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Statistics On
Marriage
CANBERRA. Friday. — The
average age for marriage in
Australia Is: Men 28, women 25.
This is shown In figures for 1048
—the latest available—released to
day by the Commonwealth Statis
tician" (Dr, Roland Wilson U
The figures show that more
Australian men arc married at 23
than at anv other age. Most popu
lar age for brides is 21.
Of all marriages performed In
Australia, 9 per cent, are per
formed by civil officers.
Church marriages are most
popular in Queensland, and least
popular In western Australia.
Mortality figures released by Dr.
Wilson show that the infantile
mortality rate has fallen in Aus
tralia from 120 per 1009 children
under one year in 1875, to 28 in
Victoria (24) has the lowest in
fantile mortality rate, followed by
Western Australia, Tasmania,
Queensland, South Australia, and
New South Wales (30).
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