University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, April 11, 1990
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Men are catching up, census study reports
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Men are catching up, at least in numbers. The Census Bureau said yesterday that the number of men grew faster than the number of women in the '80s, something that hasn't happened since the first decade of this century.
Death rates for men declined more rapidly than for women, extending male lifespans and allowing their population to increase more rapidly than women, the new study disclosed.
Cancer deaths increased among women as they dropped among men. Increased smoking by women beginning in the 1960s was a likely factor in the change, a census expert said.
"The male population outgrew the female population in every age group under 85." Frederick W.键盘上 The Census Bureau reported.
From 1980 to 1989, the number of men in the nation increased by 10,557,000 as the female population grew 10,448,000, the Bureau
Even so, women continue to outnumber men in the United States, 127 million to 121 million, the report showed.
The last decade in which the number of men increased faster than women was 1900-1910, the Census Bureau noted.
The balance of population is determined not only by the number of people born but also by the number of people who they remain alive, Holmberg said.
More male babies are born than females, he said, but generally a sort of equilibrium is reached where males don't live as long as females.
The higher death rate for men means that although they outnumber women at birth, women surpass men in total numbers later
Hollmann said a contributor to the males outpacing females in the 1980s was the change in death rates.
"Male life expectancy has continued to improve gradually during the decade," he said. "Female life expectancy has improved very little since 1982."
Life expectancy for men increased from 70.9 years in 1862 to 71.5 in 1867, an improvement of six-tenths of a year, he said. During the same time period, life expectancy for women went up only one-tenth of a year, from 78.2 to 78.3.
The reason seems to be changing patterns of disease as more and more women took up smoking and moved into traditionally male-dominated jobs and lifetimes, Holmann said.
Commission could throw legal towel at lake nudity
By a Kansan reporter
Nude sunbathers may have to wrap up their act at another Douglas County lake this summer.
Douglas County commissioners will hear public debate tonight about whether nude sunbathing and swimming should remain legal at Clinton Lake.
Chris McKenzie, county administrator, said public nudity was already illegal at Lone Star Lake. Commissioners will decide tonight whether nudity should be illegal within 300 feet of the Clinton shoreline. All county property surrounding the lake would be included in the proposed regulation.
The commission decided last week to hear debate on the issue after receiving a request from Loren Anderson, Douglas County sheriff.
Anderson said the sheriffs office had not had any problems with sun-seekers at Clinton but had received several inquiries last summer about the legality of nude sunbathing.
"What we'd like to do is avoid problems in the future," Anderson
Boy Scout Lake, which abuts Clinton, would not be subject to the proposed legislation because it is on private property, Anderson said.
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will be difficult, White said.
"The coalitions have varying platforms," White said. "But minority concerns and campus safety will be major concerns."
White said that he expected the
Morris said he was encouraged by the number of coaltions running and because they wanted to improve Senate.
"People need to vote and know what they are voting for," White said. "It doesn't take much time.
Senate race to be close and that he encouraged students to vote.
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they wouldn't sit still. I know how much I lived and breathed for his stories."
problem somewhere," she said. "If I can, I want to make them forget. If those problems. If a child is having a ba day, I want to make him
Margie Coggins, librarian at the elementary school, said Torrence's visit Monday was a rare opportunity.
She said that when telling one of the 300 stories in her repertoire, whether it was an African-American yarn or an Appalachian folk tale, her goal was to make children happy.
"I know every child has some
her here," she said. "We want the children to enjoy the oral tradition of storytelling, which is one of the oldest art forms."
Torrence will give a public storytelling performance at 7 tonight at the Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vermont St. Today is her last day in Lawrence.
"We are absolutely thrilled to have
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