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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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TABLE X
MALES - DEATHS by AGE-GROUPS (30.12.62 - 28. 12.63)
| Cause 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 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | — |
| Tuberculosis, other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syphilitic disease | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal infections | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acture Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other infective & parasitic diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 6 | 5 | - |
| Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 67 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 10 | - |
| Other malignant and lymphatic meoplasms | 39 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 2 |
| Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Diabetes | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | 37 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 2 |
| Coronary disease, angina | 122 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 15 | 47 | 27 | 19 | 11 |
| Hypertension with heart disease | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Other heart diseases | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 5 | 15 | 10 |
| Other circulatory disease | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| Influenza | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Pneumonia | 48 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 13 |
| Bronchit is | 48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | 19 | 16 | 3 |
| Other disease of respiratory system | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Gastritis, Enteritis & Diarrhoea | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| Hyperplasia of prostate | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Congenital malformations | 11 | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 22 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 8 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | - |
| All other accidents | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | |||||||
| Suicide | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - |
| Homicide and operations of war | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TOTALS | 508 | 15 | 1 | - | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 40 | 116 | 130 | 130 | 48 |