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RECENT statistics show that the decline in the birth-rate in Switzerland still continues. In. 1939 it exceeded the death-rate by only 3.4 per thousand inhabitants as compared with 3.6 in 1938, 4.2 in 1936, 5.6 in 1930, 6.5 in 1920, 9.9 in 1910 and 11.5 in 1903. The death-rate reached its lowest record in 1934 and in 1937 with 11.3, but rose to 11.6 in 1938 and 11.8 in 1939. Since 1871, with few exceptions, the marriage-rate has fluctuated between 6.8 and 7.9, and the marriage age of single men has risen from 28.5 to 28.9, and of single women from 26.1 to 26.7.
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Vital Statistics of Switzerland. Nature 149, 136 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/149136c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/149136c0