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Miscellanea Curiosa.

as are the other Irregularities in the Series of Ages, which would rectifie themselves, were the number of Years much more considerable, as 20 instead of 5. And by our own Experience in Christ-Church Hospital , I am inform'd there die of the Young Lads , much about 1 per Cent. per Annum , they being of the aforesaid Ages . From 25 to 50, there seem to die from 7 to 8 and 9 per Annum of each Age; and after that to 70, they growing more crasie , though the number be much diminished, yet the Mortality increases , and there are found to die 10 or 11 of each Age per Annum : From thence the number of the Living being grown very small, they gradually decline till there be none left to die ; as may be seen at one View in the Table.

From these Considerations I have form'd the adjoined Table , whose Uses are manifold, and give a more just Idea of the

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