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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
Southgate 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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TABLE II.
Deaths from all causes, divided as to sex and certain age groups, and showing a percentage of total deaths and death-rates per 1,000 of population for each age group.
1956
| FEMALES | MALES | TOTALS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | No. | % of total deaths | Rate per 1,000 | No. | % of total deaths | Rate per 1,000 | No. | % of total deaths | Rate per 1,000 |
| 0- 1 year | 4 | 0.47 | 0.06 | 7 | 0.82 | 0.10 | 11 | 1.30 | 0.16 |
| 1- 5 years | 1 | 0.12 | 0.01 | — | — | — | 1 | 0.12 | 0.01 |
| 5-15 years | 2 | 0.23 | 0.03 | — | — | — | 2 | 0.23 | 0.03 |
| 15-25 years | 2 | 0.23 | 0.03 | 3 | 0.35 | 0.05 | 5 | 0.58 | 0.07 |
| 25-45 years | 10 | 1.18 | 0.15 | 15 | 1.77 | 0.20 | 25 | 2.95 | 0.35 |
| 45-65 years | 81 | 9.59 | 1.15 | 112 | 13.27 | 1.60 | 193 | 22.85 | 2.71 |
| 65-75 years | 102 | 12.12 | 1.42 | 56 | 6.60 | 0.77 | 158 | 18.72 | 2.20 |
| Over 75 years | 250 | 29.50 | 3.52 | 199 | 23.75 | 2.71 | 449 | 53.25 | 6.27 |
| Totals | 452 | 53.44 | 6.37 | 392 | 46.56 | 5.43 | 844 | 100.00 | 11.8 |