ABSTRACT
Death Busy among the Bachelors. – A Startling Revelation. – Bachelors, who have been in the habit of congratulating themselves upon their general immunity and freedom, their single blessedness and total exemption from the “Caudle Lectures,” 1 cares and responsibilities of wedlock, have recently not only had the conceit and self-sufficiency taken out of them but have been thrown into a state of consternation by the King of Terrors himself. The detailed annual report of the Registrar General of births, deaths, and marriages in Scotland, issued last month, demonstrates that, from 20 to 25 years of age, in every thousand married men, only 6.26 died annually, but in every thousand unmarried men at the same ages 15.01 died. From 25 to 30 years of age only 8.23 died annually in every thousand married men, but 14.94 in every thousand unmarried. From 30 to 35 years of age, only 8.65 died in every thousand married men, but 15.94 in every thousand unmarried. From 45 to 50 years of age, in every thousand of each class, only 17.04 married, but 21.18 unmarried died annually. In every thousand of each class from 50 to 55 years of age, 19.54 married men died annually, but 26.34 unmarried. In every thousand of each class from 60 to 65 years of age, 35.63 married men died annually, but 44.54 unmarried men. In every thousand of each class from 70 to 75 years of age 81.56 married men died annually, but 102.17 unmarried men. Even at the extreme age of 80 to 85 years, in every thousand of each class, there died annually only 173.88 married men, but 195.40 unmarried.
