Colours: The coloured curves represent Scottish males (blue) and females (red); for comparison,
the light grey curves represent males (upper grey curve) and females (lower) in England & Wales.
Comment: In 28 of the 36 years between 1875 and 1910, the mortality rate for Scottish girls was higher than that for Scottish boys. On average during that period, it was
4% higher in girls than boys. By contrast, in England & Wales the rate for girls never exceeded that for boys.
Method: Mortality rates were downloaded from the Human Mortality Database (see www.mortality.org or
www.humanmortality.de)
on 4 December 2009. The plotted lines connect unsmoothed values.
Colours: The coloured curves represent Scottish males (blue) and females (red); for comparison, the light grey curves represent males (upper grey curve) and females (lower) in England & Wales.
Comment: In 28 of the 36 years between 1875 and 1910, the mortality rate for Scottish girls was higher than that for Scottish boys. On average during that period, it was 4% higher in girls than boys. By contrast, in England & Wales the rate for girls never exceeded that for boys.
Method: Mortality rates were downloaded from the Human Mortality Database (see www.mortality.org or www.humanmortality.de) on 4 December 2009. The plotted lines connect unsmoothed values.