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INFANT MORTALITY RATE
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
Total No. Deaths
8
13
6
10
18
RATE PER l,000 LIVE BIRTHS
14.9
23.0
10.4
15.6
29.3
No maternal deaths (i.e. from pregnancy, childbirth, abortion)
were recorded out of a total of 622 live and stillbirths.
Causes of Death - Main conditions causing death during 1962
weres:-
1962 1961
Heart Disease 143 133
Cancer 94 112
Vascular Lesions of the Nervous
System. 54 55
The following table shows the relevant figures for the past five
years in respect of Kingston residents.
The Registrar General couples
cancer of the lung with cancer of the bronchus in his abbreviated list
of causes of death.
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
Deaths from cancer of
the lung and bronchus
Total
Total
Total
Total
Total
25
26
23
21
29
M
F
M
F
M
F
M
F
M
F
23
2
23
3
20
3
19
2
24
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