Report of the Department of Health / City of Montreal.

  • Montréal (Québec). Department of Public Health.
Date:
[1960]
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Credit: Report of the Department of Health / City of Montreal. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    lea deux sjm&ea prec6dentas* Lgs taux par 1*000 de population sont 9*7 et 9*0 respec- tivomontl ce qui indiquo une nuptialite 16g4rament plus basse de 0,2 par rapport 4 193>8 male cette diminution est plus accen- tu6e par rapport 4 19# (voir tableau no I). Mortality Le nombro des d6c4s en 19# et en I960 se chiffre 4 10*166 et 4 9*£l6 respective- ment. Bien que ces chiffros soient sensi- blement lea mdme3 de 19# 4 19#* lfann6e I960 deroge avec lea ann6es anterieures par le fait quelle marque une baiase substan- tielle du norabre des dec4s s*6levant 4 6£0* Lea taux indiquent une diminution graduelle de 19^8 4 195>9* diminution qui est plus ac- centu6o en I960* soit 8,7 et 8,0 par 1*000 de population* Le taux de i960 eat le plus ba3 jamais enregistr6 4 Montreal** C*est a us si la lie fois qufil tombe au-dessous de 9 depuis lea cinq derai4res annees* TVincipalea causes de la mortallt6 generale Lea plus importantes causes de d6cSs sont encore les maladies de coeur et le can¬ cer* bien nue depuis deux ans cea deux causes accusant une baisse appreciable two preceding years* The rates per 1*000 population are 9*7 and 9*6 respectively! which indicates a marriage-rate slightly lower by 0.2 as against that of 19f>3 but this decrease is more marked when compared to 19# (see table no* I) Deaths The number of deaths in 19# and in I960 comes to 10*166 and 9#5>16 respecti¬ vely* Though the figures fran 19# to 19# are quite similar, the year of I960 is different from the preceding years due to the fact that it shows a substantial decrease amounting to 660* The rates point to a gradual decline from 19# to 19#* decline Which is more pronounced in I960* that is 8.7 and 8.0 per 1*000 population* The rate of i960 is the lowest ever to be recorded in Montreal* It is also the fourth time that it falls below 9 since the last five years* Leading causes of death Hie most important causes of death are again diseases of the heart and cancerj though for two years these two causes show a substantial decrease for each rate with