RT Journal T1 BErlin JF Journal of the American Medical Association JO Journal of the American Medical Association YR 1929 FD March 2 VO 92 IS 9 SP 740 OP 741 DO 10.1001/jama.1929.02700350048023 UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1929.02700350048023 AB The Influence of the World War on Demographic Statistics  The effects of the World War on the demographic statistics of Europe are presented in a comprehensive publication of the League of Nations, from which Dr. Kurt Finkenrath cites in the Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift the most important facts. In 1880, Germany, among the large countries of Europe, led the rest in the size of its birth rate; then came Italy, England and France, the figures in these countries ranging between 25 and 40 per thousand of population. In the following decades, an almost uniform decline in the birth rate was noted, so that the rate in Germany in 1919 had dropped almost to 30 per thousand, in England to 20, and in France to less than 20. Italy alone had not suffered to the same extent, and since 1908 had been the country with the highest birth rate: 32 per thousand.