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TABLE C.—CAUSES OP, AND AGES AT, DEATH. 1931 AND 1932
(NEW CLASSIFICATION).
All Ages
1931
All Ages
1932
M
F
M
F
1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fever
...
...
...
...
2. Measles
...
...
3
3
3. Scarlet Fever
...
1
...
...
4. Whooping cough
...
2
1
2
5. Diphtheria
2
3
...
4
6. Influenza
7
16
11
20
7. Encephalitis lethargica
...
1
...
...
8. Cerebro-spinal fever
...
...
...
1
9. Tuberculosis of respiratory system
21
31
23
31
10. Other tuberculous diseases
3
2
3
6
11. Syphilis
1
3
...
...
12. General paralysis of the insane,
tabes dorsalis
3
...
4
3
13. Cancer, malignant disease
72
107
66
94
14. Diabetes
4
12
3
10
15. Cerebral haemorrhage, etc.
17
52
25
40
16. Heart disease
110
150
109
181
17. Aneurysm
2
...
4
1
18. Other circulatory diseases
25
29
24
22
19. Bronchitis
15
15
21
8
20. Pneumonia (all forms)
28
40
32
34
21. Other respiratory diseases
5
6
9
8
22. Peptic ulcer
7
4
8
3
23. Diarrhoea, etc
2
3
4
4
24. Appendicitis
3
4
9
5
25. Cirrhosis of liver
2
1
5
2
26. Other diseases of liver, etc.
3
1
3
I
27. Other digestive diseases
10
10
7
14
28. Acute and chronic nephritis
19
15
12
14
29. Puerperal sepsis
...
2
...
4
30. Other puerperal causes
...
3
...
2
31. Congenital debility, premature birth,
malformations, etc.
24
16
15
17
32. Senility
8
11
10
24
33. Suicide
9
2
9
2
34. Other violence
16
13
25
18
35. Other defined diseases
44
41
48
47
36. Causes ill-defined or unknown
...
...
...
...
Totals
462
596
486
625
1,058
1,111
Special causes included in 35 above
Small-pox
Poliomyelitis
Polioencephalitis
A Table of causes, etc., of death under previous classification for 1921-30
appeared in Report for 1932.