[Report 1953-1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Berkshire County Council.

  • Berkshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1954
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Credit: [Report 1953-1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Berkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    33 TABLE X.~CAUSES OF. AND AGES AT, DEATH, 1953. Administrative County of Berks. Net Deaths in Age Groups of Residents,” whether occurring within or without the County. Causes of Death. Age Groups. All Ages. 0— 1— 5— IS— 25— 45— 05— 75 and up- wards. Tuberculosis, respiratory 37 I 3 6 15 4 Tuberculosis, other 2 Syphilitic disease 6 1 Diphtheria — Whooping cough 3 1 2 Meningococcal infections 2 1 1 Acute poliomyelitis 6 1 1 1 3 Measles... 2 1 I Other infective and parasitic diseases 5 1 Malignant neoplasm, stomach 85 2 23 28 32 .. ,, lung, bronchus 94 — — 3 56 23 12 ,, ,, breast ... 64 — — 6 25 17 16 ,, ,, uterus ... 32 3 5 Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms 299 1 I 17 86 94 100 Leukaemia, aleukaemia 10 I 1 2 Diabetes 24 1 3 5 5 10 Vascular lesions of nervous system ... 4S2 6 72 133 241 Coronary disease, angina 405 5 94 140 166 Hypertension with heart disease 47 6 24 Other heart disease 481 1 6 3.‘^7 Other circulatory disease 209 3 16 37 153 Influenza 85 2 1 I 1 2 8 22 48 Pneumonia 193 14 ' 1 1 5 32 99 Bronchitis 156 1 29 43 83 Other diseases of respiratory system 31 I I 2 1 12 5 9 Ulcer of stomach and duodenum 45 L2 22 Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea 23 4 1 Nephritis and nephrosis 23 2 5 5 4 7 Hyperplasia of prostate 33 I 12 20 Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion 5 1 3 Congenital malformations 22 13 3 1 2 3 Other defined and ill-defined diseases 335 69 2 3 4 18 52 47 140 Motor vehicle accidents 35 2 2 6 8 All other accidents 78 4 4 4 5 9 11 12 29 Suicide ... 17 3 Homicide and operations of war — — — All causes 1,570