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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY
ency relief plan for the sick, rather than a measure of disease pre- vention. Nevertheless, of those found impaired, 44 per cent, were abso- lutely unaware of their impairment, showing the positive need for such a system. The following analysis of the impaired lives may prove of interest :
Analysis op Eisks Found Impaired Free Annual Health Bureau Examinations
Average age, 49 years, 9 months. Amount of insurance, $1,590,635.
Per
� �Ages
�Ages
�Ages
�Ages
�Ages
�Ages 70
�Cent.
� �29-30,
�30-40,
�40-50,
�50-60,
�60-70,
�Over,
�Total
� �Per
�Per
�Per
�Per
�Per
�Per
�Num-
� �Cent.
�Cent.
�Cent.
�Cent.
�Cent.
�Cent.
�ber Ex-
�*
� � � � � � �amined
�Affections of heart, blood ves-
� � � � � � � � �4.98
�13.85
�21.65
�31.60
�23.37
�4.54
�28
�Per cent, at each age-period una-
� � � � � � � � �65.21
�57.81
�63.00
�60.27
�56 48
�57.14
� � �4.76
�35.71
�33 33
�14 29
�11 90
� �25
� �6.82 1.66
�22.72 33 33
�38.63 25 00
�22.72 31 66
�9.09 8 33
� �27
� � �36
� �2.22
�17.77
�42.22
�22.22
�13.33
�2.22
�2.7
�Distribution of all impairments
� � � � � � � �by age-periods
�4.59
�17.91
�25.11
�29.09
�19.60
�3.37
�39 5
� � ��The above should be interpreted as follows: Of the risks showing affections of heart, blood-vessels, kidneys and diabetes, 4.9 per cent, were between 20 and 30, 13.8 per cent, between 30 and 40, etc. 63 per cent, of those between 40 and 50 affected with diseases of heart, blood-vessels, kidneys and with diabetes were unaware of impairment. 4.5 per cent, of all impairments found occurred in the age-group between 20 and 30, 17.9 per cent, between 30 and 40, etc. 96 per cent. of those unaware of impairment exhibited affections of heart, blood-vessels, kidneys and diabetes. 39.5 per cent, of those examined were found impaired.
Attention is called to the large percentage of degenerative affections found at middle life, among those who supposed that they were in sound health.
The mortality experience, although derived from a comparatively small group, has extended over a sufficient period to prove instructive, and is set forth in the following charts :
��/<S<£6 63
��Expected loss— American Experience Table
��2J.33/
��Expected loss in average company
��0/6. 000
��Actual loss in group
��J//33/
��Mortality gain from conservation
Group I. No impairment found
