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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 XI
FEMALES - DEATHS BY AGE GROUPS (30.12.62. - 28.12.63.)
| Causes of Death | 1 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis, other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syphilitic disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal infections | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | - |
| Malignant neoplasm, lung,bronchus | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Malignant neoplasm, breast | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 3 | 3 |
| Malignant neoplasm, uterus | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Other malignant and lumphatic neoplasms | 42 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 4 |
| Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Diabetes | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | - |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | 69 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 10 | 25 | 28 | 5 |
| Coronary disease, angina | 80 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 15 | 21 | 34 | 8 |
| Hypertension with heart disease | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Other heart diseases | 87 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 37 |
| Other circulatory disease | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 8 | 14 | 6 |
| Influenza | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| Pneumonia | 55 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | 10 | 21 | 13 |
| Bronchitis | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 5 |
| Other disease of respiratory system | 3 | — | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 2 | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | — |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Hyperplasia of prostate | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Congenital malformations | 5 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 43 | 8 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 4 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| All other accidents | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 2 |
| Suicide | 2 | _ | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Homicide and operations of war | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TOTALS | 525 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 73 | 105 | 189 | 102 |