[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough] page 58

Greenwich 1971

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]

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The inset table showing the causes of deaths at all ages has been
supplied by the Registrar-General and is included in accordance
with the Ministry of Health's request.
In the Appendix to the Report will be found a table giving by
districts, the causes of, and ages at death of residents whilst
indicating the numbers actually dying in Public Institutions.
Age Mortality
The age mortality and the distribution of the deaths between the
different quarters of the year are shown by the following table:—

Table: Of the four quarters, the first registered the highest proportion of the year's total deaths and the third the lowest, viz. 30.1% and 21.5% respectively.

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Of the four quarters, the first registered the highest proportion of the year's total deaths and the third the lowest, viz. 30.1% and 21.5% respectively.

Deaths	1st Quarter	2nd Quarter	3rd Quarter	4th Quarter	Total
Under 1 year of age	12	19	14	8	53
Between "l and 2 years	2	—	—	1	3
Between 2 and 5 years	1	1	2	1	5
Between 5 and 15 years	1	7	1	5	14
Between 15 and 25 years	8	4	9	5	26
Between 25 and 35 years	8	3	9	5	25
Between 35 and 45 years	15	9	10	17	51
Between 45 and 55 years	44	31	50	38	163
Between 55 and 65 years	118	110	79	112	419
Between 65 and 75 years	215	159	138	163	675
75 years and upwards	343	244	236	289	1,112
TOTALS	767	587	548	644	2,546

Table: It will be observed from the following table that during 1971 the deaths in the age group 0-5 years accounted for 2.4% and that of the "over 65's" 70.6% of the year's total. Figures for the previous four years are given for comparative purposes.

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It will be observed from the following table that during 1971 the deaths in the age group 0-5 years accounted for 2.4% and that of the "over 65's" 70.6% of the year's total. Figures for the previous four years are given for comparative purposes.

Between 1 & 5	13	11	9	12	8
Between 5 & 15	8	11	11	13	14
Between 15 & 25	19	17	22	15	26
Between 25 & 65	658	587	672	637	658
65 and over	1,708	1,875	1,779	1,857	1,787
Totals	2,479	2,560	2,551	2,606	2,546

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The current year saw the death of three centenarians, a male
and a female each of 101 years of age and one male of 100.

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Greenwich 1971

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Table: Of the four quarters, the first registered the highest proportion of the year's total deaths and the third the lowest, viz. 30.1% and 21.5% respectively.

Table: It will be observed from the following table that during 1971 the deaths in the age group 0-5 years accounted for 2.4% and that of the "over 65's" 70.6% of the year's total. Figures for the previous four years are given for comparative purposes.

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