[Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Middleton Borough.

  • Middleton (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1963
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Credit: [Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Middleton Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    COMMENT ON DEATHS The crude death rate is somewhat increased during the year, but the reader will note the considerable difference between the crude death rate of 9.85 per 1,000 and the adjusted rate of 15.2. As explained in my introductory letter this “ adjustment ” is a statistical device to level out differences between areas due to unusual age/sex structure of the local population. As in recent years, the principal causes of death were Diseases of Heart and Circulation . 191 deaths (32.9 per cent) Cancer (all sites) . 115 deaths (18.3 per cent) Vascular Lesions of Nervous System ... 90 deaths (15.5 per cent) Diseases of Respiratory System . 86 deaths (14.8 per cent) These four major groups are thus responsible for 82 per cent, or more than four out of five deaths. From a study of Table A.8, it will be noted that while over 75 per cent of men had died before age 75, a much lesser propor¬ tion (56 per cent) of women died before this age. It will also be noted that just over half (52 per cent) of local men lived to pensionable age.