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VITAL STATISTICS
Population (Mid-year 1965) 301,450
Area 39,266 acres.
Inhabited domestic properties
(1.4.65) 95,907
Rateable value as at 1.4.65 £15,373,666
Product of 1d. Rate £63,400
Live Births 4,913
Live Birth Rate (Crude) 16.3 per 1,000 population.
Live Birth Rate (Corrected) 16.5 per 1,000 population.
Illegitimate Live Births per cent
of total Live Births 6.4%
Stillbirths 68
Stillbirth Rate 13.7 per 1,000 total live and
still births.
Total Live and Still Births 4,981
Infant Deaths (deaths under 1
year) 80
Infant Mortality Rate—
Total 16.3 per 1,000 total live
births.
Legitimate only 16.9 per 1,000 legitimate live
births
Illegitimate only 6.3 per 1,000 illegitimate
live births.
Neo-natal Mortality Rate 13.4 per 1,000 total live
births.
Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate 12.2 per 1,000 total live
births.
Perinatal Mortality Rate 25.7 per 1,000 total live and
still births.
Maternal Deaths (including
abortion) 2
Maternal Mortality Rate 0.4 per 1,000 live and still
births.
Deaths 3,111
Death Rate (Crude) 10.3 per 1,000 population.
Death Rate (Corrected) 10.0 per 1,000 population.
Tuberculosis Death Rates—
All forms 0.05 per 1,000 population.
Pulmonary 0.05 per 1,000 population.
Non-pulmonary NIL
Cancer Death Rates—
All forms 2.2 per 1,000 population.
Lung and Bronchus 0.7 per 1,000 population.
Other forms 1.5 per 1,000 population.