Fact book on aging : selected charts and tables on the personal characteristics, income, employment, living arrangements and health of older persons in the population / Federal Security Agency, Committee on Aging and Geriatrics.

  • United States. Committee on Aging
Date:
1952]
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Credit: Fact book on aging : selected charts and tables on the personal characteristics, income, employment, living arrangements and health of older persons in the population / Federal Security Agency, Committee on Aging and Geriatrics. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table 25.--Death rates? for selected causes, at specified ages, United States: 1949 Cause of death 85 and over JAIL ELIA SS Sa! SI oe slintetateietels Oe 242.0 Tuberculosis, all forms (001-019)... 6.0106 clss sees a6 Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues Apa OO Sal starat ate eisialeiaie is afiais (seine will sie) sle/sisayerele! i eile 17-6 Diabetes meLetws 1 (GO) coo excesses cies ae se os eis 6 oa 6 alesis} Major cardiovascular renal diseases (330-334, 400-468, 592-594)........ceeceoee ais tetehiot ets sieheie lens 172.9 Vascular lesions affecting central nervous SVSCSM GO OSA yoo cnsic oie) wilewie ele gichesia)osie%s wie 84.5 Diseases of heart (410-443).......... mietaisieile 107.9 Hypertension without mention of heart (444—-447)........ coo kanaaece pie ieie ie etele Biavistele 8.4 General arteriosclerosis (450)........-..6- 20.9 Other diseases of circulatory system (400-402, 451-468)........... ie ei anevers aeiers -9 Chronic and unspecified nephritis and other renal sclerosis (592-594).....c.2+ccceccee 5.3 Influenza and pneumonia (480-493).....-e.ceseeee 10.5 Hernia and intestinal obstruction (560, 561, OW Oiseieves sners aNametelis) ercloteielcystalaraiecs piste eReiaycleieionsislsnsapieve 1.4 Hyperplasia of prostate (610).......-2s--sceeeee 2.4 Symptoms, senility, and ill-defined conditions W7EG—7 SOs c/s) oaraner sie shaliehelals: steiaieteiesenela tae Saeod os S35 9.6 Accidents (E800-E962)........-... PERS Sivas COND OS 12.9 Motor-vehicle accidents (E810-E835)....... 5 8 All other accidents (E800-E802, E640- BOG) eiatoisietsletelolaheis oie tels cur 2 eke! oheiol assis ei oonicushe laters 12.3 All other causes......... SA oe Sas od Bone Sesteiers 12.4 trates are per 1,000 estimated midyear population, excluding armed forces overseas. Numbers after causes of death are category numbers of the Sixth Revision of the Inter- national Lists, 1948. Source: Public Health Service, National Office of Vital Statistics.
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