Table: TABLE II. CAUSES OF DEATH, 1954.
TABLE II. CAUSES OF DEATH, 1954.
| 1952 | 1953 | 1954 |
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| Total. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total |
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1. Tuberculosis—Respiratory | 17 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
2. Tuberculosis—Other | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
3. Syphilitic Diseases | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 |
4. Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — |
5. Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | — |
6. Meningococcal Infection | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
7. Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
8. Measles | — | — | — | — | — |
9. Other infective and parasiticdiseases | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
10. Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 22 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
11. Malignant neoplasm, lungbronchus | 21 | 38 | 31 | 5 | 36 |
12. Malignant neoplasm, breast | 14 | 13 | — | 19 | 19 |
13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus | 5 | 5 | — | 9 | 9 |
14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 65 | 75 | 42 | 28 | 70 |
15. Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
16. Diabetes | 7 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 |
17. Vascular lesions of nervous system | 103 | 66 | 38 | 41 | 79 |
18. Coronary disease, angina | 101 | 99 | 65 | 42 | 107 |
19. Hypertension with heart disease | 16 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 22 |
20. Other heart disease | 117 | 96 | 35 | 52 | 87 |
21. Other circulatory disease | 40 | 51 | 10 | 15 | 25 |
22. Influenza | 2 | 11 | — | 1 | 1 |
23. Pneumonia | 27 | 32 | 15 | 13 | 28 |
24. Bronchitis | 38 | 44 | 29 | 10 | 39 |
25. Other diseases of respiratorysystem | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
26. Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
28. Nephritis and nephrosis | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
29. Hyperplasia of prostate | 4 | 6 | 6 | — | 6 |
30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | 2 | — | — | — | — |
31. Congenital malformation | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
32. Other defined and ill-defineddiseases | 59 | 56 | 28 | 31 | 59 |
33. Motor vehicle accidents | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
34. All other accidents | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
35. Suicide | 8 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
36. Homicide and operations of war | — | — | — | — | — |
All causes | 739 | 732 | 364 | 314 | 678 |