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The numbers in Finsbury are too small for definite conclusions
to be drawn from the local figures and detailed comparison with those
for 1952 is not satisfactory on account of considerable variability. On
the other hand a general study of the data for the two years for
Finsbury and comparing it with that for the whole country would
seem to justify the folloiwng impressions.
(1) The loss of both working and total years of life by deaths from
all causes was rather high in Finsbury, particularly so for men
in 1953.
(2) Cancer has become responsible for a large proportion of the loss
of working life as well as of later years of life. It has been
responsible for the loss of more than 50 per cent. more of
the working years of men in Finsbury than in the country
generally as well as considerably more of total years. This is
part due to the high loss from cancer of the lung which was
more than twice that for the country. On the other hand the
loss of years by women from cancer of the breast was less than
half the country average.
(3) The loss of years through deaths from the respiratory diseases
of Bronchitis and Pneumonia has also been both absolutely
and relatively high in Finsbury being considerably more than
50 per cent. greater than for the country at large. The excess
in Finsbury being more for women than for men and in the
total years of life than in working years.
(4) The years lost by men from Tuberculosis, coronary disease and
gastric ulcer have been more in Finsbury than in the country
generally.
(5) The years lost from vascular lesions of the central nervous
system by both sexes have been much fewer in Finsbury than
in the country, the figures for the former being little more
than half the latter.
(6) Accidents are a cause of a substantial number of years of life
lost but the number in Finsbury has been considerably less
than in the whole country. This feature was particularly
favourable in the case of women where the rate was well
below half the national rate.