[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council] page 11

London County Council 1962

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

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Lung cancer— The lung has become the principal site for cancer in males and the table
below shows, for three age groups, the steep rise that has occurred in the last decade
together with, for comparison, the corresponding figures for females.

Table: Table (ix)— Deaths and death rates from cancer of the lung by age and sex, 1953-62(Rates per 1,000 population)

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Table (ix)— Deaths and death rates from cancer of the lung by age and sex, 1953-62

(Rates per 1,000 population)

Year	Age
	25-44		45-64		65+
	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate
Males: 1953	81	0.15	734	1.96	614	4.26
1954	64	0.12	773	2.06	625	4.34
1955	62	0.12	810	2.14	651	4.55
1956	65	0.13	853	2.25	718	5.06
1957	37	0.08	891	2.31	723	4.95
1958	52	0.11	883	2.29	786	5.46
1959	61	0.13	907	2.34	788	5.51
1960	55	0.12	958	2.46	857	5.99
1961	44	0.10	883	2.28	832	5.82
1962	37	0.08	903	2.33	860	5.93
Females: 1953	18	0.03	119	0.26	139	0.59
1954	19	0.04	137	0.30	164	0.68
1955	13	0.02	151	0.33	174	0.71
1956	13	0.03	109	0.24	154	0.63
1957	19	0.04	142	0.31	176	0.70
1958	22	0.05	124	0.27	183	0.72
1959	22	0.05	134	0.29	157	0.62
1960	26	0.06	157	0.34	190	0.74
1961	24	0.05	151	0.33	184	0.71
1962	13	0.03	153	0.34	189	0.72

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It is too soon to say with any conviction but the figures for the past year or so suggest
that the continuing upward trend in lung cancer in this century may have been halted in
London.
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Table: Table (ix)— Deaths and death rates from cancer of the lung by age and sex, 1953-62(Rates per 1,000 population)

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