212.09;99.99.9
Widowed
All ages------- 30.3 7.5
**
6.;6.27.85.6
8.1
**
18.;12.814.012.4
11.0
Under 25 years-------25-44 years----------45-54 years----------55-64 years----------65 years and over----65-74 years--------75 years and over--
**
100.:100.0100.0100.0
100.0
*. . .. . .. . .. . ..*.. . .
32.2
***
26.730.928.531.8
Other
All ages----- 17.8 7.5
Under 25 years-------25-44 years----------45-54 years----------55-64 years----------65 years and over----65-74 years--------75 years and over--
16034
:;1446480
84.8....0.
..0
. . .
. . .
. . .
2:::32.637.740.141.339.1
2;:;17.512.813.913.314.3
1;:!10.010.510.7
19
Table 12. Average annual number and percent distribution of decedents, by education according tomarital status and sex: United States, 1962-63
e
Education
Alldecedents
Marital status andsex Decedents
under14 years
Total
Number inthousands
1,789
Percent distributionAll statuses
Both sexes----- 100.0 32.9 14.6 9.47.6 25.7 I 9.8
25.8 10.9
25.6 8.5
12.4
17.5
17.3
15.0
23.0
13.3
9.4
9.3
11.7
11.8
11.2
7.5
Male -----------------
Female ---------------
1,013
776
807
100.0
100.0
100.0
7.7
7.4
...
33.8
31.8
31.4
33.4
26.7
42.3
--1--26.5 13.0
Married
Both sexes-----
Male -----------------
Female---------------
26.5 13.3
26.7 12.3
569
238
560
186
374
421
258
164
100.0
100.0
100.0
. . .
. . .
. . .
Widowed
Both sexes-----
Male -----------------
Female ---------------
100.0
100.0
100.0
46.2
40.3
23.4
31.7 6.3 8.9
15.5
11.0
6.9
7.8
7.5
. . .
. . .
32.2 -L29.7 6.7
17.8 8.1
Other
Both sexes-----
Male-----------------
Female---------------
100.0
100.0
30.3
35.0
25.9
19.4
19.9] 8.8 9.2
14.0
5.9
10.014.5I 7.0
20
Table 13. Average annual number of decedents, by family1962-63
Sex and age
Both sexes
All ages------,-----------
Under 25 years-----------------
Under 1 year-----------------
1-24 years-------------------
25-44 years--------------------
4.5-54yea~s--------------------
55-64 years --------------------
65 years and over--------------
65-74 years ------------------
75 years and over------------
Male
All’ages----------------
Under 25 years----------------
Under 1 year----------------
1-24 years------i -----------
25-44 years-------------------
45-54 years-------------------
55-64 years-------------------
65 years and over-------------
65-74 years -----------------
75 years and over-----------
Female
All ages----------------
Under 25 years----------------
Under 1 year----------------
1-24 years------------------
25-44 years-------------------
45-54 years-------------------
55-64 years-------------------
65 years and over-------------
65-74 years -----------------
75 years and over-----------
income, sex, and age: United States,
...
Family income
I I I I I
Under $2,000- $4,000- $6,000- ~8,000+ In:;:u-$2,000 $3,999 $5,999 $7,999
All~ecedents
Number in thousands
1,789
166
105
61
106
159
278
1,079
436
643
1,013
99
60
39
65
102
180
566
260
306
776
67
44
22
41
57
98
513
176
337
604
41
25
16
26
37
86
414
173
241
331
23
14
9
15
22
48
224
97
127
273
18
11
8
11
15
38
190
76
114
333 ‘ 243—
35
22
13
23
30
58
187
98
90
212
21
12
9
16
21
38
117
68
49
121
15
11
4
7
9
20
70
29
41
42
30
12
21
34
47
99
47
52
145
25
17
8
13
21
32
55
29
26,
98
17
13
4
8
13
15
44
18
26
143
24
15
9
14
19
29
57
26
30
88
16
10
6
9
13
22
28
16
12
55
8*
*
5
6
7
29
10
19
177
22
13
9
18
30
38
70
30
40
+
105
14
8
611 ~
20
27
33
17
15
72
7*
*
7
9
11
38
<
289
*****
21252
62
190
131
******
11032
78
158
*
*
*
*
*
*
142
30
112
21
Table 14. Average amual number and percent distributionof decedents,by family income accordingand age: United States, 1962-63to sex
Family income
All Under‘2’000- $4’000- $6’000- $8,00W In;;p
incOmes $2,000 $3,999 $5,999 $7,999
Alldecedents
Number inthousands
1,789
Sex and age
Percent distributionBoth sexes
All ages-------- 100.0 33.8 18.6 13.6
25.4
28.6
20.0
19.6
21.3
16.8
9.2
10.8
8.1
14.3
8.0 9.9 16.2
Under 25 yeara--------
Under 1 year--------
l-2d”years----------
25-44 years-----------
45-54 years-----------
55-64 years-----------
65 y~ars and over-----
65-74 yesrs---------
75 years and over---
166
105
61
106
159
27’8
1,079
436
643
1,013
99
60
39
65
102
180
566
260
306
776
67
44
22
41
57
98
513
176
337
100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0
100.0
100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100..0100.0100.0
100.0
100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0,
24.8
23.5
26.9
24.3
23.4
30.8
38.3
39’.7
37.4
32.6
22.8
22.8
22.9
22.6
21.3
26.7
39.5
37.4
41.3
35.2
21.1
21.1
21.1
21.7
18.8
20.7
17.4
22.4
14.0
21.0
14.4
14.3
14.6
13.3
12.2
10.3
5.2
6.o
4.7
8.7
13.0
12.0
14.6
16.6
18.6
13.7
6.5
6.9
6.2
10.4
*****
7.723.3
14.1
29.6
13.0
*
*
*
*
*
*
19.4
12.325.4
20.3
Male
All ages--------
Under 25 years--------
Under 1 year--------
1-24 years----------
25-44 years-----------
45-54 years-----------
55-64 years-----------
65 years and over-----
65-74 years---------
75 years and over---
20.6
19.1
23.1
24.1
20.1
21.2
20.7
26.3
16.0
15.6
25.2
27.6
21.5
19.4
20.1
17.6
9.7
11.2
8.5
12.6
25.8
30.0
17.4
19.9
23.6
15.2
8.6
10.2
7.8
16.2
16.9
15.1
13.8
13.0
12.2
4.9
6.2
3.8
7.0
14.2
13.2
15.8
16.4
20.0
15.2
5.8
6.7
5.0
9.3
Fernsle
All ages--------
Under 25 years--------
Under 1 year--------
1-24 years----------
25-44 years--------’---
45-54 years-----------
55-64 years-----------
65 years and over-----
65-74 years---------
75 years and over---
27.7
24.6
33.8
27.1
27.0
38.5
37.2
43.3
34.0
21.8
23.8
17.8
18.0
16.5
19.9
13.6
16.6
12.1
11.8*
*
12.4
10.6
6.9
5.6
5.8
5.5
11.1*
*
16.9
16.0
11.1
7.3
7.2
7.4
******
27.7
16.9
33.3
22
Table 15. Average annual-numberand percent distributionof decedents,by family income accordingto age and sex: United States,1962-63
ENumber in thousands
E‘ercentdistribution
‘ercent?emale
Family income and agemale
All incomes
All ages------------------- 1,789 1,013 !00.0 100.0 56.6 43.4776 100.0
Under 25 years-------------------
Under 1 year-------------------
1-24 years---------------------
25-44 yeara----------------------
45-54 yeara ----------------------55-64 years----------------------
65 years and over----------------
65-74 years--------------------
75 years and over--------------
166
105
61
106
159
278
1,079
436
643
604
99
60
39
65
102
180
566
260
306
331
67
44
22
41
57
98
513
176
337
273
9.3
5.8
3.4
5.9
8.9
15.6
60.3
24.4
36.0
33.8
9.8
6.0
3.8
6.4
10.1
17.7
55.9
25.7
30.3
32.7
8.6
5.7
2.9
5.3
7.3
12.7
66.1
22.7
43.4
35.2
59.9
57.7
63.5
61.3
64.3
64.6
52.5
59.6
47.6
54.8
40.1
42.3
36.5
38.7
35.7
35.4
47.5
40.4
52.4
45.2
Under $2,000
All ages-------------------
Under 25 years-------------------
Under 1 year-------------------
1-24 years---------------------
25-44 yeara----------------------
45-54 years----------------------
55-64 years----------------------
65 years and over----------------
65-74 years--------------------
75 years and over--------------
41
25
16
26
37
86
414
173
241
333
23
14
8
15
22
48
224
97
127
212
18
11
8
11*
38
190
76
114
121
2.3
1.4
1.0
1.4
2.1
4.8
23.2
9.7
13.5
18.6
2.2
1.4
1.6
1.5
2.2
4.7
22.1
9.6
12.5
11.9
2.4
1.4
1.0
1.4*
4.9
24.5
9.8
14.7
6.7
55.1
55.8
54.1
57.0
58.7
55.9
54.0
56.1
52.6
63.7
44.9
44.2
45.9
43.0
*
44.1
46.0
43.9
47.4
36.3
$2,000-$3,999
All ages-------------------
Under 25 years-------------------
Under 1 year-------------------
1-24 years---------------------
25-44 years----------------------
45-54 yea~s----------------------
55-64 years----------------------65 years and over----------------
65-74 years--------------------
75 years and over--------------
35
22
13
23
30
58
187
98
90
21
12
9
16
21
38117
68
49
*****
20
70
22
41
2.0
1.2
0.7
1.3
1.7
3.2
10.5
5.5
5.0
1.1
0.6
0.5
0.9
1.1
2.1
6.6
3.8
2.7,
*****
1.1
3.9
1.6
2.3
58.5
52.2
69.3
68.0’
68.6
66.1
62.7
70.0
54.8
*****
33.9
37.3’
30.0
45.2
23
Table 15. Average annual number and percent distribution of decedents, by family income accordingto age and sex:’United States, 1962-63-Con.
Family income and age
$4,000-$5,999
All ages-------------------
Under 25 years-------------------
Under 1 year-------------------
1-24 years---------------------
25-44 years----------------------
45-54 years----------------------
55-64 years----------------------
65 years and over----------------
65-74 years--------------------
75 years and over--------------
$6,000 and over
All ages-------------------
Under 25 years-------------------
Under 1 year-------------------
1-24 years---------------------
25-44 years----------------------
45-54 yeara----------------------
55-64 years----------------------
65 ye>rs and over----------------
65-74 years--------------------
75 years and over--------------
Institution
All ages-------------------
Under 25 years-------------------
Under 1 year-------------------
1-24 years---------------------
25-44 years----------------------
45-54 years----------------------
55-64 years----------------------
65 yeara and over----------------
65-74 years--------------------
75 years and over--------------
Number in thousands
243
42
30
12
21
34
47
99
47
52
320
45
‘28
18
32
49
67
127
57
70
289
*****
21
252
62
190
145
25
17
8
13
21
32
55
29
26
193
30
18
12
20
34
49
60
34
27
131
****
*
13
110
32
78
98—
*
*
*
*
*
*
44
18
26
127
15
9
6
12
15
18
66
23
43
158
****
**
142
30
112
rBothsexes Male Female
Percent distribution
13.6
2.4
1.7
0.7
1.2
1.9
2.6
5.5
2.6
2.9
17.9
‘2.5
1.5
1.0
1.,8
2.7
3.7
7.1
3.2
3.9
16.2
*
*
*
*
*
1.2
14.1
3.4
10.6
8.1—
1.4
0.9
0.5
0.7
1.1
1.8
3.1
1.6
1.4
10.8
1.7
1.0
0.7
1.1
1.9
2.7
3.4
1.9
1.5
7.4
*
*
*
*
*
0.7
6.1
1.8
4.4
5.5
******
2.5
1.0
1.5
7.1
0.9
0.5
0.3
0.7
0.8
1.0
3.7
1.3
2.4
0.8
*
*
*
*
*
*
7.9
1.7
6.3
Percent!male
59.7
59.4
55.7
68.3
60.7
60.6
67.9
55.4
6L.8
49.7
60.4
66.4
66.0
67.0
62.1
69.1
73.5
47.6
59.4
38,2
45.5
**
*
*
*
60.5
43.6
51.7
41.0
PercenCfemale
40.3
******
44.6
38.2
50.3
39.6
33.6
34.0
33.0
37;9
30.9
26.5
52.4
40.6
61.8
54.5
*
*
*
*
*
*
56.4
48.3
59.0
24
Table 16. Average annual number and percent distribution of decedents, by family income according to livingarrangements and sex: United States, 1962-63
Alldecedents
Family income
II I 1 I 1 ILiving arrangement and eexAll Under $2,000- $4,000- j;,g;:- ~8,000+ Institu-
incomes $2,000 $3,999 $5,,999 , tionII I I I I I
Number inthousands
1.789
Percent distributionAll living arrangements
8.018.6 13.6 9.9
10.49.3
3.5
4.32.7
13.6
16.2—
13.020.3
...
Both sexes---------------------- 100.0 33.8 I
100.0100.0
100.0
100.0100.0
100.0
32.635.2
70.9
61.480.6
33.8
21.015.6
15.6
20.410.6
23.6
14.312.6
6.7
:::
18.2
8.77.0
Male ----------------------------------Female---------: ----------------------
Living alone
1,013776
3.3
4.71.9
Both sexes-----,--------------J-- 200
10199
Male ----------------------------------Female--------------------------------
Living with relatives
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
10.9. Both sexes---------------------- 1.232
13.513.8
3.9
Male ----------------------------------Female --------------------------------
737495
100.0100.0
100.0
100.0100.0
. . .
. . .
. . .
32.735.3
69.2
65.076.9
...
...
...
24.921.7
16.8
19.212.7
...
...
...
17.918.7
7.1
9.03.6
...
...
...
11,110.5
Living with nonrelatives
Both sexes---------------------- 68
4424
3.0
3.12.7 :::
. . .
.. . .. . .
Male ----------------------------------Female--------------------------------
. . .
. . .
100.0
Living in institution
Both sexes---------------------- 289
131158
. . .
. . .
. . .Male---------------------------L------Female --------------------------------
100.0100.0
Table 17. Average annual number and percent distribution of decedents, by family income according to maritalstatus and sex: United States, 1962-63
Family income
II I I I I IAlldecedentsMarital status and sex
All Under1$ lE:8::-l i::~~:-] $8,000+ l”1n:s:-
2,000- ‘incomes $2,000 3,999
Number inthousands
1,789
1,013776
807
569238
560
Percent distributionAll statuses
Both sexes---------------------- 16.2
13.020.3
7.9
;:;
27.1
100.0—
100.0100.0
100.0
100.0100.0
100.0
100.0100.0
100.0
33.8 18.6
32.6 21.035.2 15.6
32.2 23.1
31.5 24.134.0 20.7
37.2 12.1
36.8 13.637.4 11.3
32.2 18.7
32.3 19.232.0 17.9
13.6 8.C 9.9
10.49.3
12.4
12.412.4
7.6
Male ----------------------------------Fernsle--------------------------------
Married
14.312.6
15.3
15.016.0
9.7
10.59.3
i5.4
15.515.3
8.77.0
9.1
9.38.5
6.4
6.56.3
8.1
:.;.
Both hexes----------------------
Male ----------------------------------Female-------------------------L------
Widowed
Both sexes----------------------
;::
8.2
8.38.1
25.527.9
17.4
15.620.2
25
Male ----------------------------------Female--------------------------------
186374
421
258164
Other
Both sexes----------------------
100.0100.0
Male ----------------------------------Female --------------------------------
Table 18. Average annual number and percent distributionof decedents,by educationaccordingtofamily income and age: United States, 1962-63
Education
Family incomeand age
AllIecedents
Tumberinzhousands
1,789
Decedentsunder
14 years
Elementary I High school
rotal7 years 8 yeara ~ry$~ 4or less years
II I I I I
Percenk distributionAll incomes
All ages------- 100.0 7.6 32.9 25.7 9.8 14.6 9.4
81.7
...
...
...
...
...
...
5.2
2.0
18.4
23.7
31.4
40.9
40.6
41.0
43.6
2.8
12.4
22.0
27.9
30.5
29.1
31.4
27.0
6.6
22.4
19.4
12.1
7.1
8.3
‘6.3
7.9
1.8
1.5.7
13.5
11.4
8.8
8.6
9.0
505
Under 25 years-------
25-44 years----------
45-54 years----------
166
106
159
278
1>079
436
643
604
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
5.0
31.0
21.4
17.2
12.8
13.3
12.4
10.7
55-64 years----------
65 years and over----
65-74 years--------
75 years and over--
Under $2,000
All ages-------
41
26
37
86
414
173
241
333
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
76.0
..*
...
...
..*
...
..0
8.4
4.0
35.4
37.5
47.9
47.8
48.7
47.1
31.7
0.4
22.5
32.1
31.8
38.6
37.2
40.0
4.7
11.8
25.5
29.1
29.9
27.8
31.5
27.2
3.9
17.1
23.8
31.7
31.9
33.4
30.2
7.3
26.7
16.4
8.3
6.0
6.4
5.5
11.4
6.8
18.3
14.5
11.3
10.2
10.6
9.9
14.7
5,3
30.2
16.3
16.2
13.8
13.1
14.4
1.2
7.9
6.2
3*5
6.1
6.5
5.9
6.8
0.9
5.7
11.4
5.7
,7.6
6.2
9.2
Under 25 years-------
25-44 years----------
45-54 years----------
55-64 years----------
65 years and over----
65-74 years--------
75 years and over--
$2,000-$3,999
All ages-------
Under 25 years------- 35
23
30
58
187
98
90
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
79.3
...
...
...
..*
...
...
10.3
24.5
16.4
14.6
8.1
10.0
6.2
25-44 years--------~-
45-54 years----------
55-64 years----------
65 years and over----
65-74 years--------
75 years and over--
26
Table 18. Average annual number and percent ’distribution of decedents, by education according tofamily income and age: United States, 1962-63—Con.
Family incomeand age
$4,000-$5,999
All ages-------
Under 25 years-------
25-44 years----------
45-54 years----------
55-64 years----------
65 years and over----
65-74 years--------
75 years and over--
$6,000 and over
All ages-------
Under 25 years-------
25-44 years----------
45-54 years----------
55-64 years----------
65 years and over----
65-74 years--------
75 years and over--
Institution
All ages-------
Under 25 years-------
25-44 years----------
45-54 years----------
55-64 years----------
65 years and over----
65-74 years--------
75 years and over--
All;cedents
mber inousands
243
42
21
34
47
99
47
52
320
45
32
49
67
127
57
70
289
*
*
*
21
252
62
190
Education
Percent distribution
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
*
*
*
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
15.9
91.2
...
...
...
...
...
...
11.5
80.7
...
...
...
...
...
...
0.5
*
. . .
. . .
.*O
. . .
. . .
. . .
22;3
1.5
15.1
20.2
19.6
34.7
30.0
38.9
17.1
1.8
2.5
8.1
16.8
29.8
25.4
33.3
38.5
*
*
*
35.8
39.2
45.6
37.1
22.4
1.1
9.6
23.1
28.4
31.1
29.0
32.9
20.0
2.0
8.3
17.9
24.3
27.8
26.1
29.2
30.2
*
*
*
23.4
31.3
28.7
32.2
11.6
3.0
16.3
23.0
14.6
9.0
10.5
7*7
12.5
6.3
22.5
21.3
13.1
8.5
10.2
7.2
7.6
*
*
$<
12.6
6.7
7.5
6.4
17.8
2.5
44.8
27.4
21.1
13.7
17.9
10.0
20.5
5.0
36.0
27.3
23.7
1,7.9
19.1
16.9
13.4
*
*
*
14.9
13.4
12.7
13.6
10.1
0.7
14.1
6.3
16.4
11.5
12.6
10.6
18.5
4.2
30.7
25.4
22.1
16.0
19.2
13.4
9.8
*
*
*
13.3
9.4
5.6
10.7
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Table 19. Average annual number and percent distribution of decedents, by education according tO
family income and sex: United States, 1962-63
Family income and sex
All incomes
Both sexes------------------------
Male------------------------------------
Female----------------------------------
Under $2,000
Both sexes------------------------
Male------------------------------------
Female----------------------------------
$2,000-$3,999
Both sexes------------------------
Male ------------------------------------
Female----------------------------------
$4,000-$5,99$
Both sexes------------------------
Male------------------------------------
Female----------------------------------
$6,OOO and over
Both sexes------------------------
Male------------------------------------
Female----------------------------------
Institution
Both sexes------------------------
Male------------------------------------
Female----------------------------------
Alldecedents
Number inthousands
1,789
1,013
776
604
331
273
333
212
121
243
145
98
320
193
127
289
131
158
Total
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.O
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Education
Decedents Elemen-under tary High
14 years or none schooz
Percent distribution
7.6
7.7
7.4
5.2
4.9
5.5
8.3
7.5
9.9
15.9
15.2
16.8
11.5
12.2
10.4
0.5
0.3
0.6
58.6
59.6
57.3
70.7
73.8
66.9
58.8
60.7
55.5
44.7
43.8
46.1
37.0
35.8
38.9
68.7
74.3
64.o
24.4
23.3
25.9
18.6
15.9
21.9
26.o
25.4
27.1
29.4
30.3
28.0
33.0
32.6
33.6
2100
16.8
24.5
Collegeplus
9.4
9*4
9.3
5.5
5.3
5.8
6.8
6.4
7.5
10.1
10.8
9.1
18.5
19.5
17.0
9.8
8.5
10.9
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Table 20. Population 25 years and over used in obtaining rates shown in this publication, by education, sex, andage: United States, March 1962
Sex and age
Both sexes
25 years and over--------------------------------------------
25-44 years--------------------------------------------------------45-54 years--------------------------------------------------------55-64 years--------------------------------------------------------65 years and over--------------------------------------------------
Male
25 years and over--------------------------------------------
25-44 years--------------------------------------------------------45-54 years--------------------------------------------------------55-64 years--------------------------------------------------------65 years and over--------------------------------------------------
Female
25 years and over--------------------------------------------
25-44 years--------------------------------------------------------45-54 years--------------------------------------------------------55-64 years--------------------------------------------------------65 years and over--------------------------------------------------
Education
Elemen-Total tary High College
or none school plus
100.664
46,37121,04616,01717,230
48,283
22,52610,3177,7307,710
52,381
23,84510,7298,2879,520
Population in thousands
36,264
9,0747,4358,23711,518
18,140
4,8403>8434,1155,342
18>124
:>;;;
4;1226,176
46,228
26,8369,9565,4513,985
20,331
11,7004,5692,4851,577
25,897
15,1365,3872,9662,408
18,172
10,4613,6552,3291,727
9,812
5,9861,9051,;;:
8,360
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-20, No. 121, table 1, p. 7
Table 21. Population 25 years and over used in obtaining rates shown in this publication,by education, color, andage: United States, March 1962
Color and age
All persons
25 years and over--------------------------------------------
25-44 years--------------------------------------------------------45-54 years--------------------------------------------------------55-64 years--------------------------------------------------------65 years and over--------------------------------------------------
Nhite
25 years and over--------------------------------------------
25-44 years--------------------------------------------------------45-54 years--------------------------------------------------------55-64 years--------------------------------------------------------65 years and over--------------------------------------------------
Nonwhite
25 years and over--------------------------------------------
25-44 years--------------------------------------------------------45-54 years--------------------------------------------------------55-64 years--------------------------------------------------------65 years and over--------------------------------------------------
Education
Total
100,664
46,37121,04616,01717,230
90,654
41,18318,98914,57715,905
10,010
5,1882,057;,;:;,
Population in thousands
36,264
9,0747,4358,237
11,518
30,761
7,0776,1577,139
10,388
5,503
1,9971,2781,0981,130
46,228 I 18,1721
+
26,836 10,4619,956 3,6555,451 2,3293,985 1,727
42,558 17,335
24,228 9,8789,326 3,5065,160 2,2783,844 1,673
A2,608 583
630 149291 51141 54
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series, P-20, No. 121, tables 1-3, pp. 7-9.
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Table 22. Population14 years and over used in obtainin rates shown in this publication, by~tates,March 1962marital sta~us, sex, and age: United
Sex and age
14-24
25-44
45-54
55-64
65-74
Both sexes
14 years and over------------------------------------
years------------------------------------------------
years------------------------------------------------
years------------------------------------------------
yearS------------------------------------------------
years------------------------------------------------
75 years and over------------------------------------------
Male
14 years and over------------------------------------
14-24 years------------------------------------------------
25-44 years------------------------------------------------
45-54 years------------------------------------------------
55-64 years------------------------------------------------
65-74 years------------------------------------------------
75 years and over--------------’---------------------------
14-24
25-44
45-54
55-64
65-74
Female
14 years and over------------------------------------
years------------------------------------------------
years------------------------------------------------
years------------------------------------------------
years------------------------------------------------
years------------------------------------------------
75 years and over------------------------------------------
Marital status
All Married Widowed Other]tatuses
Populationin thousands
129.295
28,631
46,371
21,046
16,017
11,230
6,000
62,129
13,846
22,526
10,317
7,730
5,154
2,556
67,166
14,785
23,845
10,729
8,287
6,076
3,444
86.865
7>736
40,184
17,562
12,112
7,039
2,232
43,019
2,646
19,277
8,936
6,539
p,104
1,517
=
5,090
20,907
8,626
5,573
2,935
715
10.527
22
556
1,181
2,229
3,244
3,295
2,128
96
207
357
639
829
8,399
22
46o
974
1,872
2,605
2,466
31,903
20,873
5,631
2,303
1,676
947
473
16,982
11,200
39153
1,174
834
411
210
14,921
9,673
2,478
1,129
842
536
263
Source:U.S. Bureau of the Census,Current PopulationReports,Series P-20,No.122,table1, p. 9,
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APPENDIX I
TECHNICAL NOTES ON METHODS
Statistical Design of the National Mortality Survey
BackWound of the National Mortality Suvvey. —Dur-ing the period 1850 to 1900, mortality statistics pub-lished by the Federal Government were derived prin-cipally from reports collected in the decennial censuses.Since 1900, however, when the collection of mortalitystatistics on an annual basis was started for selectedcities and States included in the death-registrationarea, the death certificate has been the only source ofdata for national mortality statistics. During the earlydecades of this century, a major goal of the vital sta-tistics system was to extend the death-registration areato the entire United States. This was achieved in 1933,and since that year national mortality statistics havebeen derived annually from data reported on the deathrecords.
It has become increasingly apparent in recentyears that the statistics derived from the death recordswere not meeting the expanding needs for mortalitydata in public health, medical research, epidemiology,demography, and other related fields. The periodicrevisions of the standard death record at intervals ofabout 10 years since 1900 have produced very littlenet change in its content of statistical items. On the
other hand, there have been phenomenal changes inAmerican society during the 65-year period, particu-larly in the areas of health and medicine which havegreatly expanded and altered the needs for mortalitystatistics.
Beginning about 1956, attention was focused on thepossibility of developing a survey methodology for col-lecting detailed information for relatively small sam-ples of dea~hs. Research studies were undertaken to testand develop methodology for deriving mortality stat is -tics by means of conducting surveys linked to the deathrecords. In 1961 this work culminated in the establish-ment of the National Mortality Survey on a continuingbasis. 3
Sample Selection
The procedure for conducting the National Mor-tality Survey takes advantage of the virtually completeregistration of deaths. When a death occurs, it is regis-tered with the registration area by the funeral director.Each month, all of the 54 registration areas select andforward a 10-percent systematic sample of all regis-tered deaths to the National Center for Health Statistics.The sample for the National Mortality Survey is sub-selected from this sample at a rate of one out of 33,Thus, the monthly sample cumulates over the year to aselection of one out of 330. This procedure produce?
a sample of 5,305 deaths in 1962 and 5,517 deaths in1963.
Data Collection
The mail survey was the principal method of datacollection. The primary source of information was theperson who provided tbe funeral director with the per-sonal information about the deceased for recording onthe death certificate. The mailing address of the deathrecord informant is usually reported on the death rec-ord. Each primary source was asked to identify otherpersons who might be able to complete the questionnaire.Therefore, information was also collected from asecondary source if the primary source could notprovide all of the requested information. There werealso provisions for collecting information by othermeans; these included telephone and personal interviewswhich were carried out by the Bureau of the Census.
Followup mailings were routinely sent to personsnot responding, and other mailings were made to ob-tain complete and consistent information on the formsrejected as inadequate in a concurrent editing proce-dure. Special efforts were made in each sample case toassure that complete and consistent information wasobtained.
Estimating Methods
The statistics shown in this report are estimatesprepared by use of a postratified ratio estimation pro-cedure. This procedure was used for each of the follow-ing 40 groups.
Gvoufi Sex, color, and age
Male, white:
1------------------Under 1 year2’------------------ 1-14 years3L---- ------------- 15-24 years4------------------ 25-34 years5------------------ 35-44 years6------------------ 45-54 years7------------------ 55-64 years8------------------ 65-74 years9------------------ 75-84 years
10------------------ 85 years and over
Male, nonwhite:
11-20 --------------- Same groups as formale, white
Female, white:
21-30 --------------- Same groups as for male, white
Female, nonwhite:
31-40 --------------- Same groups as formale, white
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For each of the 40 groups, the national count ofdeaths was obtained and the ratio of the sample countof deaths to the complete count was determined. Eachdeath in the group was then assigned a weight valuesuch that the sum of the values equaled the nationaltotal for the group. This poststratified ratio estimationprocedure tends to reduce the sampling error by mak-ing the sample more closely representative of the popu-lation of all decedents than would be expected by randommethods alone.
Reliability of Estimates
Since the estimates were based on a sample, theymay differ from the results that would have been ob-tained had a census covering all decedents been under-taken using the same questionnaires and procedures.As is true of all surveys, the results are also subjectto nonsampling errors such as those of response andrecording.
Nokampling -OT, genwal. —Failure to securecomplete questionnaire returns in the survey, errorsmade by respondents in interpreting survey questions,and errors in processing the returned questionnairesand their associated records represent the main sourcesof nonsampling error.
EYYOV associated with mnvesponse.-About 8.5percent of the forms mailed to informants were eithernot responded to or did not reach the informant. Theeffect of nonresponse on this report was to limit in-formation about the social and economic characteristicsof the deceased persons. However, imputations for allmissing information were carried out on the computerby substituting known values within the homogeneousgroups created by one of the 40 ratio estimate cellsmentioned earlier.
Sampli~ WOV. —The standard error is one meas-ure of the variations that occur by chance because onlya small portion rather than the whole population issurveyed. The chances are about 68 out of 100 that the
sample estimate would differ from the value that wouldbe obtained from a complete survey by less than thestandard error.
Rules to determine the approximate standard er-rors for estimates presented in this report are as fol-lows:
1. Estimates of ag~egates—Approximate stand-ard errors of estimates of numbers of dece-dents are given in table I.
2. Estimates of pwcentiges-Approximate sttind-ard errors for percentages are determinedin one of the two following ways, depending onthe source of the base of the percentage:
a.
b.
Where both numerator and denominator areestimates from the sample data, the approxi-mate standard errors are given in table 11.
Where the denominator is a value found inone or the 40 ratio-estimate cells shown onpage 31, the relative standard error of thepercent is equivalent to the relative stand-ard error of the numerator which can be ob-tained directly from table I. The relativestandard error of an estimate is obtained bydividing the standard error of the estimateby the estimate itself and is expressed as apercentage of the estimate.
Rounding of numbws. —fie tabulations on which thetables in this report were based show figures to thenearest unit. The tables published in this report showthe corresponding figures rounded to the nearest thou-sand. All percentages and rates were computed, how-ever, using unrounded data. Neither numbers nor per-centages are necessarily accurate in the detail shown,
Table 11. Approximate standard errors of esti-mated percentages shorn in thf.s report
Table 1. Approximate standard errors for esti-mated numbers shown in this report
Estimate
50,000 --------- ---------- --------- --100,000 ----------------------------250,000 ----------------------------500,000 ----------------------------
1,000,000 ----------------------------1,500,000 ----------------------------
Standarderr or
3>9507,500
16,75025,00031,00028,000
Base of percentage
50,000 ------------loo, boo------------250,000 ------------5oo, boo------------
1,000,000 ------------1,500,000 ------------
Estimated percen~
t
25or98 E
0.8 1.3006 0.90.4 0.60.3 0.40.2 0.30.l 0.2
I I
u1.7 2.5 2.91.2 1.8 2.00.8 1.1 1.30.5 0.80.4 0.6 :::0.3 0.4 0.5
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Terms Related to
Questionnaire
APPENDIX II
DEFINITIONS OF CERTAIN TERMS USED IN THIS REPORT
Dots Derived From the
Family income. —Family income refers to the total
of all “money income” received by members of thefamily of the deceased during the last full calendaryear before death. A family consists of all personsliving together and related to each other by eitherblood, marriage, or adoption.
Individuals who did not live in a family are thus
classified according to their individual income. Indi-viduals in institutions are excluded from the “moneyincomerl groups and are shown under the heading, “In-stitution. ”
Mavitil stitus.-Marital status is recorded onlyfor persons age 14 years and over. “Married” refersto all married persons not separated from theirspouses; persons with common law marriages areconsidered married. ~lWidowed” referS tO all Persons
who were reported as being” widowed at the time ofdeath. “Other” refers to those persons reported as be-ing either single, separated, or divorced at the timeof death.
Living awarsgements. —Living arrangements ‘e-fer to whether the decedent lived alone, lived withrelatives, lived with nonrelatives, or lived in an in-stitution at the time of death.
Education.— Education refers to the highest gradeof regular school completed. A “regular” school is onewhich advances a person toward an elementary or highschool diploma ,or a college, university, or professionalschool degree. Thus, education in vocational, trade, orbusiness schools outside the regular school system isnot counted in determining the highest grade of schoolcompleted. Because most persons under 14 years of
age have nut completed their education, these personsa;e excluded from the education status groups and areshown separately.
Terms Related to Doto Derived From the Death
Certificate!
Age. —Age is recorded or derived from entries on
the death certificate. Age used in this report is ‘age at
last birthday.Sex. —Sex is recorded or derived from entries on
the death certificate.Color. —Color is recorded or derived from entries
on the death certificate. Color or race has been classi-fied for this report as white or nonwhite. The nonwhitepopulation includes persons stated to be Negro, Ameri-
can Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Aleut, Eskimo, Hawaiian,and part-Hawaiian. Persons reported as Mexican andPuerto Rican are included with white.
Death vecovd infoymant. — This is the primarysource of information in the survey. The informant isusually the person whose name is recorded on the deathcertificate as having provided the information such asname and age which is shown on the death certificate.The informant is ‘commonly a close relative of thedecedent.
Metropolitan stat-. —Usual residence of decedentwas classified by location inside or outside countiesin standard metropolitan statistical areas (metropolitanState economic areas in New England) as delineated bythe Office of Statistical Standards, U.S. Bureau of theBudget for the 1960 Census.5 Standard metropolitanstatistical areas were divided into two groups for usein the tables shown in this report—those with a popu-lation at the time of the 1960 census of 1,000,000 ormore and those with less than 1,000,000 population.
Re@”on.— State of usual residence of decedents isclassified according to four regions which correspond
to the regions’ used by the U.S. Bureau of the Census;They are as follows:
Re@”on States Included
Northeast --------------- Connecticut, Maine, Massa-chusettss, New Hampshire,New Jersey, New York,Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,Vermont
North Central ----------- Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kan-sas, Michigan, Minnesota,Missouri, Nebraska, North
Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota,Wisconsin
South ------------------- Alabama, Arkansas, Dela-
ware, District of Columbia,Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,Louisana, Maryland, Mis-sissippi, North Carolina,Oklahoma, South Carolina,Tennessee, Texas, Virginia,West Virginia
West ------------------- Alaska, Arizona, California,Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho,Montana, Nevada, New Mexico,
Oregon, Utah, Washington,Wyoming
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APPENDIX III
SOURCE FORMS
Death Certificate
CERTI1’XCATE OF DEATH r-m .Dom.d.BIRTH NO. 5TAE OF
Bud.., ,“,”” No. 65-Rmd.1.STATE FILE No.
f. :.1.AAc:.&, OUT” 2. :S&:LnRESIDCNCE (F?ti.d-.d:1~ I&i;...T”>”> R-d- W’...6.&.ti)
b. Cm. TOWN. OR UXATION t. ~NGTH OF =AY IN lb e. CITY. TOWN. OR LcuTION
! 1d. NAME OF (ffti h bpifd, #&t.trcti ddrm) d. 31RE~ AooRES3
H091TAL ORINSTITUTION
..,, PUCE ‘a, OEATII ,“s,., cm L,M ITS, I . . ,S S=,DE”Cg INS,U CITY I.,.,lS, I/. 6 RfsIDE8cC on A FARM7
~=z 13. FATHE3’S HAME
I I
3:14. MOTHeR’S MA1OEM NAME
~
z z: 15. WAS DECEASED EVER IN U. S. ARMED FORCES?
g!6. ~,AL SECUR8TY NO. 17. 1NF0nmAf4?
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I1. CAusc OF PCATH [Em- dr OIU <owe wr litil”r (.), (b]. mnd N).] rmEnv4L smfEm
PART ,. DEATH W= CAUSED BY: OWW AMO OUTH
[MMEOIA?E CAUS (c)
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z.f 24. FIJNERAI. DIRECTOR ADDRESS Z. DAX RECD. BY I.CUL REG. 2d. REGISTRAR’S SIGNATURE
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Informant Questionnaire
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~e U. S. PublicEeaLthSetice is conductinga surveyto obtaininformationaboutpeoplewhodiedduring1962. me surreyis beingconductedunderpmtisions of a lawpassedby ~ngressthatauthorizesppulation surveysto coLlecturgentlyneededfactson healthproblem of theNation. l’hisstudywi3.1.filla gap in knowledgeaboutthe healthof the herican people4what Is learnedmy helpto re~ucethe bazard8of disablingiLlnessand a~oitibledeaths.
For one out of eve~ 330 deathsoccurri~ throughoutthe count~, factsarebeingcollectedaboutthe deceasedperson,the householdin whichthiepersonlivedand the hospitalsandin6titution6in whichcarewas receivedduringthe lastyearof life. Tne sqle was scien-tificallyaesignedso thatevery,pereonayingduring1962has the samecknce of beingselected.
Thepersonnsmedbelowis in the sample,and our recotisindicatethatyou aremost ltielytohavethe informationwe need. If you do nothavethe exactanswerto 8 question,giveYOUbest esttite. Yourreplytillbe held strictlyconfidentitiatitillbe merlfor statisti-ctipurposesOQI.Y.me iaentityof inditidulswill notbe disclosedfor any purpose.
Sincethisstudyusesa vexysti ssmpleof deaths,a replyon everydeathis essential..EvenIf you hsvenot answeredsll the questions,pleasemsil the completedformwithinfive&ys in the enclosedenvelopewhichrequiresno postage. Youfcooperationana promptatten-tionto thisrequesttillbe appreciated.
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Nation81&nter for EeslthStatistics
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PASTII. IW~M~ON
IwTEIs Pmmb PUE ~ SljRETO ~T—
● SVE.rYOIIe *O ~~a at the residence ● 5e deceasedof the deceffieiat the time orthis~rson’s death
● All Iuembersof the f~ly, fncludlnginfants,who liwd with
●All otherrelativeswho llvedwiththe deceased
● I.hrela&d persons“ho ~md ~~ the &ceasd~
~ter neme of the &ceased on Line 1. fiter the names of ~rsons litingvithg the deceasedat the tti of deathon Unes z-8. (Ifthereare morethan8 names,
u.5ethe spaceprovidedat the ena of the questionnaire)%.
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me &ceWed.-.. ❑Z* Whichof”thep=rsonsn~ed aboveb’asthe headof thishousehola?
~O*fl~rson-- ❑ _ (spc.ify..,
Pm III. Pm OF =IDSNCE OF TSS DECEASND
.. Where ms w -t residenceof the d,?ceasea at the th of death? (Enter the lwation of t,hadcceasea’s hwsehol,at * tinieof aeath)
Sfiet Address..............................................................................................,.,,,,
city,tm or If cityor tmi—n—ruralplace.................................................... WU it~t~nci~~tS? Yes--a No--❑
county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,,, ,
. was this Ls5tresi&nce—
0s
OR
on a city lot (m inm a~t Mlaing)?..n
h a placeof mssthan10 acres ?--.........~-
QI a placeof10 m more &reB?--------r-J-
mst year (1962),ala salesof crops, Ilvestock,and otbr~ P@~ts fi~ WE pl=e -unt to *5O or more?
~s or more----•1 Ieeatti @50 or none---- cl,
rast year (1962),Ma sales of crops, Mvestock, =a other
fm prcducts from this place amount to $50 or non 7
$50 or more.-... •1 I.essthan $50 or none.-... •1
;.Dia the deceaaea Mve at thin Wt residence on Jauuq 1, 1957?
Yes--u - When dirl this prsm move herez ?fO.-n - When dia this peracm move ha=7
(bck date of 1.e.5tmove)...............(mmth) ,..,.....(year)
1950through195&-.,---j-J
lgkothrw 949--.-.--U Ma the &ceasea moveto thisplace
1930thrwgh 1939-------❑for healthor me~cal =asons?
EerUer u 1930------- Yes--a No.. ❑mmYS u-a w~------- :
If the decea8ed d.ianot alwys Mm at th16 last resi&nce—
Where m the next to Mt residence of the decee.ae.i? (En*r place where this ~raon lives &fore moving to laat
residence )
City,townor If city or tOw—n—
rur83.place.................................................... Was itwithin citylimits? Yea--a No--u
cm~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . saw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...,,.,,,
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● Collegestu&nts who livedawayat college
thedecensed ● Personswho livedawayin theAr!ne&Forces
● Personswho llvedawayin institutionssuchas a =anit=iu,nursinghome,homefor the qed, or mentilhospital
Whatwas the relationshipof whenwas tmsAt thetimeof thedeceased’s
eachFrson to the deceased? Maledeath,thispersonwas....
(Forexmple: son,mother-Frson born?
or Married Divorce&in-l~w,stipdawter, etc.) Pemale Widowed Separated
Month Year Single(neverwried)
~ DECDASED
.......................................................)
PASTIv. I~NTION ABOW1’~ DECEASED
1. What is the highestgrade(orye=) of regularschoolthatthe deceasedeverat~nded.?(Circlethehlgbestsrade)
None 12345678 1234 1234>Elemen& sighschool College
Did the deceasedfinishthe highestwade (oryear) attenbd?
Yes--n No--n
2. During1961,did the deceasedreceiveincomefromany source(wagesand salary,profits,rent,Social%ourity,pensions,etc.)?
Yes--a No--❑
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What was the t~~ ticomeof the aeceaseafim all sourcesduring1961? (Ifexactfi~ not known,giveMst estlm8te)
maer $1,OM-----------❑ $6,0m - @,999--------❑$l,m - $1,999--------D &,m - $9,999--------0
@,mo - $3,999--------D $lo,m or Owr--------❑
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&, Wo - $5,999--------D
Whatwerethe sourcesof incomeof thispersonduring1961? (Checkallboxesthatapply)
Wages=d salaryfor w 3ob----------------------------------------------------------------"-❑Profitor feesfromworkin ownbusiness,professionalpractice,or farm----------------------❑SocialSecwity pawnts ----------------------------------------------------------------------❑Othersourcesof Income(Fore=ple: pensions,veteran’s payments,rents,Interestoraiviaenas,unemploymentlnsur~ce,welfarepayments)----------------------------------------0
3. Weretheremy personsrelatedto and l.itingin the samehouseholdwiththe &ceased who recei=d incomefromany sourceawtig 1961?
Yea--a No--n
1Whatwas the -l incomeof the famlIY,incluaingthe deceasea,during19617 (Ifexactfisurenotkuoun,givebest estfmati)
Wnrler$1,000----------- $6,000- @,999--------
$1,000- $1,999--------E @,m - $9,999--------:
*,000 - $3,999--------❑ $10,WO or mr--------❑~, 000 - $5,999--------0
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N8me and aaaress of ~rson who cqletid ma fm:
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S*et*ess ...............................................................................................d..
City, tmOrmlplme ............................................ g~~ ....................................
N- and addressof ~rson who mi@t be able b add to the Infomtion th3t you h3ve prtided:
Nine ...........................................................................................................
Street Address ..................................................................................................
City, tOmOrmal plme ............................................ s~~ ...........................,,,.,,.,,
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Public Health Service
VITAL AND HEALTH S“
Publication No. 1000
P)og}-ams and collection pvocedu;>es.—i< eports which describe the general programs of the National
Center for Health Statistics and its offices and divisions, data collection methods used, definitions,and other material necessary for understanding the data.
Data evaluation a)zd methods ]eseavc/z.- Studies of new statistical methodology including: experi -mental tests of new survey methods, studies of vital statistics collection methods, new analytical
techniques, objective evaluations of reliability of collected data, contributions to statistical theory.
iinalytical studies. — Reports presenting analytical or interpretive studies based on vital and healthstatistics, carrying the analysis further than the expository types of reports in the other series.
Documents and conzmittee }epo;.ts.-Final reports of major committees concerned with vital and
health statistics, and documents such as recommended model vital registration laws and revised birthand death certificates.
Data ,f}’om t)ze Health Intev[:iezc SurL8ey. —Statistics on illness, accidental injuries, disability, use of
hospital, medical, dental, and other services, and otberhealth-related topics, based on data collectedin a continuing national household interview survey.
Data ~“rom the Health Examination Su]’~ey.- I)ata from direct examination, testing, and measure-ment of national samples of the population provide the basis for two types of reports: (1) estimatesof the medically defined prevalence of specific diseases in the United States and the distributions ofthe population with re$pect to physical, physiological, and psychological characteristics; and (2)
.tn.~lysls of relationships among the various measurements without reference to an explicit finiteunivc’rse of persons.
Data f)ot}z the I)~stitutiovzal Populatio~z Sa~L1eys. - Statistics relating to the health characteristics ofpersons in institutions, and on medical, nursing, and personal care received, based on nation~lsamples of establishments providing these services and samples of the residents or patients.
Data f)’om tile Hospital Disc/za~ge Su~vey. —Statistics relating to discharged patients in short-stayhospitals, based on a sample of patient records in a n~tional sample of hospitals.
Ddta on //ealtlz ?-C.SOUKCCS:marzpo~~,ev and~acilities.—S[atistics on the numkrs, geogi-aphic distri -
hucion, and chaf-acteristics of health resources including physicians, d~’n~ists, nu~-scs, othci- healthmanpo!ver occupations, hospitals, nursinv homes, and outpatient and oth~>r inpatient facilities.
Data OIZ tPlortality .T\Tarious statistics on mortality other than as included in annual or tllonthlyreports-special analyses by cause of death, age, and other deznographic variables, also geographicand time series analyses.
Data O)Z}?atality, )rza;.yiage, a}zddiz’o?-ce. —\Jarious statistics on natality, marriage, and divorce otherthan as included in annual or monthly reports—special analyses by demographic variables, also
geo~raphic and time series analyses. studies of fertility.
Data ~-)fo})l tile .Vational .\’atalit~, afzd :Llo~.talit~ SIL)-L,eJS.—Statistics on characteristics of births and
deaths not available from the vital records, based on sample surveys stemming from these records,includinx such topics as mot-tality by socioeconomic class, medical experience in the last year oflife, characteristics of pregnancy, t..
lTOI-a list of titles of reports puhlishc>d in these series, write to: Office, of lnform<~tion~LltiC1ll.tl (;elltt, r for Eie.llth St.~tlstics
U.S. I’u[>lic t+c:~lth Service\A/.~shington, L).(-. 20201”