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Camden 1966

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Table: TABLE 2 CAUSES OF DEATH - 1948-1966

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TABLE 2 CAUSES OF DEATH - 1948-1966

Population		260,640	263,820	264,630	261,390	261,250	260,080	257,950	254,270	254,320	251, 360	249, 150	246,880	246,790	244,762	243, 350	242,290	243,360	240,970	239,770
Causes of death		1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966
1	Tuberculosis, respiratory	139	140	103	108	64	57	51	52	30	25	32	24	17	11	13	16	10	9	20
2	Tuberculosis, other forms	10	7	11	11	8	5	4	5	5	2	4	2	1	1	3	-	1	1	1
3	Syphilitic diseases	31	16	22	24	24	14	17	13	12	15	6	14	3	11	10	13	6	13	5
4	Diphtheria	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	Whooping cough	3	3	1	2	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
6	Meningococcal infection	1	-	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	-	-	2	-	2	2	-	-	1	-
7	Acute poliomyelitis	-	7	5	-	2	2	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	Measles	1	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
9	Other infective and parasitic diseases	2	-	10	8	13	6	11	11	7	8	5	5	4	8	7	9	3	2	6
10	Malignant neoplasm, stomach	80	86	78	77	61	100	49	71	73	70	66	63	66	85	67	71	55	51	54
11	Malignant neoplasm, lungs and bronchus	*	*	118	146	151	167	129	150	155	164	152	141	173	126	175	158	170	180	181
12	Malignant neoplasm, breast	63	67	68	62	51	79	39	45	52	55	45	50	56	59	53	58	47	60	55
13	Malignant neoplasm, uterus	‡47	‡55	30	20	23	41	20	28	22	23	24	31	32	28	20	34	20	15	10
14	Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms	388	367	298	302	324	334	274	300	287	278	342	287	283	183	265	248	288	285	293
15	Leukaemia, aleukaemia	†	†	9	14	19	23	9	14	14	18	10	18	18	10	20	13	11	17	12
16	Diabetes	15	17	22	27	16	18	13	12	19	17	20	19	7	15	17	27	16	17	20
17	Vascular lesions of nervous system	302	288	265	319	347	269	254	260	313	277	300	254	282	260	237	262	232	233	253
18	Coronary disease, angina	714	826	361	434	452	450	458	461	521	505	486	494	525	498	597	582	484	554	550
19	Hypertension with heart disease			130	121	60	45	64	56	67	58	58	49	38	50	41	25	20	30	21
20	Other heart disease			373	386	361	241	197	190	205	209	195	184	220	201	204	212	174	187	140
21	Other circulatory disease	167	164	128	117	133	123	117	159	144	130	129	114	111	144	126	123	132	117	125
22	Influenza	2	15	12	49	7	28	9	10	6	30	10	39	3	14	7	5	2	.	8
23	Pneumonia	120	175	148	180	123	152	103	113	160	161	177	208	156	181	204	251	155	149	191
24	Bronchitis	143	220	165	257	231	235	162	201	201	183	198	192	159	165	174	145	115	130	144
25	Other diseases of respiratory system	23	34	22	37	25	22	17	29	26	26	22	23	17	17	24	22	27	19	15
26	Ulcer of stomach and duodenum	37	44	52	51	36	42	42	33	48	32	42	42	30	30	32	18	17	22	26
27	Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea	10	5	11	15	19	13	4	12	17	8	13	12	22	13	14	15	11	14	16
28	Nephritis and nephrosis	72	52	20	28	35	25	32	26	16	19	16	15	15	18	16	12	14	14	14
29	Hyperplasia of prostate	†	†	21	22	18	12	19	28	23	24	18	19	12	12	12	6	7	4	9
30	Pregnancy, childbirth and abortion	4	8	4	4	3	5	2	1	4	1	1	2	1	4	1	5	1	1	3
31	Congenital malformations	76	71	27	31	29	21	27	25	36	26	40	33	27	24	28	33	41	35	25
32	Other defined and ill-defined di seases	262	245	231	231	256	179	194	222	227	217	188	233	220	208	217	219	204	169	206
33	Motor vehicle accidents	13	17	17	16	17	22	30	19	20	21	17	18	36	30	30	17	16	22	22
34	All other accidents	105	81	75	76	71	52	57	51	62	65	70	63	49	63	61	71	55	46	69
35	Suicide	53	55	52	57	48	48	55	62	48	56	65	62	49	55	73	58	41	59	42
36	Homicide and operations of war	†	†	2	-	²	2	4	1	5	-	4	1	2	2	1	2	4	4	4

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*For 1948, 1949 included in classification No.14 - Other malignant neoplasms,
† For 1948, 1949 included in classification No.32 - All other causes.
‡ For 1948, 1949 included neoplosms of oesophagus, which from 1950 onwards is included in No.14 - Other malignant neoplasms.

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Table: TABLE 2 CAUSES OF DEATH - 1948-1966

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