[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Counties of Perth & Kinross.

  • Perthshire (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1960
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Credit: [Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Counties of Perth & Kinross. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Deaths from Cancer of the Lung, I960 -35 -45 -55 -65 -75 75+ Totals Hales - 6 13' 5 5 29 Females - 1 1 2 - 4 Totals - 7 14 7 5 33 Cerebral Haemorrhage . Cerebral Haemorrhage accounted for 227 deaths, giving a death rate of 2.5, compared to 2.22 for last year. 191 (&U%) of the deaths occurred at the age of 65 and upwards, compared to 182 (89%) last year. Tuberculosis. Tuberculosis caused 2 deaths, giving a rate of 0.02 per thousand of the population, the rates for previous years being 0.10 for 1956, 0.07 for 1957, 0.05 for 1958 and 0.07 for 1959, the corresponding figures for Scotland being 0.16, 0.14, 0.13, 0.10 and 0.07 for the years 1956-60 respectively. All the deaths were due to respiratory tuberculosis. The figures for Scotland were respiratory 0.09, non-respiratory 0.01. Combined County - Various death rates 1911 to 1950 Years Senile Death Rate of A> Heart Disease Cerebral Haemorrhage and other diseases of blood vessels Cancer and other malignant conditions Tuberculosis all forms i 1911-15 1.13 1916-20 0.96 1921-25 0.78 1926-30 0.60 1931-35 59.7 2.60 1.72 1.95 0.49 1936-40 63.1 3.10 1.72 1.93 0.40 1941-45 66.5 3.94 1.78 2.00 0.47 1946-50 68.0 4*44 1.93 2.12 0.32 1951-55 73.5 4.86 2.12 2.24 0.15 1956-60 72.8 4.90 2.24 2.23 0.06 / - 19H-30, figures refer to Perth County only Except Senile Death Rate, rates are per thousand population.