5 to 10 144 123

10 to 15 132 159

15 to 20 129 114

20 to 30 121 134

30 to 40 212 239

40 to 50 118 126

50 and over 79 62

Total 1,335 1,367

From this census it seems that the Magulang Igorot man is at his prime between the ages of 30 and 40 years, and that the death rate for men between the ages of 40 and 50 is nearly as great as the death rate among children between 5 to 10 years of age, being 52.7 per cent.  Beyond the age of 50 collapse is sudden, since all the men more than 50 years old are less than half the number of those between the ages of 40 and 50 years.

Woman

The women average 4 feet 9 3/8 inches in height.  In appearance they are short and stocky.  Twenty-nine women from Bontoc and vicinity were measured; the tallest was 5 feet 4 3/4 inches, and the shortest 4 feet 4 3/4 inches.  The following table presents the average measurements of twenty-nine women: 

Average measurements of Bontoc women

Measurements

CM.

Stature
145.800

Spread of arms
149.603

Head length
18.593

Head breadth
14.706

Cephalic index (per cent)
79.094

Nasal length
4.582

Nasal breadth
3.608

Nasal index (per cent)
78.744

These measurements show that the composite woman —­ the average of the measurements of twenty-nine women —­ is mesaticephalic.  The extremes of cephalic index are 87.64 and 64.89; both are measurements of women about 35 years of age.  Of the twenty-nine women twelve are brachycephalic; twelve are mesaticephalic; and five are dolichocephalic.

The Bontoc woman has a “medium,” or mesorhine, nose, as is shown by the above figures.  Four of the twenty-nine women have the “narrow” leptorhine nose with nasal index below 70; seven have platyrhine or the “broad” nose with index greater than 85; while seventeen have the “medium” or mesorhine nose with nasal index between 70 and 85.  The broadest nose has an index of 97.56, and the narrowest an index of 58.53.

The women reach the age of maturity well prepared for its responsibilities.  They have more adipose tissue than the men, yet are never fat.  The head is carried erect, but with a certain stiffness —­ often due, in part, no doubt, to shyness, and in part to the fact that they carry all their burdens on their heads.  I believe the neck more often appears short than does the neck of the man.  The shoulders are broad, and flat across the back.  The breasts are large, full, and well supported.  The hips are broad and well set, and the waist (there is no natural waist line) is frequently no smaller than the hips, though smaller than the shoulders.  Their arms are smooth and strong, and they throw stones