Journal of Population Sciences
From: Race and life expectancy in the USA in the Great Depression
 |  | Death rates (per 100,000) | |||||
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Age | Â | All race | White | Nonwhite | |||
Group | Statistic | M | F | M | F | M | F |
1-8 0 | Mean | 11724.2 | 9312.1 | 11280.7 | 8928.4 | 20417.2 | 16666.6 |
 | SD | 2964.8 | 2496.8 | 3067.0 | 2574.1 | 7839.5 | 6908.9 |
 | RMSE | 0.0544 | 0.0564 | 0.0582 | 0.0609 | 0.0956 | 0.0963 |
1–4 | Mean | 1120.5 | 1018.8 | 1071.7 | 971.3 | 2125.5 | 1952.5 |
 | SD | 392.4 | 370.8 | 396.6 | 374.1 | 1130.9 | 1048.8 |
 | RMSE | 0.0705 | 0.0735 | 0.0722 | 0.0753 | 0.1092 | 0.0973 |
5–14 | Mean | 276.2 | 247.2 | 268.3 | 235.4 | 450.5 | 484.2 |
 | SD | 53.2 | 62.3 | 53.9 | 63.2 | 170.7 | 223.5 |
 | RMSE | 0.0595 | 0.0698 | 0.0598 | 0.0674 | 0.0919 | 0.1059 |
15–24 | Mean | 459.0 | 433.2 | 422.6 | 388.4 | 1008.3 | 1062.4 |
 | SD | 73.0 | 65.4 | 86.0 | 80.0 | 147.8 | 121.1 |
 | RMSE | 0.0732 | 0.0882 | 0.0723 | 0.0812 | 0.0719 | 0.0718 |
25–34 | Mean | 639.3 | 597.2 | 593.7 | 551.3 | 1279.4 | 1208.4 |
 | SD | 118.5 | 107.2 | 137.6 | 125.8 | 119.7 | 95.3 |
 | RMSE | 0.0828 | 0.0956 | 0.0901 | 0.0974 | 0.0791 | 0.0752 |
35–44 | Mean | 918.9 | 775.7 | 868.0 | 720.9 | 1662.2 | 1596.3 |
 | SD | 128.8 | 94.0 | 152.3 | 121.0 | 140.2 | 78.4 |
 | RMSE | 0.0658 | 0.0472 | 0.0680 | 0.0437 | 0.0909 | 0.0516 |
45–54 | Mean | 1447.2 | 1197.0 | 1388.9 | 1131.3 | 2408.6 | 2420.1 |
 | SD | 128.4 | 94.0 | 153.9 | 126.0 | 226.4 | 120.9 |
 | RMSE | 0.0601 | 0.0353 | 0.0598 | 0.0295 | 0.0996 | 0.0507 |
55–64 | Mean | 2737.7 | 2319.1 | 2691.5 | 2257.6 | 3831.3 | 3887.9 |
 | SD | 204.5 | 165.7 | 214.1 | 191.5 | 523.2 | 275.0 |
 | RMSE | 0.0510 | 0.0331 | 0.0489 | 0.0317 | 0.1051 | 0.0662 |
65–74 | Mean | 5745.8 | 5088.7 | 5714.9 | 5049.5 | 6670.5 | 6239.1 |
 | SD | 256.5 | 225.6 | 256.3 | 239.4 | 591.7 | 352.0 |
 | RMSE | 0.0418 | 0.0335 | 0.0409 | 0.0339 | 0.0771 | 0.0518 |
75–84 | Mean | 12543.9 | 11526.8 | 12558.4 | 11572.0 | 12182.6 | 10198.7 |
 | SD | 499.2 | 417.8 | 494.9 | 416.9 | 859.6 | 648.5 |
 | RMSE | 0.0414 | 0.0372 | 0.0411 | 0.0373 | 0.0710 | 0.0653 |
85+ | Mean | 25791.1 | 24862.0 | 25835.8 | 25097.7 | 23544.3 | 20885.4 |
 | SD | 1319.4 | 1479.8 | 1254.0 | 1551.4 | 3550.2 | 1884.9 |
 | RMSE | 0.0531 | 0.0599 | 0.0502 | 0.0609 | 0.1209 | 0.0858 |