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Infant Mortality
During the year 39 (20 male and 19 females) infants living in the
district, or born to mothers ordinarily resident here, died under one year
o fage. This was an increase of 4 on the figure for 1971 and with 2,852 live
births gives an infant mortality rate of 14.0 compared with that of 12.0
in 1971. The rate for England and Wales was 17.0.
Twenty-six or approximately 62% of these infant deaths occurred
during the first four weeks of life giving neo-natal mortality rate of 9.0
per thousand live births. Twenty-three of these neo-natal deaths occurred
during the first week of life, prematurity being the main cause of death.
These early neo-natal deaths combined with the still births give a perinatal
mortality rate of 17.0 per thousand, live and still births, compared
with a rate of 18.0 for 1971.
Maternal Mortality
No deaths occurred during 1972 due to causes associated with
pregnancy and childbirth.
Deaths
The total number of deaths of residents of the Borough was 2,121
giving a death rate of 10.4 per 1,000 population. Liability to death varies
at different ages and also between the sexes. Accordingly, to offset the
effect of these variations and so produce a rate which can be used for
comparison purposes with other districts in the country as a whole, the
Registrar General calculates for each district a comparability factor which,
when applied to the crude death of 10.4 gives an adjusted death rate of
10.1 which then compares with the death rate of 12.1 per 1,000 population
for England and Wales. The main causes of death were as follows:-
1. Heart Disease 722
2. Cancer 466
3. Cerebrovascular disease 242
1971 Heart Disease Deaths
Age
25-34
Age
35-44
Age
45-54
Males
—
6
30
Females
1
-
5
Totals
1
6
35
1972
Males
2
5
27
Females
-
-
4
Totals
2
5
31