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one form or another. The present total of 206 is 15% higher than
the average for the past ten years.
Comparing the current year's figures with those of the previous
5 years, the sites of the affected parts were: —
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962
Cancer of Stomach .... 23 14 26 26 26 30
„ „ Lung, Bronchus 46 44 50 63 48 60
„ „ Breast 15 19 14 15 17 22
„ „ Uterus 5 7 2 11 7 5
„ „ all Other Sites 98 95 80 94 105 89
Totals 187 179 172 209 203 206
Lung Cancer.—Throughout the country in recent years there
has been a tendency for cancer of the lung to increase and the
following table has again been included in order that the trend in
this Borough may be studied: —
DEATHS FROM CANCER OF LUNG
(including Bronchogenic Carcinoma)
Year
AGE GROUPS
Totals
Grand
Total
Rate
per
1,000
Pop.
25 and
under
45 yrs.
45 and
under
65 yrs.
65 and
under
75 yrs.
75
and up—
wards
M
F
M
F
M
F
M
F
M
F
1952
2
—
15
2
9
1
1
1
27
4
31
0.34
1953
3
—
12
4
7
—
1
—
23
4
27
0.29
1954
—
—
21
3
13
5
5
—
39
8
47
0.52
1955
2
1
16
3
5
1
6
1
29
6
35
0.39
1956
1
—
29
3
16
1
8
—
54
4
58
0.65
1957
2
2
24
2
8
1
5
2
39
7
46
0.52
1958
3
1
20
5
9
—
4
2
36
8
44
0.49
1959
—
1
25
3
11
2
7
1
43
7
50
0.56
1960
2
1
25
3
19
2
7
4
53
10
63
0.71
1961
—
—
30
1
13
—
2
2
45
3
48
0.56
10 yr.
Average
1.5
0.6
21.7
2.9
11.0
1.3
4.6
1.3
38.8
6.1
44.9
0.50
1962
1
1
22
3
I5
4
10
4
48
12
60
0.71