[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council] page 10

London County Council 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Mortality
The total death rate at 12.0 per 1,000 population was higher than the previous year (11.9)
and slightly above the average of the last decade.

Table: Leading causes of death—The leading causes of death in London in 1962 were as follows:

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Leading causes of death—The leading causes of death in London in 1962 were as follows:

	Deaths	Rate per 1,000 population
Diseases of the heart	11,956	3.75
Cancer	7,787	2.44
Bronchitis, pneumonia*	5,509	1.73
Vascular lesions of the central nervous system	3,902	1.22
Other circulatory	1,926	0.60
Violent causes	1,773	0.56
Digestive diseases	1,190	0.37
Diseases of early infancy (international classification nos. 760-776)	767	0.28
Congenital malformations (0-4 weeks)	141	0.28
Diseases of genito-urinary system	672	0.21
Other respiratory including influenza	497	0.16
Tuberculosis (all forms)	279	0.09
All other causes	1,947	0.61
Total	38,346	12.02

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* Excluding pneumonia of the new born (under 4 weeks) which is included in ' Diseases of early infancy'.
The ranking order of the leading causes of death has remained unchanged since 1954.
Heart disease was discussed in detail in my report for 1956, cancer in 1958 and bronchitis
and pneumonia in 1960.
Cancer— The cancer death-rate for all ages was 2.44 per 1,000 in 1962— a very slight
decrease from the previous year. Cancer is, however, largely a disease of the later half of
life and in order to eliminate variations caused by a changing age/sex composition of the
population rates for specific age/sex groups are shown below:

Table: Table (viii)— Cancer mortality rates per 1,000 living, 1953-62

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Table (viii)— Cancer mortality rates per 1,000 living, 1953-62

Age and Sex	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962
Males: 0-24	0.14	0.12	0.11	0.14	0.11	0.09	0.10	0.12	0.11	0.11
25-44	0.46	0.41	0.40	0.43	0.37	0.42	0.40	0.38	0.37	0.38
45-64	4.28	4.31	4.50	4.51	4.55	4.52	4.46	4.75	4.52	4.53
65+	15.69	15.29	15.73	15.77	15.29	16.01	15.20	15.74	15.72	15.40
All Males	2.68	2.64	2.73	2.76	2.77	2.85	2.76	2.90	2.83	2.81
Females: 0-24	0.07	0.06	0.07	0.09	0.07	0.10	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.08
25-44	0.51	0.43	0.45	0.50	0.47	0.52	0.51	0.52	0.50	0.43
45-64	2.85	2.85	2.93	2.77	2.97	2.71	2.63	2.82	2.72	2.81
65+	8.73	8.39	8.43	8.75	8.34	8.50	8.18	8.44	8.02	7.93
All Females	2.04	2.02	2.08	2.12	2.16	2.15	2.09	2.20	2.11	2.12
All Persons	2.34	2.31	2.39	2.42	2.44	2.47	2.40	2.53	2.45	2.44

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Table: Leading causes of death—The leading causes of death in London in 1962 were as follows:

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Table: Table (viii)— Cancer mortality rates per 1,000 living, 1953-62