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SECTION A
VITAL STATISTICS
During the year births registered exceeded deaths registered
by 680 and the home population estimated by the Registrar-General
to number 68,530 at the middle of the year shows an increase of 700
compared with the estimate for the previous year.
The birth-rate was 20.04 per 1,000 of the population as compared
with 19-82 for 1963- 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*03 as compared with 18.4 for
England and Vales .
The infant mortality rate, being the number of deaths of infants
under one year of age per 1,000 births, was 24.01 as compared with
23.04 for the previous year. The figures for England and Wales are
20.0 and 21.1 respectively.
The death rate in 1964 was 10.41 per 1,000 of the population
as compared with 11.05 for 1963* Again using the comparability
factor the adjusted death rate would be 12.7 as compared with 11.3
for England and Wales. Comparative rates for the previous year
were 13.48 and 12.2 respectively.
The causes of death are shown in Table I in accordance with the
classification used by the Registrar-General. Deaths from Neoplasms
of the lung show an increase of nearly 50 per cent over last year,
the deaths among males accounting for over 60 per cent of the total.
Coronary disease shows an increase over last year.
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