from the Cemetery Database
Q: How many males died between 1930 and 1940 that were over the age of 40?
A: There were 275 males. Also, 85 males died between 1930 to 1935, and 195 males died between 1936 and 1940.
Q: How many males died at the age of 50 before 1920 and after 1920.
A: 13% of the 50 year old males died before 1920, and 87 % of the 50 year old males died after 1920.
Q: How many females lived past the age of 30 and died in the year 1900, 1920. 1940, and 1980?
A: No females lived past the age of 30 and died in the year 1900, 8 died in 1920, 52 died in 1940, and only 4 died in 1980.
Q: What are the most common female names from every decade in the 1800's?
A: 1800s: Emma; 1820s: Virginia; 1820s: Elizabeth; 1830s: Harriet; 1840s: Sarah; 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, and 1880s: Mary; and in the 1890s, there was a tie for Mary and Mabel.
Q: How many females under the age of 25 died in 1900, 1920, 1930, 1940, and 1950 compared to the number of males in those years?
A: 1900: F=6, M=2; 1920: F=4, M=6; 1940: F=3, M= 14; 1950: F= 0, M= 3
(overall, more males died under the age of 25 during those years than females)
Q: What are the number of women compared to men who lived past the age of 90 from 1880 to 1960?
A: Females= 26, males= 13 The ratio of females to males= 2:1.
Q: How many females died under the age of 20 in the years 1920, 1930. 1940, 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, and 1990.
A: The years with the most deaths of women under the age of 20 were 1920 and 1940 (3). There were no women under the age of 20 in 1950, 1970, and 1990, with only 1 in the 1930, 1960,and 1980.
Q: What was the leading decade of death (compared to Billings’ population) in Billings?
A: The leading decade of death is 1930 – 1939. 1900: 180; 1911: 300; 1921: 180; 1931: 550; 1941: 420; 1951: 170; 1961: 150, 1971: 140; 1981: 130; 1991: 90.
Q: What percent of people were females who died under the age of 70 in each decade?
A: 1880s: 1.5%; 1890s: 1.7%; 1900s: 2.3%; 1910s: 1.2%; 1920s: 0.4%; 1930s: 0.8%; 1940s: 0.5%; 1950s: 0.1%; 1960s: 0.05%; 1970s: 0.04%; 1980s: 0.01%; 1990s: 0.01%.
Q: How many people died in each decade?
A: 1880: male: 0, infant, 0, female, 0
1890: male: 0, infant, 0, female, 1
1900: male: 5, infant, 4, female, 6
1910: male: 10, infant, 5, female, 10
1920: male: 26, infant, 8, female, 13
1930: male: 15, infant, 3, female, 9
1940: male: 63, infant, 9, female, 57
1950: male: 15, infant, 9, female, 12
1960: male: 11, infant, 1, female, 8
1970: male: 7, infant, 0, female, 7
1980: male: 4, infant, 1, female, 6
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