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SECTION A
VITAL STATISTICS
During the year births registered exceeded deaths registered by 627 and
the home population estimated by the Registrar General to number 67,340 at the
middle of the year shows an increase of 1,490 compared with the estimate for
the previous year.
The birth rate was 20.84 per 1,000 of the population as compared with
20.62 for 1961. 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 19.79 as
compared with 18.0 for England and Wales.
The death rate in 1962 was 11.55 per 1,000 of the population as compared
with 10.85 for 1961. Again using the comparability factor the adjusted death
rate would be 13.05 as compared with 11.9 for Qigland and Wales. Comparative
rates for the previous year were 12.26 and 12.0 respectively.
The infant mortality rate, being the number of deaths of infants under
one year of age per 1,000 births, was 24.21 as compared with 27.98 for the
previous year.The figures for England and Wales are 21.4 and 21.6 respectively.
The causes of death are shown in Table 1 in accordance with the
classification used by the Registrar General. Deaths from neoplasm of the lung
show no appreciable change, though coronary disease continues to show a marked
increase and the bad winter has had an effect as portrayed by the number of
deaths from pneumonia.