Relation of Age at Death of Parents to Gross and Nett Fertility. (After Weinberg.)
Years under 30 A 0.58 C 1.00 A 0.93 C 1.79 B 0.62 D 1.34 B 0.82 D 1.72
30-40 A 1.38 C 2.81 A 1.65 C 3.40 B 1.41 D 2.70 B 1.81 D 3.53
40-50 A 2.31 C 3.94 A 1.88 C 3.34 B 1.90 D 3.69 B 2.25 D 4.52
50-60 A 2.39 C 4.05 A 2.31 C 3.69 B 2.21 D 4.04 B 1.92 D 3.42
60-70 A 3.05 C 4.76 A 2.62 C 4.37 B 2.88 D 4.65 B 2.79 D 4.28
70-100 A 3.38 C 5.50 A 2.76 C 4.34 B 3.22 D 5.53 B 2.80 D 4.33
A - Non-tuberculous families, number of children surviving 20th year. B - Tuberculous " " " " " C - Non-tuberculous families, number of children dying before attaining 20th year. D - Tuberculous " " " " "
Number of non-tuberculous families about 1,900 (1876-79-86), of tuberculous about 3,000 (1873-89); from Stuttgart family registers.
"The gross as well as the nett fertility of those which have died increases with the age attained, the latter, however, in a greater degree, because the mortality of children decreases with the greater age attained at death. With the wife the curve is less steep and less regular, because in her case mortality is unfavourably influenced by the birth functions; this is particularly plainly seen in the case of tuberculous women, when the curve has two peaks."
The same fact of heredity of "constitution" is demonstrated in Weinberg's Table C 8 showing the +age at death of the parents and the mortality of the children up to the age of 20.+ It is based on the same material as Table 7 and proves: "With the increasing age of the parents child mortality decreases, especially so in the case of the children of the tuberculous, and the number of children reaching the age of sexual maturity increases correspondingly."
Age at Death of Parents and Mortality of the Children up to the Age of 20 (including Still-born).
Age at death of father of mother of father of mother
Under 30 42.1 45.1 52.9 54.8 30- 40 51.2 51.6 48.6 40.6 40- 50 38.3 43.8 48.3 50.2 50- 60 41.5 35.6 45.5 43.7 60- 70 38.1 40.1 38.1 36.4 70-100 38.5 36.2 42.4 39.8
The same is proved by the two Tables C 9 and 10 by Ploëtz referring to +age at death of fathers and mothers and child mortality up to the age of five years+. Very striking in both these tables is the extremely low mortality of the offspring of the parents with the greatest longevity.