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 |
0 | Mean | 10434.5 | 8184.7 | 10157.9 | 7951.8 | 19468.2 | 15578.9 |
 | SD | 2031.6 | 1696.4 | 2073.8 | 1719.6 | 2393.0 | 2361.1 |
 | RMSE | 0.0442 | 0.0448 | 0.0447 | 0.0448 | 0.0719 | 0.0652 |
1–4 | Mean | 901.0 | 808.6 | 868.2 | 778.7 | 2018.7 | 1807.4 |
 | SD | 247.7 | 230.6 | 247.5 | 229.4 | 465.0 | 418.2 |
 | RMSE | 0.0843 | 0.0861 | 0.0854 | 0.0859 | 0.1088 | 0.1115 |
5–14 | Mean | 255.9 | 216.7 | 248.9 | 210.0 | 466.9 | 466.0 |
 | SD | 27.6 | 34.9 | 28.3 | 33.4 | 66.9 | 101.9 |
 | RMSE | 0.0663 | 0.0797 | 0.0730 | 0.0729 | 0.0883 | 0.1088 |
15–24 | Mean | 403.8 | 369.1 | 381.8 | 347.7 | 989.8 | 1014.8 |
 | SD | 58.0 | 48.2 | 59.6 | 49.7 | 110.8 | 73.7 |
 | RMSE | 0.0747 | 0.0918 | 0.0753 | 0.0947 | 0.1075 | 0.0710 |
25–34 | Mean | 565.4 | 509.2 | 532.8 | 485.1 | 1202.7 | 1071.9 |
 | SD | 101.6 | 85.4 | 109.3 | 88.9 | 115.2 | 80.6 |
 | RMSE | 0.1016 | 0.1122 | 0.1085 | 0.1188 | 0.0970 | 0.0737 |
35–44 | Mean | 853.1 | 688.0 | 815.8 | 656.1 | 1704.5 | 1543.6 |
 | SD | 110.3 | 70.6 | 115.3 | 76.5 | 159.1 | 71.4 |
 | RMSE | 0.0746 | 0.0440 | 0.0727 | 0.0462 | 0.0953 | 0.0485 |
45–54 | Mean | 1408.1 | 1131.5 | 1369.2 | 1092.7 | 2506.3 | 2504.9 |
 | SD | 113.9 | 51.6 | 118.1 | 58.2 | 230.2 | 132.7 |
 | RMSE | 0.0716 | 0.0230 | 0.0702 | 0.0231 | 0.0886 | 0.0507 |
55–64 | Mean | 2729.1 | 2268.2 | 2693.4 | 2230.7 | 4102.3 | 4194.2 |
 | SD | 159.8 | 91.2 | 157.4 | 92.9 | 360.2 | 225.0 |
 | RMSE | 0.0538 | 0.0281 | 0.0527 | 0.0271 | 0.0897 | 0.0528 |
65–74 | Mean | 5813.2 | 5101.9 | 5786.0 | 5071.8 | 7240.3 | 6801.9 |
 | SD | 246.6 | 187.0 | 241.4 | 188.6 | 580.1 | 431.2 |
 | RMSE | 0.0437 | 0.0315 | 0.0430 | 0.0316 | 0.0827 | 0.0581 |
75–84 | Mean | 12670.2 | 11669.9 | 12679.5 | 11688.9 | 12123.2 | 10580.9 |
 | SD | 471.3 | 390.4 | 475.5 | 388.6 | 681.8 | 830.9 |
 | RMSE | 0.0378 | 0.0347 | 0.0381 | 0.0345 | 0.0589 | 0.0798 |
85+ | Mean | 25756.5 | 25221.1 | 25859.5 | 25377.8 | 21699.3 | 19692.7 |
 | SD | 1309.6 | 1810.5 | 1294.7 | 1832.1 | 2497.0 | 1569.6 |
 | RMSE | 0.0409 | 0.0543 | 0.0406 | 0.0547 | 0.0885 | 0.0777 |