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Croydon 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The percentage of deaths under 1 year of age to the total
deaths was 2. 6 per cent.; deaths under 15 years, 0.8 per cent.;
deaths under 65 years, 22.9 per cent.; and deaths over 65 years,
73.7 per cent. The corresponding figures for 1958 were 2.3 per
cent., 0.4 per cent.; 24.3 per cent., and 73.0 per cent.
respectively.
The Registrar-General has continued to supply a comparability
factor - 0.93 by which the crude death-rate must be adjusted
for comparison with other areas of the country as a whole
It will be observed that this factor is less than unity, so that
the standardised, or corrected death-rate, is less than the crude
death-rate. In other words, Croydon has a greater "weighting"
of elderly persons than the average for the country.
Principal Causes of Death in order of frequency (Registrar-General's Return)
| All Ages | Rate per 1,000 Population |
|---|---|
| Deaths from diseases of Cardiac and Circulatory System | 4.22 |
| " " Cancer | 2.50 |
| " " Vascular lesions of the Nervous System | 1.78 |
| " " diseases of Digestive System | *0.15 |
| " " diseases of the Respiratory System (excluding Tuberculosis) | 1.60 |
| " " Suicide and Violent Causes | 0.35 |
| " " Tuberculosis (all forms) | 0.10 |
Maternal Mortality
There was 1 death, compared with 4 in 1958. The maternal
mortality rate calculated per 1,000 total births was 0.26. The
rate for England and Wales was 0.38 in 1959.