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CAUSES OP DEATH AS GIVEN BY THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL FOR THE YEAR 1953

Causes of death	Males	Females	Total
Tuberculosis, respiratory	10	3	13
Tuberculosis, other	-	1	i
Meningococcal infections	1	-	1
Other infective & parasitic diseases	1	1	2
Malignant neoplasm, stomach	5	6	11
Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus	15	1	16
Malignant neoplasm, breast	-	16	16
Malignant neoplasm, uterus	-	5	5
Other malignant & lymphatic neoplasms	14	20	34
Leukaemia, aleukaemia	-	1	1
Diabetes	1	1	2
Vascular lesions of nervous system	18	27	45
Coronarjr disease , angina	35	20	55
Hypertension with heart disease	5	2	7
Other heart disease	28	28	56
Other circulatory disease	7	9	16
Influenza	2	5	7
Pneumonia	11	12	23
Bronchitis	17	5	22
Other diseases of respiratory system	2	-	2
Ulcer of stomach and duodenum	2	1	3
Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea	2	3	5
Nephritis and nephrosis	-	1	1
Hyperplasia of prostate	3	-	3
Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion	-	1	1
Congenital malformations	2	2	4
Other defined and ill-defined diseases	9	11	20
Motor vehicle accidents	2	-	2
All other accidents	3	3	6
Suicide	3	3	6
Totals - all causes	198	188	386
Totals - year 1952	201	193	394

persons over the age of 45 years. The following chart tabulates the sites, age and sex groups.

Site	0 - 44 years		45 years and over		Total
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.
Gastro-Intestinal Tract	2	1	8	13	10	14
Lungs and Mediastinum	1		14	1	15	1
Genito-urinary organs	-	1	5	11	5	12
Breast	-	1	-	15	-	16
Other sites	-	-	4	5	4	5
Totals	3	3	31	45	34	48