[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Aberdeen City.

  • Aberdeen (Scotland). City Council.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Aberdeen City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    City of Aberdeen SUMMARY OF STATISTICS. The following is a summary of the principal statistics for the years 1945-1950: — Population estimated to middle of year 1945. *163,108 1946. *176,939 1947. 187,751 1948. 188,853 1949. 189,314 1950. 187,961 Marriage-rate per 1,000 population 12-5 11-9 111 11-1 9-7 9-9 Birth-rate per 1,000 population . 15-5 20-4 22-0 19-1 17-5 17-2 Illegitimate birth-rate per 100 births . 10-0 7-0 5-9 5-9 5-7 5-3 Infant mortality rate .... 54 42 64 34 30 29 Neo-natal mortality rate 27 24 26 20 16 17 Death-rate per 1,000 population . 12-8 12-0 11-9 11-1 11-7 12-1 Malignant diseases death-rate per 1,000 population 1-77 1-75 1-77 1-69 1-82 2-08 All tuberculosis death-rate per 1,000 population 0-52 0-47 0-41 0-37 0-35 0-23 Respiratory tuberculosis death-rate per 1,000 population 0-43 0-40 0 35 0-33 0-32 0-20 Principal epidemic diseases death-rate per 1,000 population 0-16 0-07 0 07 0-05 0-06 0-09 Average age at death '(years) 59-6 60-3 57-3 61-7 64-1 64-9 * Mean civilian population for year.