Table: TABLE I.Causes of Death during Year 1959.
TABLE I.
Causes of Death during Year 1959.
Causes of Death. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
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Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Other Forms of Tuberculosis | 1 | — | 1 |
Syphilitic diseases | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Diphtheria | — | — | — |
Whooping Cough | — | — | — |
Meningococcal infections | — | — | — |
Ac. Polio-myelitis | — | — | — |
Measles | — | — | — |
Other infective and parasitic diseases | — | — | — |
Malignant Neoplasm of stomach | 8 | 8 | 16 |
Malignant Neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 47 | 11 | 58 |
Do. of breast | 1 | 21 | 22 |
Malignant Neoplasm, uterus | — | 7 | 7 |
Other Malignant and Lymphatic Neoplasms | 62 | 62 | 124 |
Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Diabetes | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Vascular lesions of nervous system | 41 | 77 | 118 |
Coronary disease, angina | 96 | 71 | 167 |
Hypertension with heart disease | 9 | 16 | 25 |
Other Heart disease | 73 | 113 | 186 |
Other Circulatory disease | 41 | 37 | 78 |
Influenza | 11 | 6 | 17 |
Pneumonia | 20 | 16 | 36 |
Bronchitis | 47 | 16 | 63 |
Other diseases of Respiratory system | 8 | 4 | 12 |
Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 7 | 2 | 9 |
Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea | 1 | 9 | 10 |
Nephritis and Nephrosis | 3 | — | 3 |
Hyperplasia of prostate | 9 | — | 9 |
Pregnancy, Childbirth and Abortion | — | 1 | 1 |
Congenital Malformations | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 28 | 57 | 85 |
Motor Vehicle accidents | 5 | 3 | 8 |
All Other accidents | 10 | 8 | 18 |
Suicide | 4 | 5 | 9 |
Homicide and operations of war | — | — | — |
Total | 546 | 564 | 1,110 |