Report / Board of Health, City of Edmonton, Alberta.

  • Edmonton (Alta.). Board of Health.
Date:
[1948]
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Credit: Report / Board of Health, City of Edmonton, Alberta. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DEATH. 1948 1948 1947 s a o o Total Male Female % of Total Deaths Rate per 10 Population Total Male Female % of Total Deaths Rate per 1C Population 90— 95 Diseases of the heart . ..291 191 100 29.0 238.5 260 168 92 25.9 219.3 45— 55 Cancer and other malignant tumors . ..160 87 73 15.9 126.3 143 81 62 15.5 120.6 83 Intracranial lesons of vascular origin . ..113 54 59 11.1 89.2 85 43 42 9.2 71.7 157-161 Congenital debility, pre¬ mature birth, diseases peculiar to 1st year of life. .. 87 55 32 8..6 00.8 66 42 24 7.1 55.6 163—198 External causes . .. 57 40 17 5.6 45.8 56 46 10 6.1 47.2 107—108 Pneumonia, broncho pneumonia. .. 48 29 19 4.7 38.7 56 33 23 6.1 47.2 13— 22 Tuberculosis, all forms . .. 33 18 15 3.2 26.0 28 13 15 3.0 23.6 119—120 Diarrhea and enteritis . .. 19 12 7 1.8 15.0 20 12 8 2.1 16.9 130—132 Nephritis . .. 17 8 9 1.6 13.4 27 11 16 2.9 22.8 61 Diabetes Mellitus . ... 8 2 6 .7 6.3 14 7 7 1.5 10.0 833 496 337 83.0 754 456 299 82.0 MORTALITY FROM HEART DISEASE Total Deaths From Percentage of Rate per 100M Year Deaths Heart Disease Total Deaths Population 1948. .1003 291 29.0 238.5 1947. . 918 260 • 25.9 219.3 1946. . 968 262 27.0 227.8 1945. . 864 232 26.8 207.6 1944. . 825 199 24.1 183.5 MORTALITY FROM CANCER Total Deaths From Percentage of Rate per 100M Year Deaths Cancer Total Deaths Population 1948. .1003 160 15.9 126.3 1947. . 918 143 15.5 120.6 1946. . 968 146 15.1 126.9 1945. . 864 148 17.1 132.4 1944. . 825 132 16.0 121.7 MORTALITY FROM INTRACRANIAL LESIONS OF VASCULAR ORIGIN Total Deaths From Percentage of Rate per 100M Year Deaths This Cause Total Deaths Population 1948. .1003 113 11.1 89.2 1947. . 918 85 9.2 71.7 1946. . 968 97 10.0 84.3 1945. . 864 93 10.7 83.2 1944. . 825 84 10.1 77.5 MORTALITY FROM TUBERCULOSIS Total Deaths From Percentage of Rate per 100M Year Deaths Tuberculosis Total Deaths Population 1948. .1003 33 3.2 26.0 1947. . 918 28 3.0 23.6 1946. . 968 30 3.0 26.0 1945. . 864 28 3.2 25.0 1944. . 825 26 3.1 23.9 MORTALITY FROM PNEUMONIA Total Deaths From Percentage of Rate per 100M Year Deaths Pneumonia Total Deaths Population 1948... .1003 48 4.7 38.7 1947. . 918 56 6.1 47.2 1946. . 968 49 5.0 42.6 1945. . 864 43 4.9 39.3 1944. . 825 41 4.9 37.8