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populations at the same ages. The occupations of the two communities being so entirely diverse that no comparisons of any value could be made. [[two columned table]] | Elizabeth City Co. Va. | State of New York | | --- | --- | | 6 years old and under 17.44 per cent | under 5 years 13.69 per ct | | 7 years to 14 both inclusive 20.77 + per ct| over 5 and 15 years 22.20 + per ct | | 15 years to 20 both inclusive 10.82 + per ct | Between 10 and 20 years 10.16 + per ct | | 21 years to 50 both inclusive 40.69 + per ct | Between 20 and 50 years 42.80 + per ct | | 51 years to 70 both inclusive 8.47 + per ct | Between 50 and 70 years 9.30 + per ct | | over 70 1.17 + per ct | Between over 70 1.82 + per ct | It will be seen that among the colored population the ages under (15) fifteen are in the greater proportion of 2.34 per-cent; from the ages of fifteen (15) to twenty (20) the two populations are about parallel; from twenty (20) to fifty (50) the white population is little more than two (2) per-cent in excess, and over fifty (50) it is nearly one (1) per-cent greater; how much the result of the greater mortality in the middle and older ages of the colored people is due to want and negligence it is of course impossible to say, but from these tables it appears that the proportion of children among the colored is not as excessive as is generally