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These factors, when applied to the crude rates, produce the
following adjusted rates :—
Live births 12.09
Deaths 11.23
The usual comparison of birth and death rates with those for
the whole country is shown in Table 1, on page 24.
Deaths
The Registrar-General's classification of causes of death by
sex totals is shown in Table 4, on page 26.
The total number of deaths in 1952 (1,220) compares with
1,362 in 1951, the respective death rates per 1,000 population being
11.70 and 13.00.
Cancer
Deaths from Cancer numbered 233 (126 males, 107 females).