[Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, St Albans R.D.C.

  • St. Albans (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1972
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Credit: [Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, St Albans R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Comments on Bir'^ ns 4 children died under the age of 1 compared with 6 in 197!» a decrease of 2o This makes the infant mortality rate in 1972, 7o0 compared with lOcO in 1971® Breaking down the number of children who died under the age of 1 year, 2 children died in the first week of life compared with 3 in 1971? giving an early neo-natal mortality rate of 4o0 in 1972 a total of 5 children died under the age of 1 month, compared with 5 children in 1971? giving a neo-natal- mortality rate of 5o0<, There was one death of a child between 1 month and 1 year old in 197jo Considering together the stillbirths, and those children who died in the first week of life (that is, those children whose death resulted as a complication of pregnancy, and childbirth), the perinatal mortality rate was 13«>0. The National figures for England and Wales are given for comparison., There were no deaths due to maternal causes or abortiono DEATHS Number of Deaths; 574 Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated populations 12o6 There were 574 deaths in the district in 1972, compared with 547 in 1971o This gives a death rate of 12o6 compared with a death rate of 12.2 in 1971* When these figures are corrected, the death rate treated in this way becomes 8o9 in 1972 and 7o9 in 1971» The death rate for England and Wales to be compared with this is 12o1. Sto Albans R.D.C. Factor Herts Factor . Crude Death Rate 12,6 0,71 9.5 1,11 12,1 Corrected Death Rate 8,9 10,5 12.1 Death, Birth, Infant Mortadity, Stillbirth and Perinatal Mortality Rates Year Death Birth Infant Mortality Stillbirth Peri-natal Rate Rate Rate Rate Mortality Rate 1952 608 12,8 8,1 1953 I80I 14,5 28,6 1954 17o7 14,5 16,6 1955 19.1 15.2 15.3 1956 19-3 14.4 19c8 1957 I60O 15.3 17o8 1958 13.6 17o3 18,5 1959 12o1 17.7 23,5 i960 12,4 17o6 22,9 1961 12,3 l7o4 16,5 19.2 '35-4 1962 12,7 18,7 20,4 9-5 21.6 1963 13-6 18,2 8,2 12,2 14,9 1964 10,7 17o9 9-5 6.7 10,8 1965 12,3 15o3 13.9 12,2 22,9 1966 13«0 14,7 8,0 11,1 15-9 1967 11,9 14,3 7.0 8,0 11,0 1968 13o5 14,2 17-8 14.4 27.2 1969 13.8 14,0 10,0 8,0 16,0 1970 13.2 14,1 13o0 16,0 24,0 1971 12,2 14,1 10,0 8.0 13-0 1972 12.6 12,1 7.0 9-0 13-0