[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council] page 9

London County Council 1964

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

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Cancer—The cancer death-rate for all ages was 2.50 per 1,000 in 1964—the highest
figure since 1960. 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 (vi)— Cancer mortality rates per1,000living,1955.64

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Table (vi)— Cancer mortality rates per1,000living,1955.64

Age and sex	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964
Males:
0-24	0.11	0.14	0.11	0.09	0.10	0.12	0.11	0.11	0.09	0.10
25-44	0.40	0.43	0.37	0.42	0.40	0.38	0.37	0.38	0.37	0.41
45-64	4.50	4.51	4.55	4.52	4.46	4.75	4.52	4.53	4.57	4.67
65+	15.73	15.77	15.29	16.01	15.20	15.74	15.72	15.40	16.06	16.90
All Males	2.73	2.76	2.77	2.85	2.76	2.90	2.83	2.81	2.78	2.91
Females:
0-24	0.07	0.09	0.07	0.10	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.08	0.08	0.05
25-44	0.45	0.50	0.47	0.52	0.51	0.52	0.50	0.43	0.46	0.47
45-64	2.93	2.77	2.97	2.71	2.63	2.82	2.72	2.81	2.79	2.77
65+	8.43	8.75	8.34	8.50	8.18	8.44	8.02	7.93	8.37	8.24
All Females	2.08	2.12	2.16	2.15	2.09	2.20	2.11	2.12	2.14	2.13
All Persons	2.39	2.42	2.44	2.47	2.40	2.53	2.45	2.44	2.44	2.50

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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: T able (vii)— Deaths and death rates from cancer of the lung by age and sex,1955-64(Rates per1,000population)

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T able (vii)— Deaths and death rates from cancer of the lung by age and sex,1955-64

(Rates per1,000population)

Year	Age
	25-44		45-64		65+
	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate
Males:
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
1963	44	0.10	907	2.37	865	6.31
1964	49	0.1l	924	2.39	935	6.78
Females:
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
1963	14	0.03	160	0.36	218	0.87
1964	21	0.05	173	0.39	243	0.95

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Table: Table (vi)— Cancer mortality rates per1,000living,1955.64

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Table: T able (vii)— Deaths and death rates from cancer of the lung by age and sex,1955-64(Rates per1,000population)