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SECTION A
VITAL STATISTICS
During the year births registered exceeded deaths registered by 644 and
the home population estimated by the Registrar General to number 65,850 at
the middle of the year shows an increase of 2,510 compared with the estimate
for the previous year.
The birth rate was 20.62 per 1,000 of the population as compared with
17.79 for 1960 To enable a fair comparison to be made with other areas and
the country as a whole, area comparability factors which take into consideration
the age and sex distribution of the population are provided by the
Registrar General, Factors are supplied both for births and deaths. Using
the comparability factor the adjusted birth rate would be 19.58 as compared
with 17.4 for England and Wales.
The death rate in 1961 was 10.85 per 1,000 of the population as compared
with 10.48 for 1960. Again using the comparability factor the adjusted death
rate would be 12.26 as compared with 12.0 for England and Wales. Comparative
rates for the previous year were 11.53 and 11.5 respectively.
The infant mortality rate, being the number of deaths of infants under
one year of age per 1,000 births, was 27.98 as compared with 26.6 for the
previous year. The figures for England and Wales are 21.4 and 21.7 respectively.
The causes of death are shown in Table I in accordance with the classification
used by the Registrar General. Deaths from neoplasm of the lung
show no appreciable change, though Coronary disease shows a marked increase.