Note 2 — Chapter VII · Rich and Poor
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The statistician, Mr. I. B. Rubinow, in a discussion of high death rates (American Statistical Association, December, 1905) quotes the rate in five agricultural districts in a province of Russia, districts inhabited by peasantry of a common stock. With almost mathematical certainty, prosperity brings longer life. He divides his peasants into six groups showing their death rate as follows:
Death Rate
Having no land 34.7
Less than 13.5 acres 32.7
13.5 to 40.5 acres 30.1
40.5 to 67.5 acres 25.4
67.5 acres to 135 acres23.1
More than 135 acres 19.2
Mr. Rubinow suggests that the high Negro death rate may be explained by noting the poorly paid occupations in which the Negro engages.