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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Edmonton 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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TABLE VII
DEATHS BY AGE-GROUPS
| Causes of Death | All Ages | to 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 to 85 | 85 and Over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuberculosis, respiratory | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Tuberculosis, other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syphilitic disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal infections | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 64 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 2 |
| Malignant neoplasm, breast | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Malignant neoplasm, uterus | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 88 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | 13 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 5 |
| Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Diabetes | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | 84 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 28 | 17 |
| Coronary disease, angina | 156 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 20 | 31 | 61 | 32 | 8 |
| Hypertension with heart disease | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| Other heart diseases | 138 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 54 | 38 |
| Other circulatory disease | 51 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 7 |
| Influenza | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 59 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 30 | 10 |
| Bronchitis | 72 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 20 | 7 |
| Other disease of respiratory system | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Hyperplasia of prostate | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Congenital malformations | 9 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 63 | 13 | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 8 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
| All other accidents | 25 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 11 | 6 |
| Suicide | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - |
| Homicide and operations of war | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals: | 938 | 21 | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | 13 | 30 | 86 | 158 | 246 | 262 | 115 |