[Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, Dover R.D.C.

  • Dover (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1969
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Credit: [Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, Dover R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A revised cause classification of deaths uas introduced hy the Registra.r General in the mortality statistics for ^^GQ follo\7ing the pro- duction hy the World Health Organisation of the eighth edition of the Ilonual of the International Cl8.ssifica.tion of Diseases, Injuries and CausGS of Death, Deaths are now classified under 65 headings in lieu of the 36 in use up to the year 1967* Cause of Death Male Female Total Malignant Heoplasm - Oesophagus .,....,.,,.. 2 1 3 Halignant Neoplasm - Intestine 1 3 4 Ivlalignant Neoplasm - Larynx .. 1 - 1 Maligna.nt Neopi asm - Stomach ..,.,. 2 2 4 Malignant Neoplasm - Breast - 1 1 Malignant Neoplasm - Lung, Bronchus 6 3 9 Jlalignant Neoplasm - Uterus ....,., X 1 1 Malignant Neoplasm - Prostate 3 X 3 Leukaemia - 1 1 Other Malignant Neoplasms 2 6 8 Other Endocrine Etc, Diseases - 1 1 Anaemias - 1 1 Mental Disorders - 1 1 Other diseases of Nervoixs System 1 2 3 Chronic Rheumatic Heart Disease , - 2 2 Hypertensive Disease 1 - 1 Ischaemic Heart Disease 29 14 43 Othe-r Forms of Heart Disease 7 5 12 Cerebrovascular Disease 16 22 38 Other Diseases of Circulatoxy System 2 3 5 Influenza 1 1 2 Pneumonia 7 5 12 Bronchitis and Emphysema 10 1 11 Other Diseases of Respiratory System 1 - 1 C-irrhosis of Liver ^ 1 - 1 Other Diseases of Dierestive Svstem 1 2 3 Other Diseases Genito-urinary System ....... - 2 2 Diseases of Musculo-Skeletal System - 1 1 Birth Injury, Difficult Labour 1 - 1 Other causes of perinatal mortality - 2 2 Symptoms and ill-defined conditions 1 5 6 All other accidents ^^^^. 4 3 7 Suicide and self-inflicted injuries 1 1 2 TOTAL 101 92 193 - 5 -