[Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Carlisle City.

  • Carlisle (England). City Council.
Date:
1968
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Credit: [Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Carlisle City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    POPULATION The Registrar General’s estimate of the mid-year population of the City for 1968 is 71,110 an increase of 160 on the figure for 1967. , BIRTHS .lit ■* Live Births In 1968 the number of live births recorded was 32 more than in 1967. The total was 1,224 of which 55 were to mothers normally resident in Scotland. The crude birth rate was 17.21 per thousand of the population, but if the Scottish births had been transferable the rate would have been 16.44. The City birth rate after adjustment by the area comparability factor of 0.98 is 16.87 per thousand of the population. The live birth rate for England and Wales is 16.9 per thousand of the population. Illegitiinate Live Birthi The number of illegitimate live births in the City in 1968 was 99, or 8 less than in the previous year. The percentage of the total live births was 8.09 (7.96 if Scottish births were excluded). Still Births The number of still births in 1968 was 24, or 10 less than in 1967. The rate per thousand live and still births was 19.23 (20.12 if Scottish births and still births were excluded). The rate for England and Wales was 14.0. DEATHS The number of City deaths recorded was 867; of these 40 were of persons who died in Carlisle but were normally resident in Scotland. The crude death rate was 12.19 per thousand of the population, but after adjustment by applying the area comparability factor of 1.01 a rate of 13.41 is obtained. Table I shows the cause of death and the age at death of the 867 persons. The principal causes of death were again heart disease and cerebral vascular accidents.