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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 1959
[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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 4 | - | |
| Tuberculosis, other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syphilitic disease | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infections | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other infective and parasitic disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 3 |
| Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 64 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 12 | 20 | 22 | 9 | - |
| Malignant neoplasm, breast | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Malignant neoplasm, uterus | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 102 | - | _ | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 28 | 29 | 3 |
| Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - |
| Diabetes | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | - |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | 125 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 8 | 19 | 31 | 53 | 13 |
| Coronary disease, angina | 151 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 10 | 42 | 47 | 40 | 8 |
| Hypertension with heart disease | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 9 | 13 | 4 |
| Other heart diseases | 124 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 47 | 42 |
| Other circulatory disease | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 10 | 23 | 7 |
| Influenza | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 72 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 19 |
| Bronchitis | 63 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 13 | 20 | 20 | 9 |
| Other disease of respiratory system | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | - |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | - |
| Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | 7 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| Hyperplasia of prostate | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Congenital malformations | 11 | 7 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other defined and ill-defined disease | 78 | 20 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 6 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 10 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| All other accidents | 31 | 3 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 |
| Suicide | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | - |
| Homicide and operations of war | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals: | 1054 | 30 | - | 1 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 76 | 187 | 255 | 329 | 124 |