The growth of the divorce evil in recent years has been a
subject of wide comment, and many remedies have been advocated.
The diagrams and maps here shown indicate the increase and
present status of divorces in the United States as compared with
other lands.
[Illustration: DIVORCE-RATE PER 100,000 POPULATION IN
1900. (See DIVORCE.)]
This diagram affords a comparison between the divorce-rate in
the United States and in certain foreign countries.
[Illustration: SHOWING NUMBER OF DIVORCES GRANTED FOR
CERTAIN SPECIFIED CAUSES, FROM 1867 TO 1906. (See
DIVORCE.)]
[Illustration: MARRIAGE MAP OF THE UNITED STATES.
(See DIVORCE.)]
This chart is based on the average annual number of marriages
per 10,000 adult unmarried population in the various States and
Territories.
[Illustration: DIVORCE MAP OF THE UNITED STATES.
(See DIVORCE.)]
This diagram is based on the average annual number of divorces
per 100,000 married population in the various States and
Territories.
(807)
See BIRTH-RATE IN FRANCE.