Table: TABLE I.Causes of Death during Year 1953.
TABLE I.
Causes of Death during Year 1953.
| Causes of Death. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
|---|
| Whooping Cough | _ | _ | _ |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| Other Forms of Tuberculosis | — | 1 | 1 |
| Syphilitic diseases | — | 3 | 3 |
| Influenza | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| Measles | — | — | _ |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | — | — | — |
| Ac. Polio-myelitis | 2 | — | 2 |
| Meningococcal infections | — | — | — |
| Malignant Neoplasm of stomach | 18 | 18 | 36 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 31 | 4 | 35 |
| Do. of breast | — | 31 | 31 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, uterus | — | 8 | 8 |
| Other Malignant and Lymphatic Neoplasms | 57 | 63 | 120 |
| Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Diabetes | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | 59 | 107 | 166 |
| Coronary disease, angina | 87 | 47 | 134 |
| Hypertension with heart disease | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| Other Heart disease | 87 | 97 | 184 |
| Other Circulatory disease | 25 | 36 | 61 |
| Bronchitis | 41 | 36 | 77 |
| Pneumonia | 29 | 37 | 66 |
| Other diseases of Respiratory system | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 13 | 5 | 18 |
| Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Nephritis and Nephrosis | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Hyperplasia of prostate | 7 | — | 7 |
| Pregnancy, Childbirth and Abortion | — | — | — |
| Congenital Malformations | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Suicide | 3 | — | 3 |
| Motor Vehicle accidents | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| All Other accidents | 13 | 11 | 24 |
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 39 | 52 | 91 |
| Homicide and operations of war | — | — | — |
| Total | 562 | 593 | 1,155 |
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