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Оглавление| 1900 | 1860 | |||||
| County | Total White Population | Under 10 Years | Per Cent | Total White Population | Under 10 Years | Per Cent |
| Otsego | 48,793 | 7,121 | 14.5 | 49,950 | 10,988 | 22.0 |
| Putnam | 13,669 | 2,332 | 16.9 | 13,819 | 3,333 | 24.1 |
| Total | 62,462 | 9,453 | 15.0 | 63,769 | 14,321 | 22.5 |
This shows that while in 1860, when the total population was about 64,000, the number of children was about 14,000 or 22.5 per cent, in 1900, when the total population was 62,462 or nearly the same, the number of children was only 9453, or a reduction in numbers of nearly 5000 children. In many of the small cities of New York State, the fact that there is a constantly decreasing number of children in the community is well recognized, the greater proportion of the population being past middle life. The death-rate, therefore, is lower, from this very fact.
Death-rates of children.
That the general death-rate is directly affected by the number of children living in a community is shown by the following table:—
