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

  • Edmonton (Alta.). Board of Health.
Date:
[1964]
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Credit: Report / Board of Health, City of Edmonton, Alberta. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    RESIDENT LIVE BIRTHS BY AGE OF MOTHER AND ORDER OF 1 BIRTH 1964 Over -14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 44 Total % 1st cnild _ 3 663 1,352 402 145 42 10 — 2,617 30.2 2nd child ___ — 192 1,062 712 253 90 16 1 2,326 26.2 3rd child ____ — 28 483 604 399 132 45 1 1,692 19.7 4th child _ — 7 136 356 285 133 23 — 940 10.9 5th child _____ — — 47 132 183 113 49 2 526 6.3 6th child __ — — 7 75 97 71 23 2 275 3.4 7th child „.. .. — — — 21 52 37 19 2 131 1.7 8th child __ — — — 5 20 27 7 1 60 .7 9th child ... . — — — 2 15 17 8 — 42 .5 10th child and over .. . — — — 2 5 16 13 — 36 .4 3 890 3,087 2,311 1,454 678 213 9 8,645 100 STILLBIRTHS 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 Total stillbirths .. 156 142 142 128 142 Resident stillbirths only 115 101 91 89 92 Male ... _ 55 59 45 42 40 Female _ 60 42 48 47 52 Cause of Foetal Deaths Dystocia ___ 10 18 5 14 9 Prematurity __ 15 11 9 8 10 Toxemia of pregnancy 3 3 5 5 — 5vnhili<; Malformation _ 10 9 8 20 8 Placenta and membranes 52 28 26 20 17 Traumatism _ 3 — — — — Other conditions _ ____ _ 22 32 38 22 31 DEATHS Total deaths _ 2,651 2,665 2,652 2,536 2,552 Resident deaths only ... 1,953 1,938 1,814 1,726 1 ,737 Male _ 1,222 1,188 1,143 1,101 1 ,087 Female _ 731 750 671 625 650 Resident rate per 1,000 population ... 5.4 6.38 6. 1 6.2 6.5 Racial Origin Canada .. __ 693 621 579 558 487 British Isles ... 526 576 575 481 538 Europe and Asia .... . . .. 584 598 529 521 489 U.S.A. _ 145 126 105 114 113 Others ___ 5 17 26 53 110 PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DEATH, 1964 c o Total Male Female % of Total Deaths Rate pe 100 M Populati 420-434 Diseases of heart ..... 622 416 206 31.8 178.1 140-205 Cancer ___ 362 203 159 18.5 103.3 800-999 External causes ____ 174 127 47 8.9 49.8 330-334 Vascular lesions affecting central nervous system _ ___ 169 85 84 8.7 48.4 750-776 Diseases of early infancy _ 149 96 53 7.6 42.7 490-493 Pneumonia ....... 98 57 41 5.0 28.1 440-447 Hypertension ...... 26 15 11 1.3 7.4 260 Diabetes mellitus _ 23 14 9 1.2 6.6 410-416 Chronic rheumatic heart disease _ 21 11 10 1.1 6.0 500-502 Bronchitis ... 18 18 — 0.9 5.1 All other causes ... 291 180 111 15.0 83.7 Total ... 1,953 1,222 731 100.0% 559.2 Total